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To share finished artwork please email it to Elise Gundersen: elisebird@comcast.net
To share finished artwork please email it to Elise Gundersen: elisebird@comcast.net
Kris Castle and I would love to see how creative you are!
Kris Castle and I would love to see how creative you are!
Week of May 4th
Week of May 4th
Imaginary Garden
Imaginary Garden
May 4, 2020
Let's read a story with Ms. Castle! We'll have a visit to her growing garden -- then vroooom! Get out your toy cars and get inspired to dive paint into your own "finger-print garden", or try an imaginative collage. This project is suggested for kindergarten or first grade.
Let's read a story with Ms. Castle! We'll have a visit to her growing garden -- then vroooom! Get out your toy cars and get inspired to dive paint into your own "finger-print garden", or try an imaginative collage. This project is suggested for kindergarten or first grade.
Sequence #1.mp4
Week of April 20th
Week of April 20th
Cats by Laurel Burch
Cats by Laurel Burch
April 20, 2020
-Laurel Burch was a local American artist with a studio in Sausalito.
-Laurel Burch was a local American artist with a studio in Sausalito.
-She loved painting "fantastic felines" and animals filled with interesting patterns and bright colors.
-She loved painting "fantastic felines" and animals filled with interesting patterns and bright colors.
-Why did she love to paint cats?
-Why did she love to paint cats?
-She had a health condition, which prevented her from being as active as other children, and she found comfort in being home with her pet cats.
-She had a health condition, which prevented her from being as active as other children, and she found comfort in being home with her pet cats.
-Cats and animals became her painting inspiration.
-Cats and animals became her painting inspiration.
-What inspires your art?
-What inspires your art?
-The meaning of her work was largely to share nature's beauty, bringing together different cultures to talk about the communication with the Earth and all living creatures.
-The meaning of her work was largely to share nature's beauty, bringing together different cultures to talk about the communication with the Earth and all living creatures.
Laurel Burch Cat.mp4
Earth Day Rocks!
Earth Day Rocks!
April 22, 2020
Here is a fun Earth Day art project. Make some art that rocks!
Here is a fun Earth Day art project. Make some art that rocks!
Earthday Rocks.mp4