Modern Day Virginia Colonists!

Fourth grade artists are pretending they are Virginia colonists and working together as a community just as the colonists once had to do! Fourth graders painted white drawing paper using and analogous color scheme, see if your fourth grader can teach you about analogous colors! I warned them not to get too attached to their paintings because they were creating them in preparation to share with other fourth graders for a weaving project. Students looked at images illustrating the process of making fabric during colonial times. They learned that each member of the community had a hand in the process from sheering the sheep, to spinning the wool into thread and weaving it into bats of fabric. Once their paintings were dry, I put them into the paper shredder and turned them into long skinny strips of paper for the students to weave. Take a look at them getting started!!

 

 

And a side note:

 

Take a look at one of our BES artists who went to  the Randolph-Macon College Open House to see their artwork hanging on display in the Education Department there! As art teachers around the county, we submit student work to be selected for art shows within our community. Adam's bird illustration was chosen for this show and I love that his parents took him to see his work for this event. It is so important to encourage your child's artistic endeavors... just look at how proud Adam is! Thank you to the Lily's for sharing the awesome images and giving me permission to share on the blog!