Art Masters

Today was the first session of Art Masters in Erin's classroom. In this amazing program, the students are introduced to famous artists' works through presentations, and later have the opportunity to create their own works using a variety of techniques. I've volunteered in the Art Masters sessions for a couple of years now, and they're among my favorite things to do in the classroom with the kids. Today's session was all about Paul Cezanne. The children had attended the presentation about his work earlier, and were now going to make their own still life using tissue paper and starch (which would adhere the tissue paper to the cardstock). What fun! What started out as a pile of colored tissue paper quickly transformed into bowls of fruit that were cut by the kids themselves. Unfortunately, the final products were rather gooey and were set out to dry, so I didn't get to take pictures of them. But I can't wait to see them when they're done!