Time to Catch Up!

Whew! It has been a busy past couple of months! 

But now, it is time to catch up!

5th grade spooked us all with these "Spooky Trees":

 

Learning to draw a more realistic trees is one of my "things" for art. Most students (and adults too) draw what I call "ice cream trees": rectangle trunk, fluffy top. So, I have made it my mission at Corner School to eliminate "ice cream trees"!

 

We started this drawing with a tree drawing lesson. We discussed the anatomy of the tree and also some objects that are spooky. Students then choose some spooky objects to accompany their tree and did a rough draft or sloppy copy before executing their final drawing.

Students covered all their pencil lines with black oil pastel and added color with watered down tempera. We also used this time to review on cool and warm colors and composition.

These drawings were displayed outside of the lunch room.