drawing simple shapes in the garden

We had class in the Escondido Children's museum, so the kids drew simple shapes from what they saw in the garden

Modeling the tie-dye t-shirt she made in class

Natalie made this shirt in last fall's class, when we all made tie-dye t-shirts.

repeated shapes

Thursday class

Gorgeous day, about 78 degrees

repeated shapes

the art of ................sailing

We got our clipboards and went into the park to draw some graphic shapes, based on nature. It was 77 degrees, and gorgeous. The Escondido City Hall complex is just across the park from our classroom. They have sturdy wooden boats, made by the Lions Club, I think, for kids to use for free. So of course, we had to try them out.

the art of ................sailing

The boats come tied to a small rope and a stick, so kids can drag/sail them in the foutain.

the art of ................sailing

Tired and happy from the fresh air and 'sailing.'

the art of ................sailing

repeated shapes in watercolor

We did go back to the classroom, eventually, to create our art project. The kids selected two of their simple shapes (based on nature) cut them out from card stock, outlined them on watercolor paper, then with marker, and painted them in watercolor.

repeated shapes in watercolor

The kids got right to work. Here's Amanda.

repeated shapes in watercolor

Elizabeth.

paper mache bowls

some of the dried paper mache bowls from last week. Tissue and tie-dye paper towels made the color.

thursdays big class

painting and drawing

painting

I gave the kids sheets of aztec symbols, and asked them to draw them. They could also change them or adapt them. They drew in pencil first, then crayon, then painted them. Sheet of watercolor paper were 5x5"

aztec symbols....and pie

ah, yes, the well-known Aztec symbol for pie........Class is from 3:30-5:30 and we often end up talking about food.

aztec symbols

aztec symbols and others

Jennyfer shows the book she created from her pages..tied with yarn.

papier mache bowls

Papier Mache bowls. We used plastic bowls as the mold, covered them in clear plastic wrap, then with art paste and colored tissue, then newspaper, then more color tissue. As you can see, the colored tissue made for a very messy project!

papier mache bowls

papier mache bowls

papier mache bowls

papier mache bowls
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papier mache bowls

Our Mundo Lindo poster boy!

papier mache bowls

We had 17 kids on thursday...and all very energetic!

papier mache bowls

We left the bowls to dry for the week.

Jonathan

Jonathan and his Giraffe in oil pastels

they LOOK like angels

thursday

We had 20 kids on Thursday! A huge and very energetic group!!

20 kids!

Mundo Lindo press

got some press for our President Obama portraits. Here, the SDBackyard, published by the Union Tribune and also in the community section of the North County Times. I'd like to find a venue to display the portraits.

tuesday kids

giraffes!

We used oil pastels today and the kids drew butterflies and giraffes.

giraffe in progress

Elizabeth's butterflies

I brought in pictures of butterflies for inspiration, and Elizabeth chose to draw hers in pencil. Lovely

butterflies