Community Helpers

1st graders began to apply some new drawing techniques today through studying images of the vehicles that help our community. We began with a warm up to practice noticing different types of shapes and lines. Following that, we observed photographs and graphic pictures to help guide our drawings. We focused on police cars, ambulances, rescue helicopters, and fire engines. Kids can draw very accurately when they've got good instruction and support!

Mr. Antonicci, artiste extraordinaire

We had a surprise visitor join Ms. Hughes's art class this afternoon. Mr. Antonicci jokes sometimes that he isn't a good artist, but I beg to differ! His self-portrait is pretty accurate, don't you think?

At UMS, everyone is an artist!

Next week we'll add a watercolor background and explore how our color choices
might suggest a mood for our self-portraits.
Get ready to paint!