
The students at E. Wilson Morrison were great painters and very enthusiastic about the painting project.
And they did an excellent job on their painting, don’t you think?
A group of wonderful young artists and volunteers. Good job!!!
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Ressie Jeffries 4th graders did a great job on their 175th Anniversary Painting. Here are several of the students working on their paintings along with me and Susan helping them out.
Wow! What a great painting the Ressie Jeffries students produced!
And here are the super students and volunteers that made this beautiful painting. Good job everyone!
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On the 4th and final day of the Art Residency we finished up our paintings! Yeah. And then we took a class photo. These are the wonderful 4th graders from A. S. Rhodes who created this beautiful painting.
Didn’t they do a great job!
And this is the class of 4th graders from Hilda J. Barbour Elementary school who painted this terrific painting….
Fabulous!!!
The very last thing we did together was have a little cupcake birthday party to celebrate the birthday of Warren County.
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We painted in the morning at A.S. Rhodes.
And in the afternoon we painted at Hilda J. Barbour.
And TV-3 came to do a story about the Art Residency Project. They did a great job with the story. They interviewed several kids too and they were so adorable talking about their painting. You can watch their interview by clicking here.
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I gave the students an overview of the project and then they began painting.
We numbered the 16 – 12″x12″ canvases that made up the 4’x4′ painting. The students drew numbers to see which canvas they got to paint.
My friend and student, Shelly, came to help the kids with their paintings.
Kym Crump of the Blue Ridge Arts Council helped too!
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As I mentioned last week, the Blue Ridge Arts Council has asked me to present a visual arts residency in each of the five elementary schools in Warren County. The residency will be conducted over the course of 4-consecutive days at each school. The art teacher at each school selected 16 – 4th graders to participate.
Each student will complete a 12”x12” acrylic original, which will be grouped and framed together (collage) and permanently displayed at the school after being shown in various locations through July.
The week with the students begins with Doug Stanley, County Administrator, talking to them about the history of Warren County. He explains why this area was settled and events of significance that have occurred. This gives me a basis then to show them the sample painting and explain why we are painting the subjects that I’ve chosen: the river, the mountains, transportation (train), wildlife, etc.
After I show them the sample painting, we discuss how to paint and how to mix color. I review the color wheel, we talk about equipment – brushes, canvas, palettes, etc.
So far the two groups I have worked with have been extremely interested in this. Today I begin working with two more schools. All this week I will share the progress of the first two schools. It was exciting to see their finished products!
Many thanks to Kym Crump at the Arts Council for bringing me this project!
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