Checking in with an Update on what we've been doing in Art Class.....

When I last wrote about my classes, we were working on the Pseudo stained glass pets and the Name pattern paintings.  Both projects turned out beautifully!
Here are  the "Sorta Stained Glass Pets"

 And "Name those Patterns"

I was SO excited when we began the month of September, because that meant I could start my Autumn projects.......which means Halloween isn't far behind, and that's my FAVORITE!

We're going to do three different kinds of leaf prints, and I use the term "print" very loosely because the first one we did was a tracing rather than a print!   We gathered a good selection of leaves and then I demonstrated how to trace and then erase the overlapping lines to give the illusion of multi layers of leaves....

 Then we talked about "Autumn colors" and they outlined their leaves with oil pastels......

 Then painted their papers.....

And while the paint was wet, they used water color pencils to write in various words that made them think of Autumn.  They also began their next big project which features an illuminated poem about Autumn with the bottom masked off for leaf prints combining all three techniques we'll be doing. 

For our final 2 leaf print pieces, we'll do a "wet on wet" print and a twist on leaf rubbings with water color resist- LOT'S of work left to be done- it's for our last class and we'll really have to put a rush on it to get everything done!
And if you've stayed with me this far into this extremely LONG post, thanks!
Have a great day,
Stephanie