Students were inspired by Wayne Thiebaud's gumball machines. Using oil pastels and watercolors, the students created their own gumball machines.

Inspired by the book, "The Color of Us." Students learned how to draw a symmetrical self-portrait. The students started the project by painting their skin color. They continued by drawing their facial features, and they topped it off with a crown.

Inspired by the artist Jimmy Cantrell, the students created faces out of cardboard and colored them with oil pastel.

Students studied Children's Day in Japan. Where the children go outside to fly kites. Inspired by that holiday, students made koi fish kites.