Van Gogh Sunflowers





We took a short break this week from our tree houses  to start a two step sunflower painting and learn about our artist of the month Vincent Van Gogh.  

The students painted their own sunflower(s) with tempera paint and next week we will blend soft pastel for backgrounds.  (Thursday classes will be doing pumpkins instead of sunflowers as they have already completed this project.)

I am so proud of the students for working so diligently on their tree houses.  As the year progresses it is important for them to be able to grow their "concentration endurance" - good art takes time and they've amazed me at their ability to really work hard and come back to a project again and again. 

Next week is our catch up week and we will be putting together our portfolio for parents on conference night.  I'm excited to see the kids faces when they look at their bundles of work from this quarter and see how much they've completed so far. 

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If you would like to volunteer to help hang art work in the school or cut out tracing templates and shapes for the little students (which could be done at home) contact me please! Occasionally I will also need parent volunteers in the classroom. turner@saintroseonline.org Thank you so much!

About Me

My name is Sarah Turner and I am your student's art specialist at Saint Rose School. I have a B.A. in Communications from University of Toledo and have been active part-time in the creative arts and teaching throughout my time at home with my six children. I have had four children graduate from Saint Rose and my youngest two are in the fourth and eighth grade here. I love this school! My literature based curriculm incorporates diocesean standards and teaches the elements of art and use of art mediums and tools in an engaging way. We have a blast and also work hard in our art studio to produce our "best work ever" every day.