Masks for Kids Ages 8 to 10

So once again I was a TA! :D I never expected that being in the academic side of art and working with young children would be so rewarding and so much fun. The things they say are the cutest things ever!

I assisted in a community class for kids at VCUQatar yet again. The age group was 8-10 however we ended with mostly 6 years old kids

The kids were first introduced to different masks from the world's history and were asked to choose an image and paint the same mask in the image, they were then asked to draw and paint their own mask which will afterwards be turned into a clay mask to cast a plaster mold in which they will eventually pour plaster mix, remove it from the mold and paint it/decorate it. It's amazing how free and creative younger children are as no one at that age had forced them into being structured in the same way we are structured in.

I will leave you with some of the pictures but once again you must check out VCUQatar's ongoing community classes for adults and children, they cover so many different aspects of art and design and provide courses you wouldn't be able to find anywhere else in Doha, Qatar.

I unfortunately do not have any further pictures of this class due to us being hands on with the kids after this point in finalizing the clay masks and then working with the plaster but hey stay tuned as it seems I might be doing more of these courses and you will get more pictures :)

Kids Music & Art Class 2

Hey everybody,

Here goes my second post regarding our ongoing Kids Music & Art Exploration class at VCUQatar. 

If the pictures and videos from our class seemed interesting to you or your children I strongly suggest that you check the available classes being offered this late spring at VCUQatar on the community classes page which cover a wide spectrum of Art fields for all sorts of age groups for children and adults conducted in both Arabic & English.

The following pictures and video are all from our last Saturday class where the kids were shown 3 different ways of decorating their clay tiles which they created by impression- they transformed their 2d designs earlier to 3d cardboard and polystyrene boards and used a rolling pin to print the design on the boards onto clay. The clay used here is just regular clay bought at a craft store, it's the air dry type that doesn't need to be baked to harden.

Mixed media used in this class: Acrylic paint, UV Glue, Colored Tissue Paper, Ink, Brushes, Roller Pins, Cardboard, Polystyrene, Air Dry Clay.

The students were showed a demonstration on how to decorate their clay tiles by Verity using Ink, paint, and tissue paper

One of the students was done decorating her tiles last Saturday and she assembled the clay tiles in the form of an open top box to catch a nick-nacks and store brushes and pens. She colored each tile monochromatically using mixed media.

Clay tiles done by the students

The finished tiles were left to dry.