Welcome back to the SES Art Room!

The SES Art room kicked off the year with a "Dot" project based on the popular book, The Dot, by Peter Reynolds.

The Dot is the first book in a trilogy dedicated to creativity. In "The Dot", we meet a girl named Vashti who has convinced herself she can not draw. Her teacher dares her to make a mark. Vashti makes one little dot on her sheet of paper... which turns out to be the beginning of her creative journey!

Teachers around the world have used this book as inspiration for teaching children about expressing themselves through art.  As a result, September 15th has become International Dot day, when students make their "own mark and see where it goes".  

Second and third grade students made their own "dots" and explored the use of color symmetry and line shape.  See examples below.