After a few months’ hiatus, I am back and ready to return to my artful explorations in nature! The first few months at a new school proved to take up much of my time and creative energy—leaving little left to put into my blog. So, thank you for sticking with me and not unsubscribing 🙂

And now, onto some fun new ideas! Oh–and before I forget to mention it–my blog has officially passed the one year mark–Exciting! And now, the fun stuff—

First I’d like to share with you a project that my fifth graders recently worked on, exploring the ways in which artist Ben Heine explores the world through his cartoon illustrations!

Here’s an example of Heine’s work:

My kids particularly liked his work involving animals, such as this example:

Below are a few of my students’ examples. For this project, they chose a landscape photograph (most from calendars)…