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After classes on Saturday my Olive and Chris came to the studio to help set up for this beautiful exhibition of children's art. Every year we host a Mother's Day exhibition showcasing the paintings our students created during their 10 week term over February, March and April.

This year the children really focused on their colour making skills and as you can see it has made for a stunning collection of artworks.

Thank you to all of the families who visited the studio on Mother's Day... we narrowly avoided the rain didn't we. We were able to enjoy the artworks in the light filled studio for the hour before children excitedly prized their painting off the wall ready to give to Mum or maybe hang in their own room.

I know my girls were super excited to take theirs home and choose a place to hang them in our home ... something that has become somewhat of a tradition over the past few years.

We still have many of the artworks hanging in the studio if you wish to take a look, they are visable from the shop front window 24/7 .. or at least until children take them home over the coming week.

All are welcome to our latest exhibition

All are welcome to this weekends Mothers Day Exhibition 2-3pm.

All of the children's final artworks on canvas from term 1 will be exhibited in the studio this Sunday.

Children are welcome to take their artwork home at 3pm.

Come and celebrate your child's efforts by viewing their work in the front room of the studio.
We have been running this exhibition now for 8 years and always have a lovely afternoon and what a fabulous gift for mum to take home!
Even if you can only pop in for a minute or two close to 3pm, making that time really validates your child's efforts, ideas and creativity.

See you on Sunday!
xx Carly

Writers Week wrap up 2013

The start to a very creative day...

Playing a massive memory game out in front of the Little Artists painting tent

 

some very happy Press Club kids! Thanks fo all your help Jacob xx

Looks like the painting tent got a good work out!

Once again Writers Week Kids Day turned out to be a glorious day... As you can see Nest Studio had triple the fun this year with a tent three times bigger than 2012 but you guys wanted more! We are already thinking big for 2014 ... but in the mean time check out what we have on offer in the studio

Thank you to all of the Nest Studio staff and volunteers (especially Lisa & Lily) for working so hard on such a beautiful sunny day xxx

 

 

Term 1 Painting 2013

By Lily

 

By Alex

Mixing our own colours into gorgeous analogue groups.

 

Welcome back to our fresh breezy studio!

With classes starting in just over a week, I have been busy freshening up the walls with some fresh white paint (ready for us to splatter up) and collecting new art supplies for a term of painting... acrylics, watercolours and mural painting as well as creating works for our annual Nest Studio Mothers Day Exhibiiton.

We still have a couple of spots left in a few classes as well as two new class times for highschool students and adults on Thursday evening... for enrolments click here >> ENROLMENTS

Merry Christmas from Nest Studio

We will see you in the new year for holiday workshops and the start of term one Painting (Feb 7) classes

Please remember the Nest Studio Shop will be closed from Dec 23 - Feb 27

However you can make class bookings online, email Carly - carlyschwerdt(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)au or give Carly a call on 0402148542

A painting workshop for the NPSP council

Luka, Jem, Olive, Grace, Lily, Wynter, Ivy & Olivia

A few of the children who participated in our workshop to create happy & healthy playground watercolour paintings for the council.


Olive & Grace


Zoe & Nest Studio teacher Carly Schwerdt

New Nest Studio assistant Neve with Jeremy & Niah

 

Congratulations to ASHA!!! for having her artwork chosen to feature on all 26 playground (no smoking) signs in the Norword Paynham & St Peter's area.

Block Printing // Japanese inspired artworks

by Alec

The children block printed their own designs to create kimono's & yukata's (for the boys) for these stunning paintings inspired by the 36 views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai.

by Elizabeth

by Grace B

by Tae

by Olivia

by Joel

by Sophie

Screen Printing T-shirts with the Children

by Miranda

 

Our last project with the children for 2012, designing our own t-shirts.

by Lily W

by Lucia

by Alec

by Lily B

by Stefano

by Zoe O

All the children had their t-shirts printed with the Nest Studio logo on the back.

Faux lino printing

Two colour faux lino print by Jacob


Two colour faux lino print by Jem

Two colour faux lino print by Olivia

Two colour faux lino print by Sophie

You may notice Sophie's print single colour print from the previous post

Two colour faux lino print by Miranda

Two colour faux lino print by Joel

You may notice Joel's single colour print from a couple of weeks ago...

Two colour faux lino print by Clare

Two colour faux lino print by Isabelle

 
Single + two colour faux lino print by Tae

Single + two colour faux lino print by Niah

 

What clever clever children we have in the studio, we are about to look into how we could make some Japanese woodcuts ... I can not wait to see what the children create.

Term one bookings for 2013 are now open