This student would prefer to add her own description, so I am awaiting her words!

When only Colored Pencil will do-

This free-standing building was engineered entired by its 7 year old artist, Barb, who figured she wanted it standing by itself. You can't tell but the car is also freestanding.

This is what it is like to live on a hill in the city. Absolutely only colored pencil was used for this drawing. Although I made many suggestions, virtually all of them were ignored. Some children have an intense desire to build and create and express themselves without censure. Barb is one passionate artist!

Painting inspired by life under the sea

This painting took a couple of classes to complete and really is an interesting work. It was inspired by browsing through a book about undersea oddities. It ended up looking like a network of lines and colors that are quite beautiful and abstract.

The effect of the larger pink (ish) lines and the small pink lines intersecting the blue/green backgrounds created a deep sense of space. It was alot of fun watching the painting unfold, as only the artist knew the direction the painting would take.

The vastness of the sense of space created by this 5th grade student might be the envy of adult artists.

Raise your Hand if You LOVE Cows!

There must be alot of people out there who think that cows are wonderful animals. This whimsical cow was created with papier mache technique. What a great way to use a paper plate (the lips). Actually this cow head goes with an entire papier mache body that makes this cow sculpture almost 4 feet high. Before he left the art room the cow was dressed formally in a dotted tie that matched the dots on his body.

Don't Blame the Dog

This is a cartoon about a boy and his dog who get into mischief when their Mother leaves to go out. Oh oh! A game of indoor baseball has resulted in the ball crashing through the window.......and Mom will be home soon! What can they do? The boy and the dog just clean up all of the glass after breaking the entire window, and the Mom doesn't even notice that the glass isn't there anymore. Now there's a unique solution to a situation- drawn and thought up by Jon who is all of 6 years of age.

I know a place to get great beads...

I had a great vacation in Mexico and managed to spend some time in a lovely mall with an awesome bead store.

Punch out a design

The French name for this is repousee. The way this is done is to put lots of newspapers under a piece of very heavy foil and creating a 3-D design.This design was done by "punching out"and then turning the metal over and "punching out " the other side. The design is then continued onto the black piece of mat board using colored pencils to extend and change the patterns of the repousee. I found this idea in an old issue of Scholastic Arts Magazine. The artist, Zoe, can be seen above putting on finishing touches. It takes a bit of patience, and one can get a little carried away with detail, but it sure is fun to do. You can also paint or use permanent markers to color the metal itself.