Pears

 

For years, I taught art to 150 students at a local elementary school. Each year, we spent a number of classes drawing, painting, collaging... Pears and Apples. The perfect objects to study color, shape, lighting and value, and 3D rendering.

This weekend I was tinking of all of those wonderful kids and the fun we had together, so I picked up my paints and dove back into Pears

Another Chapter

Last day teaching art... after 6 years of volunteering for 5 classrooms (about 1200 volunteer hours), I'm moving on. But so sad to leave such amazing kids who have given me so much inspiration, motivation and artistic confidence. Thank you for the beautiful reception you threw for me yesterday, the cards, the speeches, the hugs all mean so much!

About the photos above:

We always use card stock for our palette boards (easier than cleaning up 125 plates each week!). Then mix and swirl the left over paint to create backgrounds for the next project. The pear was painted on top of an old paint palette.

Pears

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