Monsters and aliens with the pre-schoolers!

Last week the 7th graders completed their first "monster project" with the pre-schoolers. The 8th graders have been doing this project for several years now, but since we have so many pre-schoolers, I involved the 7th grade this year and we will do the project every other year. The project is based on the work of artist Dave DeVries who brings to life the drawings of his own children. The pre-schoolers draw monsters and then the older kids choose one of their drawings and have to turn it into a more realistic 3-D image. They interview their pre-schooler to get more information regarding visual details and then they use shading, color and add a background to make their monster look more real. I think you will agree that this is a challenge and they did a great job. I will try to hang them up in the hall next week.

This week we move on to gourd drawings!