by Robin Brooks | Jun 8, 2015 | Teaching and Learning
To become painters, children need many opportunities to explore imagery, color mixing, how paintbrushes make marks. Easel painting allows children to carve out their own space in the hub hub of the art room. The physicality of standing at the easel and wielding a...
by Robin Brooks | Sep 18, 2011 | Teaching and Learning
This photo gallery shows student work completed in the last six weeks. With three snow days to interrupt our flow, students nonetheless have shown great focus and persistence in creating original works in a variety of media. My students are working hard to prepare...
by Robin Brooks | May 28, 2011 | News and Events
I recently completed these two pastel drawings as commissioned works. Both pieces are intended as gifts to the parents of a couple who are marrying this June. The bride and groom wished to give something special to their parents to thank them for their help in...
by Robin Brooks | Apr 20, 2011 | News and Events
“The show is titled, “A sense of place” and Robins works put me there. Energetic perspectives of trees and light, shapes and colors, textures and lines. Her recent black and white images with broad lines and balance, appear kinetic and monumental. Though the...
by Robin Brooks | Dec 18, 2010 | Teaching and Learning
On Tuesday evening, October 12, my Reggio Emilia Study Group gathered in Portland to start another year together. We have been calling ourselves the Portland Area Reggio Collaborative, or PARC for a couple of years now. We are a collection of early childhood...
