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FAA Art Camp explores famous artists and media
The Fairfield Art Association has inspired a class full of young artists at it's annual Art Camp this month.
The week long adventure included 10 area artists as instructors, including: David Kraemer, Matt Guise, Jenny Sammons, Suzan Kessel, Wyndi Rutledge, Eileen Hawthorne, Jan Bork, Sarah Phipps, Karen Karns and Deb Doyle.
Students learned the history of famous artists and then proceeded to explore the mediums or style they worked in, such as for Claude Monet, each used watercolor to recreate Giverny's famous bridge over a lily pond.
Jenny Sammons taught her style of pointillism in acrylic paint on canvas. Another day after watching a video about Georgia O'Keef, a lesson in oil pastel was used to create large size flowers.
Architectural initial letters for each young artist were translated into meaningful individual painted and collaged sculptures. Other projects included colored pencil self portraits, spray watercolor, and multicolored fish windsocks. Each day, they worked on fiber art weavings.
Pictured are FAA Summer Art Class members holding a variety of their art projects. They are, from left, front row: Nancy Le, Linh Truang, Leah Lathrop, Valerie Kessel, Bella Dang, Teppy Doan, William Bauer, and FAA Volunteer Director Suzan Kessel. Back row: Mason Cox, Averie Hammes, Elliott Ward, Delaney Ward and David Nguyen. (Photo courtesy of Werner Elmker)
William Bauer creates a work of art during the FAA Summer Camp. (Photo courtesy of Werner Elmker)
Valerie Kessel makes an art project during the FAA Summer Camp. (Photo courtesy of Werner Elmker)
Bella Dang is hard at work during the FAA Summer Camp at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center. (Photo courtesy of Werner Elmker)
Leah Lathrop gets started on her art project for the FAA Summer Camp. (Photo courtesy of Werner Elmker)
