Beginning of learning year.

My students have returned to their studies , not only to school but also to art lessons. They  are full of the impression that the children want to share. My goal as a teacher to direct them in the right way. The impressions we put on the paper and try to  keep  a summer mood .

It  is good  start with soft pastel for younger children . If we  hold the pastel  as a pencil, you can draw different lines in thickness and shapes . And if you put it and to the side surface, it is possible to paint large surfaces quickly and evenly.











This is a very important to prepare lesson for children  that the skills will be taken easily .We play with the materials in the classroom: "Look, I can do that , and now you try ." After the warm-up exercises students use their  skills on  the  picture .

In the beginning of the lesson we shared summer experiences.
Many of my students  visited  sea or ocean shores, someone was on  lakes .That's why  we choose landscape with water. Students were gladly playing with taken technique, and then added  lines at the bottom of the picture. The  blue space became water. And then added the yellow sand , but ... oops , when dust of soft pastel was rubbed  into paper, the yellow color was mixed with blue and turned .... well , green. Spoiled the picture ? No, no . We're artists! So, some grass appears on sand and it made the picture more interesting. Older children played with shading technique , and then added the white highlights on the surface of the water and the clouds, and the picture has become more alive like.

 May this learning year be all fun and creative.

Sincerely Yours,
 Alla