Sunday, February 12, 2017

Talk of the Town Valentine

Here's the link to our Kickstarter that was mentioned on Talk of the Town!  

You are invited to paint your own Talk of the Town Valentines to share with your loved ones.  Just drag and drop this template to your desktop and print on heavy weight card stock (size 8.50 X 11 inch paper)   You can find the list of paint colors and brands in the blog post below this one. You can also be inventive and create an entirely new color palette and come up with your own color names for your Valentine! Enjoy! 


Sunday, February 5, 2017

Paint by Number Valentines - DYI

Paint the Town by Numbers - Valentines!


Here's a little DYI Valentine project for you! It's all based off of vintage Valentine cards.  All you have to do is drag the images to your desktop and print them on 8.50 x 11 inch heavy weight paper and paint with your favorite craft paints. You will find a list of the brands and paint colors I used at the bottom of this post.  You are also invited to create your own color palette and be inventive!  

The templates are free to use for your personal use but may not be reproduced or sold for any reason. The paint by numbers maps and cover art belong to Camilla Spadafino and all rights are reserved to her. 

The templates are free to use for your personal use but may not be reproduced or sold for any reason. 
The paint by numbers maps and cover art belong to Camilla Spadafino and all rights are reserved to her. 








The templates are free to use for your personal use but may not be reproduced or sold for any reason. 
The paint by numbers maps and cover art belong to Camilla Spadafino and all rights are reserved to her. 

1. Click on image
2. Drag and drop to desktop
3. Print  size 8.50 X 11 inches
4. Use the heaviest weight paper possible
5. Refer to brands and paint colors below or create your own



http://vintageholidaycrafts.com/free-vintage-kids-valentine-cards/

The templates are free to use for your personal use but may not be reproduced or sold for any reason. 
The paint by numbers maps and cover art belong to Camilla Spadafino and all rights are reserved to her. 

1. Click on image
2. Drag and drop to desktop
3. Print  size 8.50 X 11 inches
4. Use the heaviest weight paper possible
5. Refer to brands and paint colors below or create your own





The templates are free to use for your personal use but may not be reproduced or sold for any reason. 
The paint by numbers maps and cover art belong to Camilla Spadafino and all rights are reserved to her. 

1. Click on image
2. Drag and drop to desktop
3. Print  size 8.50 X 11 inches
4. Use the heaviest weight paper possible
5. Refer to brands and paint colors below or create your own


The templates are free to use for your personal use but may not be reproduced or sold for any reason. 
The paint by numbers maps and cover art belong to Camilla Spadafino and all rights are reserved to her. 

1. Click on image
2. Drag and drop to desktop
3. Print  size 8.50 X 11 inches
4. Use the heaviest weight paper possible
5. Refer to brands and paint colors below or create your own

List of Paint Brands and Colors 
Below is the list of the paint bands and colors that I used.
Please feel free to create your own color palette and choose your own colors!

1.  Deco Art - Santa Red
2. Folk Art - Steel Grey
3. Deco Art - Light Buttermilk
4. Deco Art - Blue Haven
5. Deco Art - Lamp Back
6. Deco Art - Foliage Green 
7. Deco Art - Baby Pink
8.  Deco Art - Carousel Pink
9. Anita's - Sunflower
10. Deco Art - Indian Turquoise
11.  Deco Art - Burlap
12.  Deco Art - Sable Brown

#paintthetownbynumbers 


Thursday, October 13, 2016

Stackable - Totem - Sculpture (revising assignment)

Ceramics and Sculpture - Create 2 page spread in your Investigation Workbook
1. Explore the following links
2. Find three different sculptures or sculptors works that you resonate with -  print and paste them into your investigation workbook
3. Make a note of the artist or school that created them
4. Create quick contour drawing of each showing only the positive and negative space ( draw a border around the sketch)
5. Using colored pencils, create a color pallet for each one ( draw a border around this as well)
6.  Explain how each piece uses the elements of art and the principles of design (look closely at color, texture, positive and negative space especially)
7.  Go back and look at your rough draft plan and revise it by making any changes you think could improve it - add color - focus on how color will create unity in your piece

Reminder:
Elements of art: line, shape, color, space, texture, form, value
Principles of design:  balance, emphasis, movement, pattern, repetition, proportion, rhythm, variety, unity


https://www.flickr.com/photos/53853995@N07/6267753018/in/photostream/

http://bgregg.otherpeoplespixels.com/section/412720.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=niles+north+high+school+ceramics&safe=strict&sa=X&biw=848&bih=628&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwj-_r2hsdjPAhWEZCYKHSCPAcoQsAQIMQ

https://www.google.com/search?q=michael+hough+totems&safe=strict&biw=848&bih=628&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjK3qq6sdjPAhVC4iYKHZMEAd0QsAQIGw&dpr=1

https://www.google.com/search?q=sandy+brown+sculptor&safe=strict&biw=848&bih=628&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikivfUsdjPAhXMRSYKHbN_BhoQsAQIGw

