The polar bear is finished! Tad’s bear – along with the rest of the kids’ – was baked dry during the week, so all there was to do was brighten it up with a little clear glaze, and then toss some glitter or flocking on to act like snow. Fortunately, Tad had a light hand […]

This was the second part of a two-part lesson on three dimensions and sculpting.  In part one, the class created the armature of a polar bear out of aluminum foil.  Tad showed me his foil form last week, but it wasn’t camera ready. Yesterday, the sculpting began.  And WOW, did Tad take to sculpting! I […]

Tad really enjoys having access to watercolors and paper on a regular basis. This one is titled: “Galapagos shark eating a dead octopus.”

At least in art class, they didn’t skip straight from Halloween to Christmas! Tad’s class worked on colors again, but instead of using sharpies to do the drawing part, they used wax pencils.  And then the watercolor trays came out. Tad did use a sharpie to write “Happy Thanksgiving” on his picture. Now, to price […]