2/3s Try Their Hands at Charcoal

The leaves have fallen off the trees exposing all the lovely lines of the bare branches. This seemed like a perfect time to try to capture the feeling of the colder weather by drawing a moon behind the branches without their leaves in black, gray and white. The charcoal was applied with a light and heavier touch and smudged with a kleenex to get varied grays. Erasers were used to bring back some of the lighter tones that might have gotten a bit overworked.

The moon being added

A dark tree trunk taking shape

K/1s Observe and Draw Fall Mums

Two large pots of orange and yellow mums gave the K/1 students a chance to observe and figure out how to draw different shapes and textures. They began with the fluted terra cotta plastic flower pot, cut that from colored paper, glued it down and filled the rest of the paper with their rendition of the leaves and flowers.

Drawing the terra cotta pot

Cutting out the pot shape