Shields and Another Kind of Mural

Seventh and 8th graders have the privilege of making shields for the Medieval Faire this weekend, and since the 8th graders had finished their TGS mural work, they designed a Faire Mural for the big chalkboard. 

Mural Progress

You may have noticed how much progress we are making on the mural - it is really coming along!  This week, the Lower School students will have a chance to contribute, working on the grass, ferns, sunset glow, and wishstrips.  Here are some 3rd graders adding a lovely patch of ferns:

5th Grade Naturalist Drawings

Fifth graders are reading My Side of the Mountain by naturalist Jean Craighead George, so we have been working on sensitive line and contour line through observational drawings.  We looked at examples of historical and contemporary naturalist drawings in class and students first made contour line drawings from life in the garden of plants of their choosing with careful fidelity the forms observed.   Next, they closely examined helicopter seed pods, some from several views, and made sensitive line drawings which they then painted in watercolor.