Remington finished his gummy bear drawing. I taught him how to create values: highlights and shading with colored pencils to help make the gummy bears look three-dimensional. Then he created some Complete the Drawing exercises. One was half a cat that he finished, and the other was a turtle. For the turtle, he combined turtle and cat features. Very creative!

Unfortunately, Cam was absent again today and was unable to work on his landscape drawing.

Aiden is continuing to work on his drapery study. We discussed that the toned paper may be presenting a challenge for him when creating highlights. He is going to keep working on it. I proposed using white drawing paper and a white sheet for drapery as opposed to tan paper and a cream colored drapery. I also suggested two new possible drawing projects that he will think about.

Jackson chose to draw a bunch of colorful jelly beans. Observing the photograph of the jelly beans, Jackson had to pay attention to size, shape, and space relationships to recreate the jelly beans. He learned about the positive space (the jelly beans) and the negative space (the space in between the jelly beans). He also picked out the appropriate colored pencils to match the colors of the jelly beans. He will finish it tomorrow.

Remington drew another Complete My Self-Portrait in class today. Now his mom and dad will each receive his self-portrait. Summary of Complete My Self-Portrait: I took a photo of Remington’s face and cropped it, so it only shows half of his face: one eye, one ear, and one half of his nose and mouth. I printed the cropped photo and glued it on the right side of a piece of drawing paper. Remington had to draw the other half of his face to create his self-portrait. This art activity is excellent for learning symmetry and strengthening visual-spatial relationships as well as practicing shading and learning proportions.

Then Remington started a gummy bear drawing where he is recreating the gummy bears using good observation with form, proportions, and texture.

Art and Movement
Remington and I moved to the energetic adventures of Danny Go! Then we went on the playground and played badminton.

Cam was going to continue drawing his landscape, but he was absent today.

I took a photo of Jackson’s face and cropped it, so it only shows half of his face: one eye, one ear, and one half of his nose and mouth. I printed the cropped photo and glued it on the right side of a piece of drawing paper. Jackson had to draw the other half of his face to create his self-portrait. This art activity is excellent for learning symmetry and strengthening visual-spatial relationships as well as practicing shading and learning proportions.

I took a photo of Remington’s face and cropped it, so it only shows half of his face: one eye, one ear, and one half of his nose and mouth. I printed the cropped photo and glued it on the right side of a piece of drawing paper. Remington had to draw the other half of his face to create his self-portrait. This art activity is excellent for learning symmetry and strengthening visual-spatial relationships as well as practicing shading and learning proportions.

I was going to have Cam continue drawing his landscape, but he is absent today.

The drapery study drawing has been quite a challenge for Aiden. He started over again, and we rearranged the drapery to see if works better for him. He wants to master this challenge, but if it doesn't work, I will have him move onto something different.