thank ye, Lewski. I knew I could count on ya to straighten me out.
We are home for 30 minutes before we go back to school for the art show. We have this amazing teacher at Katie's elem. school who spends the entire year showing the kids different genres and artists, and they recreate the various styles in their own way. It's hard to explain, but at home we have a vase of flowers painting a' la Van Gogh, a skinny tall metal man sculpture a' la Giancometi (sp?) . It's hard to explain, but here's a link to the art gallery. Look for 168- Katie H. to see her work on this page:
http://www.alumcreekpto.org/artgallery/5art/cats/index.html If you click on the gallery button, you can see her Eric Carle wolf in the 5th grade gallery, as well. Browse through and see what the different grades are doing. She is just amazing. (Or is this what everyone's art teachers do nowadays?) Tonight she opens the school up to everyone and has about 15 stations set up with supplies and instructions for visitors to make their own mini-art projects in clay, water color, etc. The kids act as instructors ... Katie is showing how to make "thumbprint" pictures, but they are also doing Cezanne landscapes, Very Hungry Caterpillars, and winter landscapes, etc. It's the biggest event of the school year ... there will be hundreds of kids and moms and dads creating art to take home. With that,
it's time to leave. Talk to y'all later!
oddball, love and PD and prayers for your aunt....