Hello once again ladies and gents! Sorry that I am a bit late this week in writing in the ol' blog. It's been a crazy week so far. Tuesday we celebrated my husband's birthday and Wednesday I went to see my mom for dinner. This weekend my brother is getting married! I am very excited for him and his lovely fiancée.
At school this week we have started our Post Impressionism unit. The older grades are working on a oil pastel landscape. They were required to use lots of color and swirls. Van Gogh is the artist that we are featuring, and he loved to use movement in his paintings. The students were fascinated by the fact that Van Gogh would paint so fast! It is said that Vincent Van Gogh was able to do at least one painting a day, which is incredibly fast! Our project will take us through next week.
The younger students were able to explore using sponges for painting. Van Gogh liked to use different techniques to see what kind of textures he could get, this is what I was trying to show them with this project. Next week they will be painting sunflowers using sponge brushes. It should be a blast.
On a slightly different note, you will see that I did not include pictures this week. I am waiting to get waivers from parents so I can include pictures of their students on this blog. I am hoping that they all say yes and I can go back to showing examples of my student's work as well as their smiling faces!
Thanks again for reading!
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