from the Artists Workshop

 EKES Student Art Exhibit will be open on October 19th. These pieces were selected by students (grades 1-5) from their 2105-16 portfolios and will be on display in the halls for all to enjoy.    They represent various media and interests. Students will go into the hallway, find a piece of work they like, and their own, and sketch both pieces as a way of sharing and observing art work.

               

Now that sketchbook cover art and portfolios have been completed, classes are adding work to their portfolios.  They sketch oak leaves then acorns on thumbnail papers. As they finish sketching, they move to the tables to work.  I have a template for a giant oak leaf. I trace it for the kindies to color; first and second graders trace their own. Both beeswax crayons and Slick Stix are used. Some like oil pastels.

Arranging various texture plates under a paper to rub to make an interesting composition extends the work around leaves . A pumpkin/jack-o’lantern can also be either traced or used as a texture to keep in touch with the season. Colored pencils, color sticks, crayons or bees wax crayons work especially well. Classes conclude with brief conversations about what worked, or didn’t, what they liked or didn’t like about the project.

We continue the topic with chestnuts, hickory nuts, and pine cones for observing, then sketching. These ideas are used for creating still life art. Water colors will now become a choice following a review/ introduction to how to use them.

I hope you can get in to see the art work in the hall over the next few  weeks. I am in the building with classes on Tuesdays and Fridays, if you would like to visit an art class. I can be reached best by email msansouce@sau16.org to share, and set a date to meet.