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I always scan through the weekly lessons when they are updated by Artsonia. A few weeks ago there was a post by Patty Miner of Winding Creek Elementary in Oklahoma called Purple Flowers that I knew I wanted to adapt for my students. It so happens that I have a fragrant Lilac bush growing just outside of the art room in one of my schools. The flowers are beautiful and of special interest to many of the 3rd graders because their classroom teacher loves Lilacs and the students pick and bring in the blossoms for her daily when they are in bloom. I was sure I could adapt Patty's lesson for my 3rd graders and it would be a great hit. I went out and cut a few blossoms of the Lilac for the art room as the first step and we talked about how the flowers were formed on the stems. Week one, students used watercolor to create a background wash for the bloom. Week two, oil crayons were used to add the stem, leaves and an insect. Most students drew a butterfly of their color choice. With the drawing complete, they began to finger paint first with purple paint and while it was still wet, overlaid the color with white finger prints allowing the two colors to mix. They turned our rather nice. If it weren't time to take down the bulletin boards for the end of school, they would definitely be on full display! Thanks go out to Patty for the inspiration and thanks to Artsonia for a terrific program.
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