SHELLEY ALDRICH

​For the fourth Mini Museum, we made miniature onion domed towers out of Sculpey, inspired once again by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. The emphasis for this project was focused more on sculpting than on painting. I wanted the girls to become familiar with the clay - how to roll, pinch, knead and cut it into the shapes that they need. This project was much easier to complete than the fabric buildings. We spent a total of 10 minutes sculpting and about 45 minutes pa

​For the third Mini Museum, I was inspired by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. I discovered his art while stumbling upon his museum Kunst Haus Wien in Vienna. For me, it was instant love. His blend of bright colors, organic curves, and mismatched lines in both his paintings and buildings was visual harmony. Since Hundertwasser was both a painter and an architect, I thought it would be fun to create a project that involves both painting and structure. I actually have

While looking for ideas for the second Mini Museum project I stumbled across these Fauvist portraits by Matisse. The bright colors and thick brushstrokes I thought would be fun and freeing to paint. And so it was - but it was also daunting, particularly for me and my ten year old. We tend to be careful pencil drawers compared to my six year old, who paints with such wild abandon. Here are some brief pointers on Fauvism + the supplies and steps we used to paint our Fauvist

Hello beautiful summer! My name is Shelley and I am a mom to two creative girls. Together, the three of us are often found in a pile of something colorful - yarn, paper, felt, paint, pencils. I decided this Summer, we would start to work on projects to fill their walls, a mini museum for each of them. About Art and Me: I never really considered myself an artist, but I can't seem to stay away from making things. For twenty years I worked as a Financial Analyst. During thi