Rock Painting With Amy

Cara introduced Amy and her mom to her classmates and assisted as Amy shared her special gifts.

  

Cara's mom and friend Amy visited with our class to share a very special art project that incorporates art and nature.  Amy is an artist who loves to paint on rocks!  She is inspired by the beauty and magic of nature and spends lots of time outdoors connecting with nature.  Amy talked to our children about her painting style and described the techniques she uses to paint intricate pictures and designs on rocks.

 We learned that Amy paints directly onto the rocks and that most of her ideas come from an image she has in her mind.  She does not sketch her designs and drawings first, rather she paints 'free-hand'.  Amy goes to many different places to find rocks that she feels she wants to paint.

   

 The children had the opportunity to paint their own picture or design on rocks during Choice Time. Amy guided the art experience and the children enjoyed this new surface to paint on.

Cara loved sharing her family and friend with her PreK friends! 

Pop-Pop Mickey Visits PreK ...

Pop-Pop Mickey, Paula's Dad visited with our PreK class to share his love of art! When Pop-Pop Mickey retired from his work,  he explained to the children that he wanted to develop a hobby," a hobby is when you do something that makes you happy..." Pop-Pop Mickey explained.  Pop-Pop Mickey enrolled in a stone sculpting class at a local art center and that was beginning of his new hobby.

 Pop- Pop Mickey showed the children some of the tools he uses to sculpt.  He often looks at a new piece of marble or stone that he gets from the marble yard, and 'waits for the stone to talk to him.  The stone sometimes inspires me and helps me decide what I want to sculpt next."

   Pop-Pop draws the first design or shape on the stone in pencil when he has an idea of what he wants to sculpt.  The stone is very hard and he often uses electric tools to make large, deep cuts in the stone.

Pop-Pop brought pieces of stones for the children to explore.  The children used his tools and experienced what it feels like to work with this material of art.

We loved having Pop-Pop visit with us and thoroughly enjoyed sharing family together.