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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">There are too many variables to know about the
"Make a Christmas Card" day. The easiest one I know for someone who is not
artistic is a 5x7 card blank, and to a child's hand on it (can be a tracing of a
grandchild's hand) -- add a SC hat with face and you have Santa Claus
vertically; horizontally, spread the fingers slightly and move the thumb as
opposably as possible. Add 'antlers', eyes and nose to the thumb end,
close the back, and you have a reindeer. Of course, you paint
them.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Adults have more problems in the card making
parts because they have a problem with imaginations, but you can work with
themes -- a simplified star (show them how to 'lift' one as well as draw one), a
wash 'desert' with three small silhouetted 'stick' wise men (you can show
them how to blend colours with a sponge if no large brushes are issued). There
is also the standard tree ornament (compass or bottom of a glass) which you just
'decorate' in paint.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">In a class, I have always sold the paper at cost
(I sold small pieces cut from roll ends or the 'waste' off not-quite full sheet
paintings as well as just cutting some up), but agree that there's always
someone who shows up with a pad of 90-lb. garbage. You use the paper (NOT
the person) as an example of how watercolour comes to get you -- how it rumples,
how worthless it is for use on two sides, how it ruins what might have been a
good effort, etc. I have always said that good paper is like good perfume
-- yeah, you pay for the name but you get quality with the right
name.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have been talked into having a
“Make a Christmas Card day” at our Guild and am at a loss as to how to
proceed. Anyone with experience doing this or something
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would be really grateful to
hear from you. I have sent to the library for a few books but they
look childish, anyone out there with advice for me? Also..how on
earth do you teachers persuade your students to stop using pads of “less
expensive” water color pads and buy some decent paper? It is difficult to
see how they will ever improve unless they move on but how to persuade
them? Phyllis<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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