Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Observational Drawing

Our art program got cut a year ago, and so this is the second year I have had to teach art. This week we are working on observational drawing, a skill the students will use in science as they document the plants and animals they study this year.

Today the kids selected an interesting rock and spent some time observing with magnifying lens before they started to draw. The goal was to mix colors using their colored pencils to try to match the colors and patterns just right.

I sure have some talented artists in this class - most of them are way better than I am!

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