Day 2 of Bedtime Story: Creative Writing & Art Camp at Classroom Matters

The Art Edition:

The students are excited about writing and illustrating their Children's books and so am I!

On Monday we looked at books and  different illustration styles, tecniques and mediums artists use. We experimented with different tecniques and materials exploring pencil, sharpies, and watercolors. Students learned how to incorporate illustration into letters by creating  their name as flowers, animals and patterns. The campers all received newsprint sketchpads and spent the end of the day sketching ideas for their book characters. On Tuesday we continued exploring different art mediums so each individual can choose a material they enjoy using the most. We got tempera paints out, learned how to mix colors and created paintings. We also made bold oil pastel drawings on black paper. Students pulled out their sketchbooks and we practiced drawing faces that show different emotions. I've been talking to the campers individually and working with them to develop their character and background art and some of them are already sketching illustrations for their book.

-Laurie Croft, art teacher

The Writing Edition: Bedtime Story Excerpts

Tyler- My character’s name is Bob, and he lives on a farm.

Adrian- My character is fat kid named Poncho and his challenge is the Super Taco Grande Mucho Gigante.

Arielle-My character’s name is Saddy, and he is a blue sphere.

Diego- My character’s name is Bob-John-Joe-Jack and he can fly.

Simone- My character is a little boy named Tommy and he gets lost from his family.

Amira- Mine is about a boy named Carmu who dreams of being a farmer.

Jiana-My character’s name is Cleo and she lives in a cave.

Dante- My character is a kid named Jimmy Bean who lives in Mexico and his parents work at Mexicano McDonalds.

Milagro- My main character is named Shirley and whoever makes her mad in the story falls into mud.

Fatima- My character is named Speedy-Deee and he is a dinosaur who can outdrive the police, in a sports car.

Sophie- My character is a pig named Scooey that goes to Piglet High School.

Alicia- My character’s name is Payson. She is a swimmer and she is an Olympic gold medalist.

Grace- My character’s name is Graffiti Can Sam, and he is a can of spray paint who goes out and paints stuff.

Emily- My character’s name is Amanda Bobbleton, who does not want her baby sister to be born.

Lucas- My character is a kid named Freddy, and he lives in a casino in Las Vegas.

LyLy- My character’s name is Emily Roberts and she has a magic teddy bear that takes her to different places in her dreams.

Aaron- My characters is Mader and I am still deciding what he’s going to do but it has to do with movies.

Sophia and Milagro

Diego and Adrian

Simone and Emily

Tyler

Arielle

Giana, Alicia, and Amira

Lucas, Grace, and Dante