I am so happy to have the studio open and running for 440! Today we explored observational drawing using natural materials from the backyard and surrounding neighborhood. I set out brown paper, 6B pencils, black pens, white Prisma pencils and water soluble graphite.
The children took their time really looking at the leaves and grapes and seeds on the table and drawing what they saw using the materials at hand.
Once our botanical illustrations were complete we added labels.
Here are a few of their wonderFULL creations!
XP Corner:
The 440 XP is interested in oceans! And things that inhabit the ocean, particularly: sharks, mermaids, sea monsters and rainbow fish!
So we began our afternoon in the studio, talking about the layers of ocean and how light has to filter through so much water. In fact the deepest ocean is darkest black.
To further our thinking, we gradated shades of blue from lightest to dark, then created our own layered oceans using contact paper and colored tissue
Stay tuned next week when we will populate our oceans with our favorite oceanic creatures!
Stay tuned next week when we will populate our oceans with our favorite oceanic creatures!
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