Art: Self Portraits

The girls have completed a series of exercises that help them to see and draw what they see with greater accuracy.  They did a profile contour line and matched the line to make a symmetrical vase shape in the double image.  They used only value patches to create the form of the eye.  Afterwards, they began a pencil self-portrait that uses all of the R-mode drawing techniques.  Ask your daughter how she knows she is in R-mode...one of her answers might be because she is having fun! 

Brush Bot Video

All grades in the Lower School participated in the Brush Bots Winter Olympics.  Here is a compilation video of everyone's hard work.  Enjoy!

Art: Chairs

The girls practiced drawing in R-mode to accurately draw a miniature chair.  Here, they are coloring the negative space.  While drawing they found themselves paying close attention to the shapes outside of the chair as well as the shapes of the chair itself.  

"You can never have the use of the inside of the cup without the outside. The inside and the outside go together.  They're one." - Alan Watts

Art: Switching Sides of the Brain

The fifth graders are learning to switch sides of the brain! They discerned which activities are best with the left side of the brain (linear, logical, sequential, symbolic) and which activities are best for the right side of the brain (non-linear, responsive, present, synthetic, spatial, intuitive, holistic).  To practice switching to R-mode, they drew upside down. This exercise encourages them to pay attention to the spatial relationships, changes in line and shape, and darks and lights.