care for a swim?

I have no patience -

just had to share these adorable creations.

we still need to paint our bubbles 

but otherwise they are done.

This season starts with 9 enthusiastic art clubbers

in First to Fourth grade.

I thought we should bid summer farewell (insert a sob here)

with an ode to summer swimming.

prepare to grin - just warning you...

 this artist informed me that the subject's eyes are popping out of her head

 because the fish are following her - how cute is that?

she looks like she is a good swimmer...

I want to be this happy...

this little guy was loving swimming with the fish...

 and this one even has blood shot eyes like you get in the pool

if you forget your goggles...

 love the hair on this guy...

and she is swimming with her friends -

how cute!

 we started by looking at some pool art by the artist David Hockney

 and even had a good laugh at his hand-painted pool...

and talked about ripples in the water and wax resist.

 so first was the drawing

 and then the pressing really hard with crayons

(still my favorite medium)

 and finally the watercolor which was a total surprise

and really made those white lines come alive.

we also made tissue frames to house our masterpieces.

thanks to

use your colored pencils

and

 kidsartists

for the ideas.

hey teachers out there - 

I would love to hear from you if you use any of my project ideas.

it gets kind of lonely seeing hundred of hits on my projects and no comments...

would love to hear what worked, 

what you would like to see

or how I can do a better job sharing what we create - 

hope you all have a creative and inspirational year.

I would love to visit your sites -

share your link in a comment so we can all come visit.