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What a week! Second semester began this past week, and we have a fun lineup of classes to finish out the school year. Jewelry Making students made simple stretchy-string bracelets. The "challenge" was for students to work within a limited color palette (or family), and some of the bracelets were inspired by the fabric on students' clothes. This low-pressure, laid back project gave students a chance to get to know each other, while honing their dexterity skills. Tying stretchy-string into a knot can be very challenging, and all students were encouraged to practice their knot-tying skills at home in the coming weeks. Ceramics I students learned about the (sometimes temperamental!) qualities of clay, and spent quite a bit of time exploring the tools that they'll use in class. We discussed the handbuilding methods we'll use this semester, and looked at some project samples from each method. A reminder to students and parents: Every ceramic artist will need their own...

We packed a lot of art into the past week's classes! So much so that I've had to create "mosaics" from the photos I took. Before we get to those, though, let's look at the beautiful, Southwest inspired watercolor by Celeste , done in Explorations in Art (4th-6th). Celeste has been studying the work of Georgia O'Keeffe , and we can definitely see the O'Keeffe influence here! Watercolor No. 1 , by Celeste Other 4th - 6th Explorations students finished work on their Book of Kells drawings, and some began work on a new piece, The Logo Project , where they'll discover and hone their graphic design skills. Photos later! The younger, 1st - 3rd Explorations in Art students completed work on their value drawings. First,the young artists learned what one of the elements of art --  value  --means, then they created a drawing with pencil and colored it in using various values of a color. Following is a beautiful VA LUE  QU ILT of their work: Art from Paper stu...