"Coffee Painting with Nicole (day 1 & 2)"

When I introduced coffee painting to Nicole, there was never a day she wouldn’t sniff my brushes then go “hmmm…” with matching smile. I knew that instant, Nicole, like myself got hooked with the coffee’s very inviting aroma.

Nicole’s very first coffee painting was this bee. I kept on saying it is a bee, but Nicole insisted it’s a dragonfly. Notice her “dragonfly” handwriting? Lol.

 I couldn’t just watch Nicole painting with coffee so I made my own version of dog. Aren’t they cute together?

 In this photo is her rendition of the female version of Spongebob’s friend Patrick. Nicole named her “Patricia”.

 This is where I found out Nicole’s interest in nail art as well, hence, the hand coffee painting. She said she has visited some of my nail art creations through my online page. Too bad we couldn’t do it on her because school doesn’t allow it.

 End of our day 1 in coffee painting lesson. Wee!

 Nicole has a companion the next day I visited her. Her name is Anne. She’s Nicole’s equally charming cousin. We invited her to join. Having kids comparing their paintings was fun!

Nicole made a caterpillar, while Anne made the famous “dragonfly”. LOL. If I remember it right, Anne thought it’s a butterfly though. Haha!

 The 2 girls were on their 2^nd painting. Nicole was doing the mushroom mascot, Anne was painting Snowhite. They were pretty occupied so I just painted my own, mine was the Peacock in the background.

 Presenting… mushroom boy!

 Pls watch out for my posting on our 3^rd day in coffee painting. Hint: Nicole learned how to make her painting in 2D. 

Should you wish to see samples of my Coffee artworks, they are all in this link 

"On-the-spot Art Workshop with Annika"

Annika approached me & started painting right away. She’s so cute & petite and her excitement to paint was so evident, so I kept on enquiring if she needed anything else. Her “no it’s ok” every time I ask her was really cute. 

 I just watched her paint. We were continuously chatting without untying herself from what she was doing. She just looks at me to give me her sweet smile once in a while. Table seemed turned, it was like her, doing a demo for me & not the other way around. LOL.

more of my stone painting samples here 

"On-the-spot Art workshop with Corrine & Charmaine"

I had two kids to paint with me on this day, Corrine & Charmaine. Corrine sat beside me first. She is the “ate” among the two. She’s in grade 4, she said. Talking to Corrine was like having a conversation with an adult. You’ll listen to her because what she says actually make sense. 

 Her favorite characters include these angry guys. She’s in fact the very reason why I started painting the Angry Bird series.

 It was very enjoyable to know that Corrine likes to paint. I only assisted her with the outline, but the rest was all hers. See?

 The next girl is Charmaine. She was really shy. The only answer she could give me to my every question was her meek smile. Charmaine is only six so I knew I couldn’t give her the same pattern I gave to Corrine. 

 Chamaine said “yes” when I asked if she can paint a flower. I made an outline for her to paint on. When “ate” Corrine left, Charmaine loosened up a bit & started to make fun conversations with me.

When I checked on her stone paintings, I was so surprised when I saw the precision in her brush strokes. She was doing it lightly, following my pattern. Look how proud she was of her finished stone paintings. I was impressed!

 Good job, Corrine & Charmaine!

See my stone paintings here