Art 4 Life

Christmas Nail Art Design Ideas

2011-12-21T15:15:00.002-07:00

Cute Christmas Nail Art Design Ideas

Saj Mediterranean Grill's 1 year Anniversary

2010-08-23T19:19:00.001-06:00

Art 4 Life Face Painting once again was present at Saj Mediterranean Grill, this time was for their 1st year Anniversary. If you didn't get the chance to be present you missed! There was free face painting and balloons for the kids, as well as great band playing and free food tasting for everyone. Not to mention the great tasting and healthy food!

Eat Well....Live Long...Saj Style!

Started at Friday, August 20st, 2010 at 4:00pm
Ended: Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 7:00pm

Location: SouthGlenn Mall
City: Centenniel, CO

Links:
Saj Mediterranean Grill - http://www.sajgrill.com/
SouthGlen Mal - http://www.shopsouthglenn.com/

Saj Mediterranean Grill's 1 year Anniversary
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Best Face Painting Service in Denver

2010-04-12T18:17:00.003-06:00

Art 4 Life provides experienced high quality professional face painting and entertainment services in Colorado, with the best rates around.
Check for your self…

$100 for 1 hr and a half/ 90 minutes (Minimum package: Around $65 per hr)
$120 for 2 hrs ($60 per hr)
$165 for 3 hrs ($55 per hr)
Each additional hr is $50 per hr also.
**Distance over 50 miles additional fees may apply.

Please note that large amount of hours, packages can be negotiated.

From conventions, birthday parties, grand openings, to family reunions, picnics, and corporate functions, we can customize the right line of face painting designs just for you!

We cover all Denver Metro Area and Suburbs. (Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Lone Tree, Castle Rock, Centennial, Englewood, Aurora, Parker, Cherry Creek, Elizabeth, etc).

Weekends tend to book up quickly so please contact us today with the date, time and location of your event to reserve the date.

For booking and if you have any questions please contact us at (303) 720-2884 or by e-mail: anafonte2000@yahoo.com

Make your next party or event fantastic and memorable with face painting. You can be transformed into anything! With Art 4 Life Face Painting, your only limit is your imagination. We offer a wide array of designs to mach any party theme, using only professional artistic make up, water washable and all FDA approved.

Nail Art Party: The Ultimate Idea for a Girly-Girl SocialPamper Party,Specially made forour princesses, a day to pamper them with their own nail spamakeover... Take your turn at the nail table, have your nails manicuredand polished, look through nail art designs, and choose your favoritefrom our wide range of styles.
Perfect for a tea party, slumber party,girl's party and more.

Prenatal belly art: Having your belly painted is the perfect way to memorialize your pregnancy! Your nursery theme can be matched, or create something fun and beautiful just for you and your baby. You can choose to have your belly beautified with friends and family at your baby shower or belly blessing, or you can opt for a private meeting at the place of your choosing!

Fun crazy hair: If you're ready for the craziest hair on the planet, then call us today! Art 4 Life can make your hair reach new heights and add fun and funky colors! We also like to add "stuff" to make it floopy, floppy, flippy, and down-right crazy! Prepare to have your hair defy not only gravity, but also any sense of normalcy!

As a professional art teacher I can provide you with Art and crafts workshops appropriated to the child's age group. Engaging them with activities that stimulates their creativity, also the fine and gross motor skills. Some examples of the Art techniques that you can chose from are: painting (acrylic, oil, gouache, watercolor),drawing techniques, engraving, sculptures recycled materials, paper mosaics, origami, decoupage, paper mache, masks using "papier cole", tapestries, recycling and handicraftsin general.

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Easter Bunny Lunch of the Outlets at Castle Rock

2010-04-05T21:59:00.006-06:00

Here we are again. I hope everyone had a GREAT Easter like we did. Face Painting hasn't stopped, the Face Painting Virus is in the Air and I have been working very hard weekly to attend all demands. So Art 4 Life was this last weekend present on the Easter Bunny Lunch at the Outlets mall of Castle Rock-CO. That was held on Saturday April 3rd from 11am to 1pm. 50% of the tickets went towards the Woman's Crisis and Family Outreach Center. Who wasn't there gets a chance to see what they missed with these photos...

http://www.outletsatcastlerock.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Outlets-at-Castle-Rock

http://www.facebook.com/castlerockeasterbunnyevents

Me getting ready for work face painting myself as an Easter Bunny

Face Painting yourself is not as easy as it looks... But it can be done.

Ready to do face painting, just waiting for the children

The Easter Bunny is here!!!

The Results... My face painted bunny is even prettier then the real Easter bunny! Doesn't she look so cute??

Who could think her pretty eyes could look even prettier with a rainbowbutterfly eyes face painting ??

