This week with first grade was a delight.
They came into the art room to a frantic, confused teacher who was just not ready. For some reason I did not realize which class came first that day- I had prepped for the WRONG class! Honestly, I told them that Miss Twa was “just not ready”. It was one of those days.
I decided to teach the lesson I had already prepared to the class anyway. These kids blew me away with their attention to detail and observations.
We looked at Wayne Thiebaud’s picture and talked about how he arranged his collection of cakes. We talked about the objects that we collect- shells, rocks, coins, stamps…
Each student had a collection of objects at the table from which they had to draw. After arranging the items, we discussed looking carefully to draw what we see. The results are awesome!
Another lesson to add to my collection, today marks three years of being here in Turkey!
Gateway Art 