Ahhhhh Monsters!

To help us brainstorm and plan, each sixth grader is making a monster from their imagination.  We will use these fabulous creatures as inspiration for our clay sculptures. They are sooooo excited!

We found the Zen in Zentangles

These were really fun. So much so that some kids made two! I have recently come to the conclusion that the elements and principles of design are not the end all be all of Visual Arts learning and that writing the definitions of them isn't really learning.  By making these zentangles we discussed and applied most of the E's and P's in a creative way.