https://www.google.com/search?q=paul+oglesby+sculpture&safe=strict&biw=1024&bih=644&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjZs7v5sdjPAhVNySYKHQ03AxwQ_AUIBigB

https://www.google.com/search?q=paul+oglesby+sculpture&safe=strict&biw=1024&bih=644&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjZs7v5sdjPAhVNySYKHQ03AxwQ_AUIBigB#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=east+chapel+hill+high+school+totems

http://mvrooman.com/student-galleries/project-galleries-advanced/totem-towers

https://www.google.com/search?q=kris+paul+sculptures&safe=strict&biw=818&bih=628&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiezuqcwdjPAhWBwiYKHYGzC_wQ_AUIBigB#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=kris+paul+totem

https://www.google.com/search?q=kris+paul+sculptures&safe=strict&biw=818&bih=628&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiezuqcwdjPAhWBwiYKHYGzC_wQ_AUIBigB#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=mary+fischer+totem
 
 

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Help name the colors that will make our East Nashville Color Palette for the 2016 Tomato Art Festival. Let’s paint our town by numbers and celebrate Tomato Art Fest ! Comment below to nominate creative color names that will help tell the story of East Nashville’s Tomato Art Festival.

This project is in collaboration with Camilla Spadafino Art and Turbo Nashville. TURBO’s Tomato Fest pop up installation will feature this art work and will be located at the Shell Station in the center of Five Points for the 2016 Tomato Art Festival. The paint by numbers will be enlarged onto mini billboard sized panels that the community is invited to come help paint….for free!

Poster, coloring sheets, coloring books and paint by number kits will also be available to purchase through Camilla Spadafino Art . About TURBO: Turbo Nashville seeks to make permanent change through temporary pop-up installations in the built environment. TURBO is part of the Nashville Civic Design Center’s Reclaiming Public Space Initiative. It is comprised of volunteers who make several committees that meet at least once a month. http://www.turbonashville.org/

About Camilla Spadafino Art: Camilla is an art teacher who is currently teaching visual art at Nashville School of the Arts. You can find her art at East Nashville Family Medicine, 3rd and Church Health, and the Scarritt Bennett Center's Laskey Gallery. Camilla creates coloring books, paint by numbers, and is the creator of “Ms. Camilla’s Neighborhood” story portraits.

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Belmont Mansion Collaboration

Students at Nashville School of the Arts will soon be taking a field trip to the Belmont Mansion.  Before we leave for our experience, students will "draw" an artists name from a "hat" and learn more about their visual language. While they are at the mansion, students will look at the portraits, landscapes, still life, grounds, interior spaces, exterior, wallpapers, textiles... anything that inspires them artistically speaking "through the lens" of the artist they selected. During the second nine weeks of school, each class will have a different assignment in response to our field trip.

List of Artist

 
Joseph Ford
Liu Bolin
Daria Makarenko
(Art 21) Do Ho Sun
(Art 21) Elizabeth Murray - video
(Art 21) Judy Paff
(Art 21 Laylah Ali
(Art 21) Berry McGee
William Wegman

Mary Cassatt


Sunday, August 10, 2014

My First Day at NSA - Nashville School of the Arts





These lovely doodles were created on the first day of visual art class by Ar I , Art II and Art Survey students as a warm up in about 15 minutes. Our first day was only a 1/2 day where I met about 140 students in 20 minute frantic rotations of checking roll and passing outa d picking up papers. The students shared something they most wanted me to know about them on the back. I didn't get a chance to look at them until Saturday night. As I started going through these I literally did so with my hand on my heart in awe of their unique expressions, their humor, their beauty, their courage. Later when I read the second day questionnaire I had given them where they elaborated more about themselves I realized even more how brave all these teen artists are because many of them were feeling insecure about their drawing abilities or speaking in front of the class. Each one of these is the reflection of genius that each of these hands, hearts, and minds possess and I value them greatly for their creativity and range of expression. 

Here are some of the things they wanted me to know about them:  

I like to eat a lot
I love nature, especially the beach
I typically draw a lot of animals ( mostly horses) or abstract things
I need to work on creativity
I am a caring person 
I am fun to hang with
I love drawing a lot of things most of the time I can't draw my own thing unless it's really crazy 
I'm super creative and bubbly and very expressive... Be prepared (heart) 
I'm really interested in Renaissance painting and I'm excited to learn more about it 
I prefer to be alone 
I like drawing superheroes
I don't like talking a lot or being put on the spot 
I lived in Hawaii all my life 
I don't have a favorite color- I can never decide 
I am hard working and I like to draw pictures that I can see 
I don't know what my strong part in art is 
I never had much of an art class before, and I can't really draw that well. I usually paint abstract things and what not.
Last year was the first year of art I've taken in 3 Yeats and I only took that half the year 
I am obsessed with several books and TV shows and will most likely make reference to myself and google silently. 
There will never be a day when you don't catch me drawing.
I don't like groups or people. 
I am the type of person who, if in the mood, can create a masterpiece. If not, I am the same as a pencil pouch. Just there! 
I don't like public speaking 
I struggle with creativity
I love food music and art. 
I'm a good artist when I try
Welcome!!!
Welcome to NSA!
I enjoy the surreal. I don't really have anything else to say.
This year is going to be great! 
I can't wait to be in this class I'm sure you'll be a great teacher I hope we have a wonderful school year together! 
I am new to NSA
You seem very nice! This is going to be a good year! 
I am excited for this class and I am glad you're our teacher
I struggle with creativity 
I want to become a fashion designer
I am also a dancer 
I am not organized 
I like to draw anime- style though I can draw realistic I've always wanted to paint clouds 
I really like drawing and sketching, and I most often relate my sketches to books I like or something I have an interest in and try to replicate.  I try really hard with my work ,  and I am somewhat of a perfectionist 
I am not an organized person 
I have never had any art classes. I like drawing anime eyes

