Lucas continued to work on his colored pencil assignment and made excellent progress rendering some of the flames and adding more details and highlights.
Lucas chose to continue working on his colored pencil assignment. He made steady progress and is growing increasingly comfortable using gel pens for highlights.
Libby came in very excited. We continued building her miniature house project and learned about mosaics. She created floral designs inside a box to represent a bathroom using tweezers and beads. She demonstrated great thoughtfulness and care in her design.
Colson wrapped up his graffiti project and began the 4-panel comic assignment. His storyline features a soccer game: getting ready (panel 1), warming up (panel 2), playing the game (panel 3), and winning and returning home (panel 4). He started with green thumbnails and expressed excitement about learning storytelling techniques.
We revisited a perspective drawing lesson, using Procreate’s grid to draw a cube and identify the centerline. He initially resisted the step-by-step process but eventually understood its value. Once comfortable, he returned to his comic and added a new figure to panel two. Unfortunately, he accidentally deleted part of his work by drawing on the wrong layer, but he took it in stride. I also showed him examples from professional concept work to inspire his efforts.
Both David and I arrived 10 minutes late due to traffic. He immediately resumed work, pulling reference images of buildings to integrate into his letterforms. I demonstrated how to use a white fill layer with lowered opacity to support under-drawing. He focused on breaking down architectural reference into simpler shapes, especially windows.
Teddy was in a positive, high-energy mood. He chose to work with clay and learned to mix custom colors. He created a set of clay burgers. We ended the session with 10 minutes on Poki Games.
David arrived 10 minutes late due to work on a Field Day poster. He continued developing his graffiti piece, applying monochromatic blue tones to architectural lettering. I introduced a lighting demo, helping him determine light sources and how to apply shadowing. He responded by incorporating shadows effectively
Alexandra chose to work with crayons. She began by drawing repeated number 8s, which led us into a short counting exercise. She enjoyed using strong pressure to maximize color, so we practiced making soft vs. hard lines, and straight vs. curved lines. We closed with a short viewing of The Land Before Time.
