Art with valerie

Welcome to the first blog post for the 2021/2022 school year! It feels so wonderful to have all the students come through the art space and share creative time together again.
With that said, as we dove into projects, we also spent the first week or so introducing all the art space provides!
We started the school year exploring and practicing Line. Lines come in many forms and can add beautiful texture to artwork. Practicing the many uses of line along with enjoying step by step drawings of favorite animals (bears and foxes) created great multimedia masterpieces. Autumn and Halloween also provide a lot of inspiration so we’ve been enjoying all that this season entails. Next month we’ll get into color!

It’s really exciting to let you know that we entered a Monster drawing contest held by the Watsonville Public Library! The students had the opportunity to enter by drawing their own monster as well as give it a name, habitat, size and share about their monsters diet and other fascinating facts! They were so imaginative, original and some, super funny! The winners will be announced soon and I will keep you all posted.

We made a few sewing projects such as a felted pouch and an apple stuffy. We’ll get into weaving next season!

Please feel free to come visit the art room to see what we’re up to and/or to just say hi. I’m on campus Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. I have a few ideas for volunteer work for parent hours (after school hours and weekends) and will reach out soon. Thank you for always being there.

Wish List

felt sheets (all colors, as many sheets!), colored sharpies, micron pens ❤️❤️❤️

It’s going to be an amazing school year. I look forward to all the creations that will shine in our art space!