Drew Bandages a Silk Screen, but the Watercolors still Bleed

>Yesterday I decided to check out the Teen Studios that resume in the afternoons at CAC. I began in Drew's printmaking class where I encountered a bit of an emergency situation. Throughout the week, teens have been working on original silk screens and had reached the point to remove the screen filler, or, 'blue goo' (see post from 6.22 'Printmaking with Drew'). This is easily done with the aid of a sponge and water. My new friend, Avery, had a little mishap in this process when her silk screen developed a small hole (see below):

I could see some panic creep up on Avery's face when this happened, but Drew came to the rescue and bandaged that hole right up with tape. Although some of Avery's original work was lost when being bandaged, she reasoned "it was just a boat that was lost; there is always another boat." 

[ Drew to the rescue ]

[ Despite a small hole, still able print ]

[ The little duck that could ]

Meanwhile, Tim was going to town with his pineapple print. When asking him what inspired him to make a pineapple, his response was plain and simple; "pineapples are just awesome," although, he did admit to hating pineapples "with a passion" up until two months ago. 

Next, I took a peek into Pat's watercolor class; what a soothing experience. Like the water itself, watercolor painting seems to bring a blissful calm amongst the class. I had the chance to meet Margot, and discuss the work she has done this week at CAC. She shared with me the color wheel she and class members created previously week:

[ Color wheel ]

                              Margot also shared with me her landscapes:

What I was most intrigued by were Margot's watercolors of what seem to be little monsters; "On my free time I like to create these little detailed creatures" she explained.

She went on to tell me how much she learned this week, and in particular she learned "how to control the water on the paint brush so that you don't have too much or too little."
Something I learned after only being in this class for a short time is that a white watercolor does not exist (after all, watercolors are transparent); to create a white space, you must paint around that area, simply leaving it white; this is quite a challenge when working with watercolors that tend to bleed, quickly spreading across the canvas. 

From the hole in the silk screen to bleeding water colors,  the teens taught me flexibility and patience is key while creating original work.