Scribbles and Sketches, Musings of an Art Teacher: Time Flies!

Wow, I can't believe that this week's class was the last one for 2011! Please forgive me for the delay in updating, the holiday season is upon us and everyone is trying to get last minute meetings and appointments out of the way it seems, which left me very little time last week and I didn't get the chance to update the blog. For that I am truly sorry.

This week we finished our work in the area of Cubism. I like to think that the students had a lot of fun with this project. However, I am also certain that it vexed a few who thought that creating this way would be easy. The pictures came out beautifully, as per usual, and once again I am overjoyed to have these students working so hard.

The 3rd/4th grade class spent their time wisely this week and were able to finish some unique and beautiful works. Although a few of them are not technically cubist in style, I am still delighted that they were able to create something that they were proud of.

The 5th/6th grade class were working on self-portraits in the cubist style. This was a hard thing for many of them to do because I was asking for the students to represent themselves in a way that was completely new to them. They still did a bang up job though!

The Kindergarten class learned all about how to use simple shapes to make up a person. They were great at picking shapes that worked well together! They had a wonderful time deciding what colors should go where on their pictures too!

By and large, I think I am most impressed with the work I saw in the 1st/2nd grade class on this project. These kiddos are so mathematical and inquisitive I just knew that the geometric shapes would appeal to them. Their work speaks for itself for sure!