Monday, June 16, 2014

Collaborative Paintings and Collaborative Music



  Artist, Michael Grine, offering one of his hand painted artist business cards 

Last week, the first Monday of June, Beth Inglish, artist and creator of the Nashville Creative Group, organized a fabulous event that combined collaborative painting and collaborative music.  I can't think of a better way to spend an evening than to share in the creative process with fellow Nashville artists. A big thanks to Jerry's Artarama who generously donated the canvases and paints. The only thing left to do was BYOB - that's short for "Bring Your on Brush!"  It's also a great idea to bring your own business card, especially if yours are hand made like the artist Michael Grine.





Beth (pictured) opened up the event with a great introduction that was supportive of each person's creative process and the power of vision when we all come together to play and support the larger Nashville Community. This even was defiantly a time for play! The My Emma space located in downtown Nashville near the Cumberland River is a great place to play.





Artists and Art Teachers:  Rachel Motta, Aimee Hall (Wink Wink Eye Wear) and Camilla Spadafino


As a Metro Nashville Public School art teacher who leads 5 creative sessions with students daily I was interested in finding out what it would be like to be a participant. I listened with earnestness as Beth gave a series of 8 directions that lead to a finished painting that involved some 25 - 30 people working together.  Working with large groups is typical for art teachers, but this setting, the inclusion of music and the actual process was far from a regular art class. I was thrilled to see three of my fellow MNPS art colleagues at this event. We bonded over our art teacher glasses!











Drawing with your eyes closed as a means to opening up more creativity 

We were first directed to close our eyes and feel the canvas with our pencils by making marks. I loved being an observer of this and noticing how people were at first unsure to trust their intuition, some were peeking while others were taking it seriously. Most were engaged in a combination of both peeking and drawing. What was so powerful about this initial step is that any time someone would peek, they would also see someone else with their eyes closed and feel encouraged to try again to "let go."








































Nashville Creative group creating and learning together

Once I got my turn to jump in, it was time to paint. The directions were both about letting go of control and bringing control back in.  Although we each had a canvas, the canvases were pushed together in groups of four which made one big canvas per group.  Everyone was painting on each others' canvases so there was no real delineation of self.  Painting in this manner was very educational because you could see what others were doing and try mimicking what you liked with your own brush and paint. Painting in this safe and free environment is a great way to get people to open up, express themselves and learn about a variety of techniques. This event was like a week of painting class rolled into two hours of pleasure listening to amazing music and hanging out with friends.


 
Untitled collaborative piece made at this event

The end results were interesting since each table's art expressed very different artistic voices. Experiencing this process unfold was great reminder to me, as an artist educator, of the importance of grouping. The outcome showed just how much we influence each other and in order to have a more creative classroom the groups should rotate frequently.  It was great to be part of this event that was as much about playing, participating and learning as it was connecting and building community.  These are all attributes that I want to instill in my classroom and I think they show in this finished piece that was created by the MNPS art teachers at my table.


Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Celebrating Struggle

I adore this inspiring video that illustrates the importance for struggle and failure as valuable parts of the creative process.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50136241n

Monday, July 22, 2013

Prayers for the Neighborhood

In "Prayers for the Neighborhood" four of the five major world religions are represented as additions to "Ms. Camilla's Neighborhood Series,"  Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Hinduism.  Out of respect to the rules of the Islamic religion no icon of their faith is represented in the series. The slogan of the Tomato Art Show is "The tomato is the uniter not the divider."  Each piece is acrylic paint and ink on an 8X10 canvas.  "Prayers for the Neighborhood" is  on display and are for sale at the Art and Invention Gallery.  Displayed next to each painting is the companion coloring sheets which are also for sale.  Each of the paintings needs a title, share you comments below or on Facebook.










Community Spirit

"Community Spirit" 
16X20 acrylic and ink on canvas

“It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community – a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth.”Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist teacher

This beautiful quote by Thich Nhat Hanh inspired this painting for the 2013 Tomato Art Show and is currently on display at Art and Invention Gallery along with the below coordinating 16X20 coloring sheets which are also for sale at the gallery. 



"Coloring Sheet" 
16X20 ink on paper