Hi everyone! I am an
elementary school teacher and last week I started a new job. For the remaining school year I get to teach
art to third, fourth and fifth graders.
There is so much I want to teach!
Right now we are limited to what we can do so I had the kids paint me a
Winter, Spring or combined picture using the computer program Paint. They did really well. I loved looking at all the different ways the
kids used the program. I had beautiful
winter scenes with blue skies, gray skies, snowy trees, snow covered cabins ,
falling snowflakes and of course, snowmen.
My spring pictures included colorful ROY G BIV (the color order of a
rainbow..red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) rainbows, gorgeous
smiling flowers and lovely park pictures.
The one's that made me laugh were the combined Winter/Spring
pictures. I had students draw snowmen
with lightning bolts pointed towards them because the kids are tired of this
long, cold, snowy winter we have had.
I love to draw, color and paint using paper, paints, chalk,
pencils, brushes etc. It's relaxing to
me but for my illustrations for my first book, World of Color, I found my
paintings wouldn't scan well and I was taking twice as much time on each page
fixing them on the computer. Eventually,
I started drawing them on the computer
with the help of my drawing tablet and drawing/paint program. My second book Imagination Destination, the illustrations are done entirely on the computer. It takes some getting used to but is a lot of
fun. I still love my art supplies and
use them whenever I get a chance. Do you paint, or draw? What mediums do you like to use? Ever tried using a drawing program? You can leave me a comment or talk with me on my Facebook page. You
can also check out my Pinterest page to see some
of my slate paintings I have done over the years. I also have a few of my computer created
illustrations on there as well.
I'm hoping my students have a lot of fun with me these next
few weeks and learn a little about art and how fun it can be.
