by taswann | Jun 11, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
Being away from the classroom has been so difficult – the one thing that makes it bearable is receiving photos and wonderful feedback from all of you! Thank you! “The piece was really easy to follow and ended up looking like the original Monet painting...
by taswann | Jun 11, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
Sometimes a little bit of art-making can be very therapeutic. Given all the added stress and concerns facing everyone right now, there has never been more need for some relief where you can immerse yourself and your mind in the art-making process. Art in Action...
by taswann | Jun 11, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
I would like to tell you the story of how Tanya & I started Art in Action… Sara Fritzlar Tanya Swann In 2012, with our youngest children starting grade 2 at Humbercrest Public School, we met one day to discuss a new business venture that addressed the need...
by taswann | May 31, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
The beautiful colours and uplifting smells of citrus inspired me this morning to create a splash of bright colours. Lets finish off our sparking creativity every day in May with a composition of oranges, lemons and limes. Supplies: watercolour paperpencilround objects...
by taswann | May 30, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
Minnie Pwerle was an Australian Aboriginal artist. Minnie began painting in 2000 at about the age of 80, and her pictures soon became popular and sought-after works of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. Her work is powerful and deceptively simple looking. I was...
by taswann | May 29, 2020 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
E Elizabeth Blackwell was a Scottish botanical illustrator born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1707 and was tutored in the arts and learned to draw. She married at the age of 28 to Alexander Blackwell. Her husband was later imprisoned for practicing as a doctor without...
