First Day of Art!

First day of art, Hooray!!!! Today we began class by reading a book called The Clever Stick by John Lechner. The story is about a little stick that doesn't think he has a way to communicate. He soon discovers he has a voice through his illustrations and is able to share what he wants to say to his friends. This is a great lesson about how illustrations are a form of communicating. We shouldn't underestimate what the artist is trying to tell us.

After the story and a look at some of Picasso's wonderful line drawings students then took out their pencils and began to work on sketching different types of lines (zig-zags, loops, curves, dashes) and circles. Next, students began to draw their self portrait paying close attention to the shapes and lines on their face by feeling them first. The end result was brilliant! Their faces were shining on the paper and in person! Each student also did a miniature self portrait to put together in a frame with the entire school. The end result will be up some time next week!