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The 5th graders are working on using color pencils to blend and mix colors. Most students rush with this medium, not understanding the rich colors and value changes that are possible with some focused and sustained work. I had them use value gradients to create a desert scene, and they worked on blending for 2 full class periods. They then used styrofoam to draw and print a skull onto the background. We talked a lot about Georgia O'Keeffe and how she was inspired by the new and different landscape of the southwest after living in Wisconsin, Chicago and then New York. We compared this to the inspiration Thomas Cole and the other Hudson River Valley artists found in the American Landscape. I love how these came out, and they all seemed proud of their work.
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