On our first day of the “Modern Masters” workshop, we learned about Diego Rivera. We started out by reading Mike Venezia’s book about Rivera. I love his series, “Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists!” He throws in enough humor with just the right amount of factual information to keep the kids listening. : ) […]
The kids blew me away with the last project of “Art, American Style.” We drew hoodoos from Bryce Canyon. Hoodoos are spire like rock formations. We drew them in black oil pastel and colored them with chalk pastels. We talked about layering colors and blending. These are absolutely stunning! If I didn’t see it with […]
Thursday’s K-2nd grade class finished their glue/pastel portraits. The final step of rolling ink on the glued lines was a new technique with interesting results. Each piece really has a unique personality. Some students loved the results, and some didn’t like the lack of control with the ink. It was a little scary. I appreciate […]
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