Kayla, a passionate and experienced educator, blends her love for arts and crafts with her dedication to nurturing creativity in children. With over six years of experience in painting and childcare, she thrives in connecting visual arts with engaging learning activities. Holding a BA in English from UC Berkeley, Kayla is adept at text analysis and creative writing, crafting stories and poems that spark imagination. As a professional face painter and balloon twister, she excels in both group settings and individual sessions, guiding children to explore and express their innate creativity across various artistic mediums.
Painting 101
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May 21, 2025
Mission Dolores Academy
It went pretty well! Everyone seemed to enjoy doing self portraits. A lot of kids left early though because their parents picked them up.
We did self portraits with oil pastels and acrylic paint.
Painting 101
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May 6, 2025
Mission Dolores Academy
I enjoyed the project I had planned and was pretty well prepared with lots of supplies. Unfortunately a lot of the children in this group have displayed some inappropriate behavior that I did my best to mitigate. Overall that was the only thing that didn't go very well, most of the kids seemed to enjoy the project.
We did a mixed media projects using acrylic paint, crayons, construction paper and tissue paper. I showed them what the finished project would look like and did a practice one in front of them. I created a tree using paint and tissue paper. They then did their own.
Painting 101
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April 24, 2025
Mission Dolores Academy
It went fairly well. I believe I need to have two projects per class though, as they finished pretty quickly.
We learned watercolors. I created card stock painting printouts with mini watercolor palettes on each page. I explained how watercolors differ from acrylic paints and how to assess how much water you need versus how much paint. I let the kids explore with color mixing the watercolors and seeing how the texture differs from acrylic.
