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An Alien<br />
Ryan Fleming<br />
Grade:<br />
School:<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher:<br />
PreK<br />
The Little Brooklyn<br />
PreK Center at<br />
8th Street<br />
Lorna Clark<br />
Watercolor and oil pastel<br />
on paper<br />
STUDENT: I practice and<br />
practice at home — that’s<br />
why I’m so good. I like<br />
drawing and painting.<br />
This is an alien. He’s<br />
running away from the<br />
other aliens. Did you<br />
notice he doesn’t have a<br />
mouth? I used black oil<br />
pastel and pencil to make<br />
the lines. Then I added<br />
watercolor paint. I liked<br />
making the splatters.<br />
TEACHER: Ryan created<br />
this artwork during the<br />
culminating lesson in<br />
a sequence of drawing<br />
explorations involving a variety of<br />
materials including pencil, chalk,<br />
crayon, and oil pastel. As part of our<br />
drawing study we read, The Line by<br />
Paula Bossio and discussed how lines<br />
can have different qualities and can<br />
be combined to create designs and<br />
representations. Ryan did a lot of<br />
experimenting with materials before<br />
making this final image, making<br />
lines of all kinds, mixing colors, and<br />
using the watercolor resist technique.<br />
He enjoyed creating the watercolor<br />
splatters and inspired other children<br />
to use this painting method. Ryan<br />
is a dedicated and hard-working<br />
artist. He consistently surprises and<br />
impresses me with his insight and<br />
ability to use materials in inventive<br />
ways to express his ideas and<br />
experiences, real or imagined.<br />
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