After working with plaster gauze all day in Summer Camp, the floor had a lot of plaster & water drips all over… so here we go again… RULE #3 : “Whatever mess you make, you WILL be cleaning it up.” And they did without complaint. Grab a sponge & start scrubbing!!!

On Wednesday, my Summer Campers switched their focus to their large scale sculptures. We discussed their ideas, the postures, the armatures & how they were going to tackle the project. We constructed most of the armatures out of boxes, wire, cardboard & dowel rods… and then covered the armatures with newspaper & masking tape. The goal was to get them as “identifiable” as possible at this point… so that the layers of plaster gauze to come would solidify everything & give them a surface to add more details & paint later.

This past week at summer camp, I taught a class called “SCULPTURES SMALL TO LARGE.” So we started the week with a fun clay project… constructing thematic terra cotta birdhouses and painting them with colorful glazes. It was a great group of kids… including two that had done the camp before, and came back for another round of Sculpture Camp with ME!!!

Another beautiful blue sky day as seen from below.

We’re just one week away from the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR. Always a fun art fair with talented local artists. Be sure to mark your calendar… and note the new location at Attea School.

FYI – There will be TWO art fairs in Glenview next weekend. The GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR with many talented artists from the surrounding area.

The other art fair will be at “The Glen” with a conglomerate of artists that travel the country hawking their wares… kinda like Corporate Americameets the art fair! So if you need to make a choice… please choose to SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS. Thank You.

So look who came to join us again for another week of my Tuesday night Beginning Wheel class! Yep… our little “abandoned-puppy-friend” was back for another week with our student & vet Nick who is caring for this little 5-week old cutie!

Also, my fellow teacher Chelsea had been having a tough week…
so he also supplied some much-needed PUPPY THERAPY!

Another beautiful start to the day… not a lot of clouds on the horizon. But those that made it in time were quite pretty as they took on the morning’s colors. A bit cooler than yesterday… but you could already feel it getting warmer… again!

So this week’s Summer Camp is culminating this afternoon with a very special SCULPTURE SHOWCASE… a “gallery” showing of my summer campers’ large sculptures & ceramic birdhouses. If you’re anywhere near Lillstreet Art Center this afternoon, please feel free stop by Room 304 from 3:00-3:30pm to see the kid’s artworks! They’ve been working hard all week… it’s a great group of kids making some GREAT sculptures… and I’ll have plenty of photos to come!!!

Not many clouds in the sky… but you can already tell it’s going to be a HOT day when you wake up this early… and it’s already warm & steamy. I was a sweaty mess by the end of my ride… and it’s just gonna get hotter all day!

A fragrant walk down the street…. thanks to one of my neighbors who has an amazing garden and grows a wide assortment of asiatic lilies every year. While the fragrance might be too much for some people, they’re beautiful flowers dancing on graceful stems… and outdoors the aroma has room to spread freely… so not so strong in one place! And every year, I think I need to add some to my garden next year…