April Vacation Workshops: Celebrating Earth Day!

We celebrated Earth Day with two workshops: Art in Nature and Sculpture.

Art in Nature serves as an introduction to Scientific Illustration and Nature Journaling. Both are important to any future scientist or outdoor enthusiast as they rely on careful observations and detailed record keeping (visual, in this case). Special thanks to the Museum of Science for lending and donating natural history collections for students to examine, study and draw.

Thursday Morning: Art in Nature

Students made nature sketch books. Stations were set up for students to draw and explore different natural specimens.

Drawing different plants.

 Animal model station. Students have a chance to experiment composing photographs.

Investigating minerals and fossils. Students draw what they see and write descriptions.

Contour drawing of an aloe succulent.

Each station contained several hand magnifiers and lenses. This station contained sections of different wood and fungi species.

Thursday Afternoon: Sculpture

Students used recycled material to create relief box sculptures and robots. Many recyclables are donated from our families but the majority of quirky objects come from Extras for Creative Learning in Boston (check them out: www.exclrecycles.org).

Relief sculptures coming together.

 Sculpture representing different coins.

Constructing robots

Another great day at Creaitve Arts!