Art: Color Blocking Chalk Pastel

The girls have discerned which lines are horizontal, vertical and diagonal in their grandparent drawings.  They transferred those lines to pastel paper and starting to color in the shapes.  They are using a technique called "blurry to clear" to build their drawings in layers.  

Art: Space, Gestures and Relationships

The girls are sketching their stories using new skills of showing space and gesture drawing.  They can put their people into action poses with gesture drawings using ovals to represent the shapes of body parts.  This trick allows artists to move and turn the body parts to match an action like sitting, running, hugging, etc.  They are also exploring perspective and arranging their compositions to show shallow space and deep space.  They are moving away from drawing people on one horizontal line to moving the figures into the space.  Here's an example of the improvements:

Art: Blending Oil Pastels

The girls watched an online video to learn blending techniques with oil pastels. They practiced stippling, cross-hatching, overlapping, and dragging on an art card. Then they used these techniques on their dramatic landscapes.