ariana

michelle

perla

brianna

kelsy

pen

justice

ariana pumpkins and gourds

African symbols

 Tuesday's class worked with African Adinkra Symbols. I give the kids a hand-out with lots of symbols and their meanings, and ask them to pick out 4 that are traits they'd like to emulate. We drew them in pencil, outlined in marker, colored with oil pastel and then added watercolor. Oh, and we worked with rulers too, to create a 2" border on the artwork.

African symbols

 

African symbols

 

African symbols

African symbols

African symbols

African symbols

African symbols

African symbols

Words to live by

African symbols

selecting the fruit

 We had a lesson in drawing and watercolor, using fruit as our subject. When the kids had painted 4 fruits, they moved on to painting birds.
 

painting fruit

the boys painting fruit

 As usual, the boys sit together

painting fruit with AMY!

 Amy, my wonderful assistant. 

painting fruit

painting birds

painting fruit

painting birds

painting fruit

a little exercise in the sun

 Such a gorgeous day, we spent the last 15 minutes playing outside.

Mundo Lindo returns!

 Mundo Lindo class begins! September 16, 2010. We had 27 kids show up! Fourth and fifth graders, recommended by their teachers, and all from Escondido schools. This is our 3rd year of Mundo Lindo, and it started with a bang! So many kids, we'll be adding a Tuesday class.