Some Face Painting Designs

Who said Face painting has to be just in the Face?? You can chose to do body painting too!

Beautiful Butterfly Face Painting

2 minutes bunny face painting for the little guy

Smiley face and batman Mask

Spider man mask face painting is always very popular

Another Rainbow butterfly... That was the most popular at the Easter Lunch.

Face Painting at McDonalds Fun Month

2010-03-07T22:28:00.000-07:00

Art 4 life Face Painting at Chinese new year celebration 2010

2010-03-01T21:02:00.000-07:00

Denver Chinese School in Partnership with Cherry Hills Community Church and Cherish China, Presents

2010 Chinese New Year Celebration

(Year of the Tiger)

Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010 (Chinese New Year Eve)

Time: 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Place: Cherry Hills Community Church

Address: 3900 Grace Boulevard, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

(Near University Boulevard and Wildcat Reserve)

Cultural Fair/Children Game 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Chinese Lunch 11:30 Noon to 1:00 PM

Two Hours of Celebration Show 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Take a journey with us to the Far East right here in Denver to experience the most exciting and important Chinese cultural event, the Chinese New Year Celebration. You will be entertained with a group of international renowned, award-winning professional artists flying-in from China and the East Coast of US and enjoy first class performances of acrobats, magic, folk and opera songs, lion dance, ancient Asian music, KungFu, solo and group folk dances & more. You will also have the opportunity to enjoy special prepared Chinese lunch, and experience cultural displays and shopping as well as various fun games for kids.

For information on Denver Chinese School, please go to www.denverchineseschool.org .

Face Painting on Saj Mediteranian Grill's Grand openning

2009-09-30T17:02:00.006-06:00

Art 4 Life Face Painting was present at Saj Mediterranean Grill's Grand opening! If you didn't get the chance to be present you missed! There was free cotton candy and balloons for the kids, as well as great band playing and free food tasting for everyone.

Started at Friday, September 25, 2009 at 4:00pm
Ended: Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 7:00pm

Location: SouthGlenn Mall
City: Highlands Ranch, CO

Links:
Saj Mediterranean Grill - http://www.sajgrill.com/
SouthGlen Mal - http://www.shopsouthglenn.com/

Here are some of the Face Painting made at the event...

Face Painting on Grandparent's Day at hyatt classic residence

2009-09-20T16:19:00.003-06:00

Art 4 Life Face Painting was Celebrating Grandparent's Day at Classic Residence by Hyatt in Highlands Ranch

Classic Residence by Hyatt in Highlands Ranch is a continuing carecommunity that imparts peace of mind. This ideal location just south ofDenver, Colorado, with spectacular views of the Rocky Mountains offersan on-site care center featuring private accommodations for residentialassisted living, Alzheimer's and dementia care, as well as skillednursing care.

2850 Classic Drive,

Highlands Ranch, CO, 80126

Miracle party 2009

2009-09-12T23:16:00.006-06:00

http://www.miracleparty.org

It is a pleasure to announce that Art 4 Life was present on the miracle Party 2009. As seen on the 9NEWS.

September 19, 2009 5PM - 10PM

Crowne Plaza
Denver International Airport
15500 E. 40th Ave.,
Denver, CO

Our CHILDREN ARE MIRACLES!!! This party is to honor our Cancer Fighters! September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The children highlighted at this party have something in common. They were all diagnosed with different types of childhood cancer. They are at different stages of their cancer battles. Some are finished with treatment, some facing relapse and some have lost their lives to this horrible disease. The mission for this Miracle Party is to have a night for the children to forget cancer, have fun and honor their angel friends. Bless each of those children and their families.Miracle Party 2009 is a night to remember those we have lost, and those who are still fighting Childhood Cancer. On September 12, 2009 these children and their families get to forget cancer, if only for a night and celebrate a Miracle.

The party began at 5PM outside in the parking lot of the Crowne Plaza Convention Center.
There was:

Limousine Rides
Pony Rides
Rock Climbing Wall
Fire Trucks
Aurora Police Department SWAT Team
2009 Douglas County Sheriffs Race Car
Outdoor Music Entertainment

A little before 6PM the event moved into the main ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Convention Center.
There were:

Food, Desserts, and Drinks
DJ Brian Howe (Video Music DJ)
Music by the Kory Brunson Band
Music by Mark Holloway
Break/Hip-Hop Dance Demos
Music by the Fogue
A Special Video Presentation & Music Singer for our Cancer Angels
Spectacular light show from a concert-grade lighting rig!
A Full Concert Sound System
Face Painting (Here we are!)
Bungee Run
Bounce Houses
Obstacle Course
Silent Auction
Projected Video Games
Photo Booth
and so much more...

