African Paintings

On Wednesday and Thursday we went to Mrs. Baker's art room with Mr. Willis' class to start our African paintings. We originally thought we would do a traditional Kenyan batik, but Mrs. Baker told us that the melting wax can cause problems (such as smoke detectors going off...) so we found a great website which taught us how to do a fake batik. First the kids outlined their African animals, people, or landscapes on their paper with white crayon. The next step, shown in these photos, is of the kids painting their first layer of paint on to their papers. Next we will paint a second layer over the first, and then finally we will "batik" the paintings by covering them with India ink and then rinse the ink off. Stay tuned!

Kenyan Safari

We have been viewing slides and pictures from the trip that I took to Kenya when I was in college. What a coincidence that Mr. Willis did the same trip when he was in college! We have viewed many plants, animals, people, and landscapes that are found in Kenya. Yesterday you chose what you would like to study further. Today I would like you to post a comment telling me what you chose to study and why you chose it. After you do that I want you to go to paint and do a drawing of your research topic. Be sure to save!