When I was little, art was pretty much the worst period of the day.  I didn't have any natural talent (I lack a lot of spatial reasoning and depth perception, key ingredients to being the next Van Gogh), and the teacher was lackluster.  The most memorable things from art in elementary school are:  trying to draw a bowl of fruit in the middle of the room, and the time she got so mad at a student, she threw a stapler at him.  The rest of that year (3rd grade? 2nd?) we just didn't have art.

Art up here is different.  The art teacher at three of the elementary schools, Polly... is amazing.  She is so knowledgeable, and so talented, but she can break things down so everyone can do them.  Even my A, who struggles with so much, has created some beautiful work with her.  Today was the big art show, where the walls were DRIPPING with examples of art from all the students at these schools between 1st grade and 6th.  I am going to post different examples of things she's gotten them to do this year.  Elementary school kids, mind you.  All of it better than I could ever hope to dream of producing.  Absolutely incredible.

(Fuck this, I can't get it to upload pictures I just wasted half an hour creating a Flickr to post, so here are links to the pictures, do with them what you will)

Jayden, 2nd grade.  Symmetry.

Hayley, 4th grade.  Cow picture.

Heather, 5th grade.  Early ships watercolor painting.

Gwyneth, 2nd grade.  Robot shapes and joints.

Eli, 6th grade.  Gradating color.

Levin, 6th grade.  Sculpture.

Roxy, 6th grade.  Sculpture.

Nathan, 5th grade.  Print making.

Torsten, 4th grade.  Wax resisting.

Emma, 6th grade.  Sculpture.

Austin, 6th grade.  Scratch art.

Bennett, 2nd grade.  Robot.

Emily, 5th grade.  Repousse.

James, 3rd grade.  Negative space.