Here are a few pictures of our Face Painting...

Face Painting in Aurora - CO

2009-09-09T19:40:00.002-06:00

Some pictures of our Face Painting in a Birthday Party

(Aurora - CO)

Our new website "Colorado Face Painting"

2009-09-05T15:49:00.005-06:00

Amanda's Face Painting

Coming soon: "Colorado Face Painting" our new websites!
http://coloradofacepainting.com also http://coloradofacepainting.tripod.com

Weare starting also a new category of entertainment: "Nail Art". Which youwill also see it soon here on the blog and on our website.

So keep your eyes close for all the good news!!

Camilla's Body Painting

Wedding Planner
Wedding

Face painting at home

2009-08-12T18:45:00.004-06:00

Having some fun with face painting at home with my favorite model (my daughter)

Art work made by children with multiple disabilities from the clinic

2009-08-10T11:16:00.009-06:00

All Work you can see in this post were made by the children from the Rehabilitation Center for with Multiple Disabilities.

Techniques: Acrylic paintings, some with texturizing and collages (mixed textures and techniques), Mosaics, Painting and collages on old records, Masks made out of old news paper and acrylic paint.

Click on the images to view them Larger

Masks (Recycling trash into Art)

2009-07-31T09:51:00.002-06:00

Masks made out of recycled news paper.

"Paper Mache"

All Work you can see in this post were made with children with multiple disabilities.

Recycling Materials into Art Works

2009-07-31T09:50:00.015-06:00

Recycling Trash Into Art Work

Coke Pet Bottles turned into Flowers

Magazines Christmas Trees

All Work you can see below were made with children with multiple disabilities.

Turning Old Records Into Art

Origami Workshop

2009-07-31T08:50:00.009-06:00

About Origami

Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper, and using only one piece of paper.

Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. The most well known form is probably the Japanese paper crane. In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper whose sides may be different colors or prints. There is much speculation as to the origin of origami. It is generally believed that most of its modern developments occurred in Japan; however, there have also been independent paperfolding traditions in China, Germany, and Spain, among other places.

Origami had already become a significant aspect of Japanese ceremony by the Heian period of Japanese history. Samurai warriors would exchange gifts adorned with noshi, a sort of good luck token made of folded strips of paper. Origami butterflies were used during the celebration of Shinto weddings to represent the bride and groom.

Special origami paper, often also referred to as "kami" (Japanese for paper, among other things), is sold in prepackaged squares of various sizes ranging from 2.5 cm to 25 cm or more. It is commonly colored on one side and white on the other; however, dual colored and patterned versions exist and can be used effectively for color-changed models. Origami paper weighs slightly less than copy paper, making it suitable for a wider range of models.

Origami Workshops

Face Painting in Castle Rock

2009-07-23T20:51:00.007-06:00

Simple origami tutorial

2009-07-20T20:59:00.014-06:00

Lily Flower

(Simple origami tutorial)

Here are two Lilies I folded earlier. The paper is coloured on one side and white on the other which gives a nice stripe effect down the centre of the petals.
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1. Start with a square of paper - I suggest NO smaller than 20cm or it will be too fiddly for first timers. Fold the paper in half both ways diagonally and horizontally and vertically to make a star as in the pic below. Ensure all of your creases are sharp and precises as possible by running finger nail along each crease for every step of this model.

Fold a star shape in the paper. Note how precise the lines are. It's important to take your time in being precise and fussy when folding origami.

2. Now fold the paper (right side out) into a triangle and using the creaselines as a guide begin to push one of the sides in as shown below...

Push one of the sides into the centre of the triangle and repeat with the other side. The result is shown below.

View from top. Push both sides into the centre, this will be the result.

3. Ensure that the open edges of the shape are facing away from you and then take one of the sides and fold into the centre crease line as shown below...

Fold one of the side edges into the center creaseline and repeat with the other side edge and you will get the result shown below...

Now flip the model over, repeat with the other 2 side edges and unfold all of the edges again and you will get the result shown below...

As you can see we have just been making creaselines that will serve as guide for the next step.

4. Take one of the folded side edges and slip your index finger into it as shown in the pic below...

That scar is the result of a small argument (that I lost) with my olfa cutter - we suffer for our art! Slip your finger into the side edge/flap (or whatever you want to call it) and using the creaselines as guide press the flap down so that you get what looks like a kite with a white tip as shown below...

Now repeat the previous step with the other 3 flaps and you will get the result as shown below...

Result. Notice how there are 8 'pages/sides' to the model; some of the 'pages' look like the picture above (with white tip) and other pages look like the pic below...

and others look like this (plain with no white tip) I'm just mentioning the difference in the way the pages look because it's important for the following steps.

