Hokusai!

Some days we enjoy creativity in the art room in a more relaxed fashion. We just finished our huge unit on Art Inspired by China and Japan and soon I'll post many pictures and other information about that...but I had one class that didn't have time to finish one of their projects because other school activities had taken them from class. So, today we finished the project. But rather than paint it as I had originally planned, these 1st graders just simply colored it with good old fashioned crayons.  They worked so hard. I really couldn't believe how "into" the crayon project they got. They had previously drawn the wave with a guided drawing lesson and today we simply colored them...as I am placing an emphasis on wrapping up end of the school year types of things...you know...those very few random projects that just didn't get finished for one reason or another.  So, enjoy these beautiful crayon renderings of Hokusai's famous wave. You can see the wave in one of the photos on the white board behind the students and see the students working...and you can also see one of my favorites from the day. What a relaxing day of art making in the art room!