Paper Snowflakes

There is something about a paper snowflake...

I love.

The delicate pattern, the excitement of opening the folds, 

or maybe just...

the beauty that comes from using simplistic materials like paper and scissors.

They make quite a statement!

No two are alike...

even with the same directions!

My second graders have been working really hard practicing their cutting skills 

and learning the patterned effects their cuts can have on the paper.

I told them to bring patience to class...

and they did.  They loved it!

I am learning some of the best compliments is when

 the students come back to my class and inform me that

they have been doing our projects at home.

The Creative Zone got about 2 inches this week!

Thanks to my students for providing inspiring artwork I can admire all throughout the day!

learning that simple ideas always win and patience can really pay off on this artist holiday,

hannah

I am Art

I am here and I am art.

I have no glossy pictures to post,

I have no fantastic artwork I made recently to boost,

Though I am still doing art everyday,

just in a new and endearing way.

I am helping a few hundred children

maybe see the world a little bit more like me,

find beauty in the everyday and ordinary.

These moments are fleeting with each class I check in and check out,

no lense to capture the time, no video to send out.

There will be a time when I will share more,

more of what I have taught them, but really more...

of what I have learned.

Carving a new path on this artist holiday,

hannah