Sorry it has been a while since my last post! We've been busy at West Oakview working on our goal for this year: drawing from observation. Learning to look closely is a great skill that not only helps budding artists, but for general academic success.
I've also been preparing for my maternity leave starting in a few days until mid-May. Patricia Thoms will be my long term sub and you can contact her at [email protected]. 1st Graders are making some beautiful collages of elephants in India. 2nd Graders have been working hard on some 3D paper castles. 3rd Graders are creating cut-paper self-portraits. 4th Graders are finishing up a black and white Parisian landscape including a self-portrait of them in front of the Eiffel Tower. Highlands students just finished their clay creations (5th graders made cupcakes, 6th graders made artsy coil pots) and are starting to paint them. Our K-12 art department also had the recent privilege of attending a full day workshop at GVSU to learn more about teaching clay. We had a blast and learned a lot! Also: you can see artwork from West on display at our Administration Building for the month of February.
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