We wrapped up our video project during week 16's class. It was a whole lot of fun and creativity going on in art enrichment class, with kids getting their faces painted, wearing wigs, and coming up with great concepts for our 3 words video project. Mrs. Luker is going to put the video together using Flip Video software. I can't wait to see the finished product!
During week 17, I was in Washington, DC for
Parenting Magazine's Mom Congress. Mrs. Luker started a new project, involving
Pelotonia. Students were asked to being drawings for the Pelotonia blog. Pelotonia is a 180 mile bike race that starts at Ohio State University, goes down to Athens, the back up to OSU. Riders raise funds which are all donated to cancer research at
The Arthur G. James Cancer Center.
A friend of Mrs. Luker writes the
blog for Pelotonia and has asked for student artwork to include in the site. We viewed the blog and images from last year's race. Then, we brainstormed ideas for sketches of bikes, riders, helmets, the finish line, etc. All of the finished drawings will be featured on the Pelotonia blog. What a great opportunity for our students!!
This week we continued on our Pelatonia Blog drawings of bikes and bicycle themes. Mrs. Luker noticed last week, that the kids were focusing more on the cancer aspect of the concept rather than the race itself. So, we had to redirect their attention to bike race themes instead. Mrs. Luker had multiple photographs to use as references. Once they had a new direction, they were off and running with scenes of bike races, patterns, and even a still life of bike elements. 
