Creativity is "intelligence having fun." (Albert Einstein). Well, we had a very fun and extremely busy year in LES Art. #1198 artworks have been photographed and published just this year (you only can see the art of students that have permission granted), and I am so proud of all the creative thinking and effort of my students!

In the fourth quarter the projects we completed were:

3rd Grade- Forest Pop-Up (tagboard and markers) and Mise-En-Scene (three sections which illustrated the beginning/middle/end of a story or movie). Some classes were able to explore Google Drawings, also.

4th Grade- Glimpsing Galaxies (drew/shaded brick wall, placed a watercolor of a galaxy in the middle), Choice Board (mix of drawing and digital art), Digital Mosaics, and One-Point Perspective Name.

5th Grade- Finished Glazing Clay, Graffiti Name (Pop-Up), Yarn Art (choice of yarn picture, yarn with drawing, weaving, or layering with paper)

With nearly 700 students and usually three projects a quarter, a lot of beautiful art was ideated, revised, and completed in all art media (watercolor, acrylic paint, tempera paint, pencil, colored pencil, marker, paper engineering, construction paper, and fourth/fifth did clay).

--> Summer drawing ideas can be found on my webpage (link), under “Projects”. I encourage everyone to just have fun-- doodling & drawing, on paper, in the sand, wherever! Just like any motor skill, practice is essential.