student work

here is some student work from this second semester. my kids created artwork based off the theme STEAM which could be interpreted literally, metaphorically or whimsically. These are some of the best examples and they are all a variety of media and content. 

these kids are so stinkin talented! 

after we finished up the STEAM project, I had them relax a little bit with some Zentangles. Instead of just filling in circles like my art 1 classes did in the first semester, they filled in animal shapes.

these are some of the ones I have so far.

what i've been doing recently

here's just a tad of what i've been up to lately in the art world.

watercolor. chalk pastel.

lots of ink work. the library can get boring.

and remember those graffiti sketches i posted almost a month ago? well, here's the development of the second idea:

it's all framed and ready to be hung in the gallery next week. the artist opening is on the 19th and i couldn't be more stoked!

some watercolors

I really like painting with watercolors. It's probably one of my very favorite things to do. Ever.

Some art supplies were donated to our school by a woman who's mother had been an artist. After she passed there were all these supplies that needed someone to love them, so she gave them to us. There were a lot of different types of supplies, among them a plethora of tubed watercolor paints. I died. They are the greatest. Today I played with them to create this mermaid: