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    • Children's Party Painting Gallery
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    • On-Location Parties & Events
  • Spring Break Art Camp
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      • All Canvas Painting Kits
      • Video Tutorial Canvas Painting Kits
      • Black Canvas Painting Kits
      • Canvas Painting Kits for Adults
      • Canvas Kits for Ages 4-7
      • Canvas Kits for Ages 8+
      • Star Wars Painting Kits
      • At-Home Painting Kit Instructions
    • Pottery Painting Kits
    • Wood Shape Painting Kits
    • Tote Bag Painting Kits
    • Clay Building/Painting Kits
    • Holiday Gift Sets
    • ADD-ON ITEMS
    • Holiday Art Kits
  • Walk-In Activities
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    • Paint-Your-Own Pottery
    • Wood Painting
    • Tote Bag Painting
    • Building with Clay
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  • One-Day Painting Events
  • Custom Framing
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  • The Elaine Smith Memorial Art Scholarship
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Creativity is just Around the Corner

Artists of the Month - June 2019

5/31/2019

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This month we are celebrating...EVERYONE!

We have so many amazing artists that come for classes each an every week. We are so proud of everything they have accomplished this year, and look forward to seeing what amazing work is to come this summer at art camp! We have camp in both FREEHOLD and MORGANVILLE, as well as, TEEN CAMP and HARRY POTTER CAMP!

Below are just a few photos from our Annual Art Show!
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Artist of the Month - May 2019

4/30/2019

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​Life is riding the waves.... take the challenge!

This month's artist is Robin Hurewitz. She took inspiration from a photograph of her son taken by a fellow surfer when he was vacationing. From this photo she created her own amazing masterpiece with oil paint on a large canvas.

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This epic wave, Punta Mango, was a challenge my son experienced in El Salvador and a challenge for me to capture the enormity of his ride."
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Artist of the Month- April 2019

4/1/2019

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From Photograph to Acrylic Paint

This month we are featuring Lynne Fata. Here are a few words she has written about her piece: This redbellied woodpecker (male) was a visitor to my garden last fall. As he took some breaks from drilling for his breakfast,  I was able to capture him with my lens. The composition, color and texture of the resulting images compelled me to create this 9x12 inch painting, highlighting the same “narrow depth of field”  that is seen in the photo.

For all artists, it is so important to always be searching for inspiration in the world around us. Interpreting photography into paint really does bring the subjects to life. Keep your cameras/phones nearby and start snapping! 
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& Her acrylic painting!
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Artist of the Month - March 2019

2/28/2019

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Finding Inspiration Across the Country

Each month we will feature a different artist/student. This month we are featuring Sue Peckman. On a family trip to the Pacific Northwest, she shot a photo of the Cowlitz River Bridge on I-5 in Washington State. She altered the colors to offer vivid contrast. Susan loves bridges, in both the utilitarian and metaphorical sense. They help us get where we are going and they signify unity.
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Artist of the Month - February 2019

2/1/2019

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Seeing the beauty in Life

Each month we will feature a different artist/student. This month we are featuring Terry Gross. Below are a few words she has written about her inspiring piece. It is important as artists for us always to be seeing and appreciating the world around us. We can share our point of view through our paintings. 
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It’s was a romantic getaway, Crystal Springs, minutes before sunset.  My husband took a  picture  capturing nostalgia and the beauty of nature. Life is a beautiful. What a fun ride it is...
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Learn about Your Art Supplies!

1/25/2019

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This week, we are highlighting some art supplies that we think are extremely useful that you may not have used before! All materials below can be purchased at our store in Freehold.
We always teach our students to use blending stumps with drawing with pencil or charcoal! These paper tortillions are more precise than using your fingers to smudge a drawing and give it a smooth, realistic finish. 
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Sometimes when you are shading a drawing, especially a large one, constantly sharpening your pencil can get annoying! The perfect solution is using one of these jumbo graphic sticks! They never need to be sharpened, and can really speed up the shading process.

This tool is always popular with the kids. Kneaded erasers are fun to play with, because they can be molded like clay, but they are also an extremely useful tool for erasing small spaces. The eraser can be shaped in any way necessary to erase out small areas. Also - they don't leave any dusty shavings behind. 
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While we still love classic watercolors and colored pencils, these watercolor pencils are the perfect combination of the two! It is much simpler to color when you want, and then blend with a paintbrush and water! 

Did you ever see paintings  in a museum that look 3-Dimensional? Using this modeling paste, you can make texture on a canvas before painting it to get the dimension you desire! 
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Just how important is CUSTOM FRAMING?

1/25/2019

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We think it makes all the difference! 

We can frame anything at our studio! Just stop by anytime we are open and we can help you! It can be a painting you have created during an art class here or something you have at home! Learn more at our custom framing page. 

There is no better way to display your photographs, paintings, drawings, memorabilia & more than with a custom frame. Our specialists will help you to choose a mat, frame or whatever else you need to accentuate the piece you are framing. We have a range of affordable to luxury frames to choose from...making sure we have something in your price range! Just let us know what you are looking for. 
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Artist of the Month - December 2018

11/30/2018

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Painting Local New Jersey Barns

Each month we will feature a different artist/student. This month we are featuring Charlotte Levitan and her collection of original paintings.

Over her many years at our studio, Charlotte has painted some real masterpieces! Below are just a few of her recent works. Best of luck with the move & keep on creating! 
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Artist of the Month - November 2018

11/1/2018

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From Photograph to Painting

Each month we will feature a different artist/student. This month we are featuring Joyce Wasserman's and her original painting titled Portland Head Light (pictured below, left).

While traveling on vacation to Fort Williams Park, Maine, Joyce photographed this lighthouse and translated it into a painting at her art class. Seen below is her photograph and painting. Can you spot the difference?! We can compare this work to Edward Hopper’s The Lighthouse at Two Lights (pictured below, right). He travelled throughout Maine and used his paintings to document the manmade landscape seen along the coast in particular. Both Joyce and Hopper’s works draw attention to the beauty that can be found in architecture built merely as a necessity, to warn boats of the shore. 
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Artist of the Month - October 2018

9/28/2018

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What is modern painting?

Each month we will feature a different artist/student. This month we are featuring Esther Scholssberg's Girl with Curls (pictured below, right) inspired by artists Henri Matisse and Avi Ben-Simhon. 

What is modern painting? Is it the ability to set a three dimensional scene onto a flattened space? In the purple robe, Matisse explored this question and painted a woman in a room titled ​Purple Robe (pictured below, left). The scene is projected onto a two dimensional canvas using different colors and designs. Girl with Curls reflects this. The human form becomes a series of stripes, squiggles, grids and flowers - all painted with vibrant colors. In both paintings, the colors do not seem to come from nature. However, if we really notice, this synthetic color palette is seen in our daily lives dotted across our present/modern landscape.  (Written by: Miriam Solondz)
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