I cannot believe that my first month in my own classroom has already flown by! I am very busy every second of the day and I LOVE IT! I feel that I am getting to know my students better and better with each class I have with them.

Art 6 is currently working on an oil pastel/painting project dealing with contour lines of animal portraits based on the artwork of Dean Russo (shown left; student artwork by James Place). I am trying to help students understand that they can take their time on projects and we will take more than 1 class period to complete an entire project. They are catching on! :)

Studio Art 7/8 is working on self portraits using grids (shown right; student artwork by Phillip Haun). Instead of smooth shading, we will be adding line patterns that vary from light to dark to add value to their portraits. I am amazed at their work so far!

If students have a spare minute in class (or even at home) they have been creating cards for the Dell Childrens Medical Center patients. I am so proud of their compassion for others and cannot wait to take the cards to the center. I've also learned about several students (or their family members) who have been patients there before. (photo of cards below)

- Sarah