Life imitates art.....

No, Michael has not gone wild in art class!....more to come on this lesson....and, please take  note  of the matching sweatshirts!...:)

grey scale or gray scale?......

Well, it doesn't matter how you spell it....4th and 5th graders are currently taking the "gray scale challenge"....we are learning how to use our tools ( in this instance, EBONY brand pencils) to the best of their ability...and to see just how many shades of gray we can squeak out of them to create a patterned design in the round. We are learning about the element of VALUE in art, and simultaneously having a grand time seeing who can find the most shades with their pencil...at last count, grand total was 58...We will post some of our finished works of art when they are complete!

Mr.White's class and me......

Today I spent part of the morning with Mr. White's 4th grade class....we had a great time playing an old drawing game begun by surrealist artists in the 1920's called "the exquisite corpse".....here are the directions below if you want to try it at home....make sure you don't let the people you are playing with peek at your paper! ( click on the screenshot to enlarge!)

art is....