Thursday, January 26, 2012

Warren Kimble, Vermont Folk Artist



First and second grade artists looked at art by Vermont Folk Artist Warren Kimble.  They chose a farm animal to draw and colored with crayons, making sure that the whole picture was covered with a thick, waxy layer of color.  In order to make our pictures look old, like Kimble's, we crumpled them up and painted a black watercolor wash over the whole picture.  I pressed the pictures under many heavy books to get out the wrinkles.  














Fun at Clay Club!

This week clay clubbers made coil pots, dragons and much, much more! 

Happy Chinese New Year- Year of the Dragon!

Third and fourth grade artists read "This Next New Year" by Janet S. Wong and discussed some Chinese New Year traditions.  They then drew Chinese dragons to celebrate the start of the Year of the Dragon.  We used sharpie markers to outline before painting with watercolor paint.