Spring Art Show!

Growth in Nature: Spring Flowers, Blossoms, Gardens, and Forests

This year’s spring art show explores the idea that growth in nature reflects our own personal growth. Just as spring brings new flowers, fresh blossoms, and renewed life to gardens and forests, students also experience their own journeys of learning, creativity, and self-discovery. Through their artwork, students express how ideas develop like seeds, how creativity blossoms over time, and how challenges help them grow stronger—much like plants growing through changing seasons. This exhibition celebrates the connection between nature’s renewal in spring and the personal growth that happens when young artists explore, experiment, and find their own artistic voice.

Choose one project from the Painting Section or one from the 3D Sculpture Section.

Acrylic Painting (representational)

1. Single Flower Close-Up – One large bloom filling the canvas (show petals, light, shadows).

2. Bouquet in a Vase – Real or imagined bouquet with a simple background.

3. Garden Path Scene – A walkway with plants on both sides (use perspective).

4. Tree Portrait – One tree as the main subject (bark texture + leaves).

5. Fruit + Flowers Still Life – Bowl of fruit with flowers beside it (great for color practice).

6. Butterflies & Blossoms – Flowers with 2–3 butterflies or bees (movement + pattern).
   
   

3D Projects (plaster + clay hand-building)

7. Clay Flower Bowl – Pinch pot or slab bowl with pressed leaf texture and a flower rim.

8. Clay Succulent Planter – Small coil or slab planter + 3–5 clay succulents on top.

9. Plaster Leaf Relief Tile – Press real leaves into clay, pour plaster, then paint the finished tile.

10. Mini 3D Garden Diorama (Clay + Mixed Media) – Base “garden bed” with clay mushrooms, flowers, rocks; add moss/pebbles (optional).

11. Clay Tree + Roots Sculpture – Simple trunk and branches; add leaf texture or small blossoms.

12. Plaster Garden Stepping Stone – Cast a “stone” with leaf prints, then paint/antique it.