Friday, December 21, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Beauty, Hope and Joy
We in the arts...have the great and good gift of dealing with beauty, with joy and hope...We do this in a world that is sometimes unimaginably ugly. What can we now do? Nothing more than to keep doing what we do; to continue to be part of what makes life good, what makes it worthwhile, what gives hope and joy and brings smiles to faces.
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More Zentangles!
Third and fourth graders use Zentangles to work toward "Mindfulness" in art class. The concentration and focus that these detailed designs take help artists feel calm and centered.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Birches and Birds
First and second grade artists looked at the beautiful illustrations in Lois Ehlert's book, "Snowballs."
We used liquid watercolor paint with oil pastel resist to make colorful papers, which we used to cut out our birds. We used sheet music for our birch trees and added shading and detail with black oil pastels.
Thank you to Deep Space Sparkle for the inspiration for this project!