Phew! What a busy week 1st grade and Kindergarten have had in the art room, completing three projects! We have been focusing on Earth day, April 22, with three, nature inspired projects. We began the week discussing why we celebrate Earth day and reviewed the ‘3 Rs’; Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The student’s first project was to create an Earth Day poster using the crayon resist technique. On a sheet of water color paper they drew planet earth and were given ‘poetic license’ to draw the land mass. The land and oceans were colored with crayon. They were then instructed to draw either a tree or a flower, sprouting from the top of the earth. This was also colored with crayons. Horizontal, white, crayon lines were then drawn across the picture. This would provide a barrier between each of the different water color paints that were to be applied. The students were then instructed to paint a rainbow of colors on their project. The final stage of this project was to trace around their hands and paint the hand prints with water colors. These were then cut out and glued to the bottom of the paper, just underneath planet earth. The final result is a colorful and sensitive poster that suggests we are all responsible for looking after our planet through our actions.