Merry Christmas!!

painting five canvas

It was 4:00 in the morning and I am still in the studio, painting all the canvas painting!!! I need to paint all the samples for all the student to see. Its not very fun to paint five canvas at the same time. I feel like i am working in a factory...

Already for canvas painting!!!

This was taken couples of weeks ago, all new canvas!!! It cost me quite a bit to get all these canvas, but at the end all my students had fun painting them, Thats what matter the most. I will post more canvas painting phone soon.

where am I?

Been missing in action here for couple of weeks. Well, I am busy doing some new thing for the studio. There will be SOOOO  much changes coming next year! I hope everyine will be along for the ride! Still close this blog and you will know first hand whats going on. So stay tuned!

Happy Halloween!

Made this in the studio, will light it up later on tonite. Now my whole studio smell like pumpkin...

Mermaid!

Don't remember who drew the mermaid on the top, but i am pretty sure its a girl, probably around 7 or 8. just find the drawing in the studio. the bottom one is what I see it her drawing, i think mind is too skinny...

Newsletter

Been working on a newsletter for the studio. Last time we had a newsletter was 3 years ago. I dont like writing, in fact I hate writing, for anyone who read all my blog know i cannot write.... Half of the time you probably dont know what i am talking about.
But I always want a newsletter, a place where the kid can have fun and the parent can get some information of what we are doing.  So I will try to do this as monthly as possable. If you are a student or parent form the studio, you can pick it up from thestudio  counter. I will probably make it downloadable from bluetadpolestudio.com later.
o and thanks Carmen for editing my writing in the newsletter, so all of you dont have to read thru my painfull writing, like now. lol

Monster Monday



snail and mushroom

Watercolour with outliner, by a 6 year old.

rubik's cube Mosaic

A picture make by Rubik's cube... that's pretty crazy, just to get the colour into the right spot is super hard. well, at least for me. Rubik's cube is always a challenge for me.

to find out more about these art go to rubikcubism :

 http://www.space-invaders.com/rubikcubism_.html

New BTS Portfolio Class Blog!!!!

http://btsportfolioclass.blogspot.com/

Yes, its another blog from me. This one is just for my Portfolio class, so student can see each other work and learn from each other. I think that the most important thng about being an artist, to be able to learn and read into others artists' works. I wish this year portfolio well as they have alot of work ahead of them. 

How to Draw a Hermit Crab

To learn how to draw this hermit crab, go to :

http://www.bluetadpolestudio.com/HowToDraw.html

Monster Monday!

So colourful!

Owl drawing

Drawn by a 5 year old.

Dead bird :(

A dead bird was find outside of the studio. I know you are supposed to call the city about it, but the kids were getting restless about it, so I just pick it up and put it in the trash. I fear if I don't do it sooner, it will get run over by a shopping cart, and that will be a mess to clean up....

Monster Monday

cubism

This week we learn about cubism, using warm colour and cool colour. It was a fun class and most of the student enjoy it. Its just abit harder for the younger one to understand.

New Blog coming!!

Yes... another blog from Blue Tadpole Studio is coming.

I have already separated me drawing and everyday random stuff to A-Side
I have undated the design abite on A-Side. To see my drawing and stuff go here:
http://andrewlaublog.blogspot.com/

The other blog I am working on is mainly for portfolio class in the studio. I will pose up student works and all their process. I am almost up to date, when i am done I will post up a link. Should be with in this week.

Monster Monday!

Back to School!

Summer Camp 2011 - Painting Camp

Summer CAmp 2011 - Sewing Camp

Update

Havent post here for awhile. Summer camp been keeping my busy. Sorry I didnt update this blog as much as I want to. I did update more often over at the facebook group. If you not a member of it, go ahead and join the facebook group.

But now that summer is over, I will post some of the post summer camp work here.

Ironman and spiderman!

I love seeing little children drawing super hero!!! They are done by a 4 years old and thats all he will draw every morning during summer camp. I have at least 10 of the same drawing everywhere in the studio!

Summer 2011 - Clay class

This is the reat of the clay painting. It look so good together with all the bright colours :)

Summer 2011 - Clay Class

We made 3D picture with clay and they all turn out pretty good. We kind of paint a painting with clay. Above its just a sample of the finish work. I love this one, dry brush texture were also added to it after its dry.

Summer 2011 - Clay Class

We use "Model Magic" to build baby bear. All student had fun with it, of course all the girls add bow and wings to them. and the boy made weapon for the bear...

Week one: painting crocodile!!

Week one: sewing bird

One of the craziest class... we did sewing today during a mix art camp. Alot of screaming around for me, sometime I think the kids enjoy seeing me screaming.... but at the end the all love their creations and was playing with it. Well, that kind of make all the screaming all worth it. :)

Week one: Making panda!



just making the head of the puff ball panda. Making the body is the hard part, took much longer than we expect...  So far its looking good.

Summer Camp 2011

This year Summer Camp will start on July 4th and run for the whole summer till the end of Aug. Its going to be a busy and crazy summer ahead. I will post photo of what going on during the camp as it go along. Hopefully I will have the energy to do so...



If you want more information on the camp check out : bluetadpolestudio.com

Flower drawing

Couple weeks ago, I brought in flower and we look at it and draw. This is done in an hour by a eight year old. I love the colouring on this drawing.

New Table

Finally got the change to build the new table I got awhile ago. Why I need a new table? I am getting some new computer and set this corner into a computer corner. Hope I have enough space... 

Flowers in the studio

Last week I brought in some flower and we just look at them and draw. Not a whole alot of kid like doing this, of course everyone like to draw cartoon, who want to draw some boring flower..... But its important to learn from drawing still life. I think at the end of each class, most of the student handle in pretty well and they all learn a thing or two. Its just not very fun for me trying to keep them alive for the whole week, since the plant is not getting alot of light in the studio... 

Camp Poster

Got some poster printed for the Summer Camp. The colour is abit lighter than I wanted it to be, but i guess its fine for now. I am still happy with it, spend abit of time designing the tadpole boy. You will see more of him for sure. :)
To see how I design him and more tadpole boy go to : http://andrewlaublog.blogspot.com/search/label/Tadpole%20Boy

New web site design

Couple week ago, I finally redesign my studio web site. I wanted to do that for so long. It took me a whole week to drew all the new icon and update everything. I also added all the Summer camp information. you can take a look here :
http://www.bluetadpolestudio.com/

10 Pirates in 10 days (14!)

I drew this. Pen and ink over blue pencil on bigger animation paper, some photoshop is used for the black.

Took me awhile to finish this, its been awhile I draw anything manga-ish. Its nice to draw it again, its like meeting an old friend, haha.

This is it, the last pirate!! Hope everyone like all the pirates, and I am happy most people hand in a pirate for me at the end. :)

10 Pirates in 10 days (13)

Elizabeth's pirate. Watercolour on watercolour paper.

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Carmen's second pirate. Hand drawn and colour in photoshop.

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Adi's pirate. Drawn in Facebook Graffiti thingy.....

10 Pirates in 10 days (10)

Dawn drew this. Black marker on paper. I love the design and the use of black and white and hw the skull have the same face as the pirate.

This is the tenth pirate, but its not the last one, there are still some coming!!

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Janice's Pirate, marker on paper

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Stephanie's Pirate.Pen and ink on paper.

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Carmen's pirate.
Love the design and background. For some reason, I cant post this under comment.. o well...

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