Drawing People
Adaline's Family Portrait At the end of the first reflection, Adaline felt like she was not finished with her drawing, but it was time to go home. We made a copy of her original drawing so that the next day we could offer her the copy to add more details. As you can see, she added arms, hands, feet, color/pattern to Willoughby's dress, and the sky. Additionally, we observed that Adaline started her drawings with "stick figure" people, but as she continued working, she began to add dimension to the neck (Wilder), bodies (all 3), and legs (Wilder). Will's Family Portraits Will's drawings reflected his family, but also the context in which we had been working -- our "pretend people" will be proudly displayed in the windows of Blake Hall for Book Fair. So, when we sat down to think about the people we had made, Will took this information and drew his family members IN the Blake Hall windows. Will had a few versions of his family portraits. These two drawings are the bookends of his four portraits. In the first you will notice that he has included hair, facial features, ears on himself, bodies with belly buttons, pants, and legs. As he worked and drew inspiration from other children and our conversations, he began to think about how many people he needed to draw, the orientation of his drawing, and the addition of necks (as seen in the drawing on the right). Win's Family Portraits Win, 4.4 years The first day You ca"But where is daddy?" - Elyse For the second day of drawing, we challenged Win to think about how she might add her daddy to her family portraits. She started by drawing herself and her daddy alone - just as she had done the first day with her mom and brother, Maxon. Then, she drew a family portrait that included all four of them together. You can also see that she has differentiated her curly hair from Maxon's straight hair with the lines she has drawn. The second day Henri's Family Portrait
We have one more surprise for you all at Book Fair! We'll share more detail about it next week, but be sure to look for the Rainey Room "pretend people" and other Rainey Room work (it should be on your right when you enter Blake Hall). We look forward to seeing you all on Friday night, and the children on Saturday! There are some amazing books this year! Adaline's Birthday Committee Work and Celebration
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