Our first project at the beginning of the semester was to draw a small self-portrait using only one color. Students could use colored pencils or crayons and they could use different shades and tints of the same color, but it could only be one. Each class made a series of portraits that were then assembled into one giant art class rainbow!
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The younger classes have been having a great time checking in with Duncan's crayons in The Day The Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. Poor Duncan. All he wants is to color and he finds resignation letters from all his crayons instead. Each crayon is upset for a different reason and they explain it to him in their letters. The first grade classes are choosing a color and writing their own letter to Duncan about why they quit and how he can fix it and then they are illustrating it.
In our sixth grade class we are starting a collaborative mural inspired by the paleolithic cave painting of Lascaux in southwestern France. Check back in for our work in progress!
On September 15th, we celebrated International Dot Day in our classes. Dot Day is inspired by the wonderful story in The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. In The Dot, Vashti discovers that she was an artist all along and just had to believe in herself and to open her mind as she makes her dot paintings. I love the Vashti's story because in my art room we never say the word "can't", instead we say "I'll try," and Vashti starts the story by saying "I can't draw!" When she opens her mind and starts to make her mark she discovers that she can draw and much more. In each class we read the story and talked about Vashti and her journey and then we experimented with watercolors to create our very own dot paintings. For more about Dot Day and how it is celebrated in classrooms all around the world, check out this link: http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/
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