When I lived in towns larger than Water Valley, one of my favorite ventures was to go to a large, cozy bookstore that sold coffee and pastries. One of my goals is to provide a bit of that experience at my new arts space: Jacki Kellum Studios & School of Arts. A necessary ingredient for…
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Tuesdays with Tomie – Jacki Kellum Studios Free Breakfast Club Program – Practicing Turning Our Memories into Picture Books – Begins September 9, 2025
For too many reasons to name, Children’s Literature is my favorite genre to read and study. While Tomie de Paola is not my favorite Picture Book Creator, he is the best I know to study to learn to turn memories into picture books. Because de Paola is both a prolific writer and an illustrator, he…
Fashion Design Class & Drawing People for Middle Schoolers and Teens
While I was living in New Jersey, I taught a great group of girls a class in fashion design. The primary focus was to help these girls learn to draw and paint people. Another objective was that of teaching the facets of creative mixed media design, The third objective is to help students explore Fashion…
Art for Kids – Learn to Draw Realistically, to Shade & Learn Cartooning
The above images were created by one of my students who was aged 10. I started teaching this student to shade with colored pencils when she was in the second grade. When children enter elementary school, they become progressively more sensitive about the opinions of their classmates, and they seek a teacher who helps them…
Art for Tots Classes at Jacki Kellum School of Arts – Water Valley, MS – A Creative Arts Program
Very young children have a natural ability to paint that they inevitably lose if steps are not taken to preserve that ability. Too often, parents wait until their children are older before they provide art classes for them. But that is a mistake. A creative arts instructional program– from a properly trained instructor–is crucial for…
Free Breakfast Club Coming to 26 South Main in Water Valley, MS — Great for Writers
Early morning is the most crucial time of my day, and according to several authors I trust, it is the essential time for writers to prime their pumps. “I have learned, on my journeys, that if I let a day go by without writing, I grow uneasy. Two days and I am in tremor. Three…
Painting Autumn in Watercolor – Adult Watercolor Classes Taught by Jacki Kellum
Saplings: First September Jacki Kellum Watercolor I painted this group of saplings several years ago–in early September. I have decided that this will be the first watercolor painting that I will teach when Jacki Kellum Studios and School of Arts launches its teaching program in September at 26 S. Main in Water Valley, MS. In…