Overheard

These kids say the best stuff. I laugh quite a bit each day. Here are a couple-

We had show and tell, and one boy brought in an NYPD play set. This cute little guy said in the gruffest voice a 4 year old can conjure up-
"That's cool, but I wouldn't play with it. I only play with manly toys."

I asked the kids how trick or treating went for them and one little girl said-
"I just got tons of money from people, so today we're going shopping and I guess I'll be able to buy whatever I want because now I have tons of money!"

I need to start trick or treating over there!

Cc Alexander Calder

For the letter Cc we talked about Alexander Calder (1898-1976). Calder is known best for the mobiles he created. It is said that he is the inventor of the mobile as art.
We made our own Halloween mobiles using our hands and feet to create some great spooky subjects for our mobiles.

We also worked on collages on canvas, and talked about color and creativity. So much wonderfulness with the letter Cc.

Halloween Week

We had a fun week doing Halloween projects. We made clowns with cotton candy, spooky spiders and a few other fun projects.

We ended the week with a costume party, popcorn, and games. It was a fun week!

Xx AleX Darais, EXprssionist painter

Alex Darais

For the letter Xx, we looked at the Expressionist style of Utah artist Alex Basil Darais (1918-2007). We talked about Expressionism and how some of the elements of thesubject are there, they are just depicted in your own way.

Self Portrait

We looked at the tree in this particular piece, and proceeded to paint our own Alex Darais Expressionistic fall tree.

Overheard

#1 Your just jealous! (Clearly not understanding what jealous even means)

#2 (Also not understanding the word) No I'm not!

#1 Yes you are! Girls are always jealous!

#2 If girls were always jealous, then --- and ---- would be jealous, and they're not!

#1 Yes they are, cause' girls are always jealous! Even when they're not jealous, they're jealous.

#2 Well, I'm not jealous!

#1 (under his breath) Uh, ya you are.

Celebration Day!

Today we got to celebrate this darling little girl! The best part about being her is that she gets her nails painted. She loves the color blue, strawberries and her cousin. She would love to be a baby pig so that she could be sooooo small. She can do back bends better than anyone else, and she is so amazing because she gets to go to gymnastics. We are lucky to have her as a friend, and love spending time with her at The Studio.

Portrait of our Celebration Day Girl!

Nn noodles, nests, noses, and Emil Nolde

We did so much this week with the letter Nn. First we dyed noodles (and our fingers) with alcohol and food coloring. We got some great colors!

We talked a lot this week about natural art, art found in nature. We looked at nests and their symmetry and the beautiful colors that can be found in eggs. Then we made our own nests, complete with eggs. I am told that a few of those eggs actually hatched. Way to go guys!

We also talked about a German artist named Emil Nolde (1867-1956). He was told by Hitler that he couldn't paint, draw, or create any art whatsoever, by penalty of death. The art was inside of him though, and he saw "pure color and shape in nature all around him" and he had to paint it.

Emil Nolde

We made our version of pure shape and color from a photograph of nature. Those pieces are being saved for the art show.




We had a great week with the letter Nn.