lettin' the kids get bloody

 

 I am always amazed by how creative and awesome my kids' artwork can be.  I love to give them projects where I teach them a technique and then they use that technique to make their imagination come alive.  This fish is the result of a pinch-pot clay lesson I did with 5th grade.  I in no way dissuaded the children from creating dangerous or scary fish.  I also did not mind the creation of fangs, blood and dead fishes in big fishes' mouths.  This probably wasn't the best idea for school created art...but it sure was the best idea in the name of art! CHOMP. 

color me beautiful

Could you imagine what life would be like without color? 

dirtying up the classroom

Sometimes the best part of my days are spent with people who can't read, can't tie their shoes, and are missing half their teeth.  Some of the most frustrating part of my days are spent with these people. But they are my little people and I love them.  They have the most fun when they get messy, and subsequently get me and the whole classroom messy.  At least "dirtying up the classroom" in art means that it just gets more colorful (I just have to wash off/out this kind of color...).  Hmmmm....getting your hands dirty....creating almost without thinking....sounds like something us big people should try too.