Day 3: First Full Day of Art

Teaching Kindergarten to find shapes in the teddy bear (preparing for drawing time).

4/5 Students working on color wheels.

First full day doing my rounds of art classes! I decided to start one-point perspective drawings with the high school students this morning. I gave a small powerpoint and when we went out into the hall with drawing boards and rulers and spent the period drawing together. Only 2 of the 4 students showed up for class, which is normal. Those two will just have finished drawings by the end of the week and the others will have to rush a bit more.

I went through each elementary grade throughout the day teaching 45-minute lessons. I did short drawing lessons with the K, 1, and 2/3 and then did color theory/color wheel lessons with the 4/5 and 6th graders. With sixth grade we explored seasonal colors in St. Mary's and talked about the different emotional value color can have... they were also a lot more interested in my personal life (definitely middle schoolers!)

I got to skype with Mel last night and Michael this afternoon (two wonderful Whitworth U friends), so if you'd like to skype, I'll probably be on every afternoon after 3:30ish... or we can schedule a weekend chat.

For now... it is nap time. I'm tired. The wind was blowing hard today, which is not very pleasent walking to and from the elementary school and high school, but a good experience I suppose. My cheeks are red from the cold and wind.

Dinner tonight with the Principal-- so I got to rest up.
Giselle

Road down to the river from the high school. Main residential area.