This was an all time favorite lesson. I love infusing service work into my curriculum whenever possible. Children are natural givers, and love to surprise the people they care about with handmade gifts. Our 4th Grade teacher is an avid sailor, and has an Edward Hopper print hanging by her desk. After a top secret class meeting, we decided to create a calendar for this superstar teacher with a set of unique renditions of Hopper's print. The class was thrilled by the idea, and poured their very best work into these chalk pastel seascapes. We graphed Hopper's original print and used the graph to help duplicate Hopper's original composition. Artists then had fun experimenting with shading and blending with chalk pastels. The final pieces stand out as excellent drawings, and our teacher was beyond surprised!
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