Welcome Back from Spring Break

ArtSpace is back after 2 weeks off for conferences and Spring Break! The students did one of Ms. Kim's favorite activities: Magical Musical Painting! Students get to paint to music, reflecting music visually with watercolors. We discussed how faster music with bolder colors and smaller lines, and slower, more legato music with lighter colors, more water, and big strokes. We also discussed how each person's ideas about this could be different. The activity is like musical chairs, but better - with painting instead of walking. Each student started with a blank sheet of painting paper and a white crayon. They had a few minutes to create a secret message or drawing with the white crayon. Then Ms. Kim turned on the music and they started to paint to the music. When the music stopped, the students had to quickly find another painting to work on before the music started again. The goal is for each student to contribute to each painting, so we share our ideas and work as a team. At the end, each student had a painting that all of the class worked on, with a secret message revealed. They did a great job!