5. Ensure the a 'white tip' page is facing up and fold the shape in half by bringing the bottom tip and the top tip together as shown below...

Fold shape in half and make a sharp crease and unfold. We have just made a crease line for later on.

6. Ensuring you have the kite shape with the white tip facing upwards, take one of the top half side edges and (precisely) fold it into the centre crease line as shown below...

Fold the side edge into the centre crease as shown, repeat with the other side, and open out again and you will get the result as shown below...

Result. As you can see we have made creaselines for a triangle. We are going to use these lines for the next step.

7. Follow the steps CLOCKWISE from top left in the pic below...

Clockwise from top left: slip your finger into the top edge of the pocket (pic 1) and using the side creaslines as a guide pull the lip of it all the way down (pic 2), ensure everything is aligned on the centre creasline (pic 3), push the small resulting triangle upward on the creasline as shown (pic 4).

Repeat the whole of step 7 for the other 3 sides (with white tips).

8. Nearly there! Ensure you have a plain side (with no folds or flaps etc. on it) facing up and the open tip open edges are facing away from you. Follow the steps CLOCKWISE from top left in the pic below...

Clockwise from top left: plain side is facing up and the open tip ends are facing away from you (pic 1), precisely fold one of the side edges into the centre creaseline and repeat with the other side (pic 2), repeat with step with the other 3 PLAIN sides (pic 3), this should be the result (pic 4).

9. Pick up the model with the side facing you (as in pic 4 of the previous step) and pull one of the petals downwards as shown in the pic below...

As you pull the petal down you'll notice it will only go so far downwards, at the point where it will go no further make a crease at the base of the petal. Flip the model over and repeat on the other side. Open out and repeat for the remaining 2 petals.

10. Grab a pencil or ruler and curl the edge of the petals to make things even more pretty as shown below.

Curl the petals under with a pencil or ruler and you're done!

About Art Therapy "Art 4 Life"

2009-01-31T14:01:00.002-07:00

Why I chose the name "Art 4 Life"?

I believe Art in general can open a human mind in every kind of way. Makes you see the world in a total different vision. Art also has the power to help "cure", heal any kind of psycological wounds. I personally have experienced patients in severe depression, after surviving of trying to end their lives, be cures through Art therapy groups and sessions. I could stay all day here trying to explain why I believe in Art for promoting a better quality of live in human beings. Here are a few explanation about "Art Therapy"...

Seeing, speaking and feeling through Art

Art Therapy is a self-discovery process that can be life enhancing. The purpose of Art Therapy is much the same as in any other psycho therapeutic modality: to improve or maintain mental health and emotional well-being. Art Therapy generally utilizes drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and other forms of visual art expression to reveal hidden layers of an individual’s issues. The witnessing of the individual's creative expression, within the safe, non-threatening therapeutic space, coupled with the powerful imagery gives a place for his or her historical and emotional content to be realized.

Art Therapist’s recognize pre-verbal and non-verbal communication, including actions, symbols and metaphors. Art is a language which might be difficult to express in words or in other forms of therapy. By helping clients to discover underlying thoughts, feelings and meaning that are being communicated in the artwork, the intention is that clients will not only gain personal insight, but perhaps develop a better understanding of the way that they relate to others.

Art can benefit all individuals with a variety of issues or even help considered "normal" people to have a better quality of life..

Art does something more than fill dingy spaces devoid of character; it offers mastery, discipline, structure, healthy relationships, as well as positive and creative ways for people – young and old alike – to express locked in emotions and frustrations, the very same emotions and frustrations that often lead to offenses.

By making art accessible and giving youth the opportunities to meet and be mentored by people who create a variety of art, we will help our youth feel they can build and create anything. Why? Because the arts have the power to teach us.

The arts teach youth alternative views and solutions to their dilemmas.
The arts teach youth that small differences can have large effects.
The arts instill an innate ability to think and solve problems creatively and flexibly.
The arts teach teamwork and an appreciation for others strengths and talents
The arts teach us how to play and thus, are about expressing joy.
The arts teach communication: how to say that which cannot be said with words or numbers.
The arts teach youth that questions and problems can have more than one answer or solution.
The arts teach youth diverse perspectives - there are many ways to see and interpret the world.
The arts teach youth to make good judgments about qualitative relationships: in the arts, it is judgment rather than rules that prevail.
The arts teach youth the complex forms of problem solving: opportunity, circumstance and solutions change.
The arts teach that qualitative evaluations can be as valid as quantitative evaluations
The arts teach youth to think and work though how ideas and concepts become realities.
The arts give youth experiences they get no place else - and through these experiences they discover their range of capability and achievement.