![]() ![]() The visits were made possible the Literacy Connection, by the Kennewick school district and by the hard work of the librarians at each of the schools. I was bowled over by the generosity and energy and kindness of the teachers and librarians that I met. School Library Journal'Storm Boy is an excellent childrens book and unquestionably deserving, if not begging, to sit on the shelf of every library in the nation.' -Western Native News. But it was a privilege to spend time with children and watch them draw. I hope that they keep drawing. PAUL OWEN LEWIS lives near Seattle, Washington, and is the author/illustrator of eight books. Yes, the school visits took a ton of energy and made me leave my cocoon. (Thanks to Melani Tackett for taking many of these photographs. Here are some of the drawings that they came up with in that hour – some in progress and some completed. Then they all worked on their own drawings to turn those collaborations into creatures of their own invention. They made a series of random lines collaboratively. Lies Auszüge und lade Bücher von Paul Owen, unter anderem Larte di re, The New Mormon Challenge und viele mehr. After looking at lines and talking about them the kids drew. Paul Owen Lewis is the author of Storm Boy (4.10 avg rating, 126 ratings, 24 reviews, published 1995), Frog Girl (3.94 avg rating, 105 ratings, 16 review. We looked at these drawings done by children (from the book Creative Drawing by Rottger and Klante) and considered how powerful it can be to repeat a line.Įach art class had 40-50 fourth or fifth graders and lasted for an hour. Storm Boy is another wonderfully and illustrated book by Paul Owen Lewis. I decided to focus on line – that most basic building block of drawing.We looked at lines in the world: But I didn’t want a formula – I wanted each child’s work to be unique. I wanted to have a project that allowed for success and showed that everyone can make art. The lack of art education in the world feeds the idea that people are either good or bad at art. These schools do not have art teachers or art rooms so we worked in the libraries or lunch rooms. ![]() Half of my time there was spent giving art classes. And you have to look inside and outside of yourself. ![]() But it also takes imperfectionism and playfulness, especially when an idea is first developing. It takes practice and hard work and a kind of perfectionism. You have to spend time on art to be able to express yourself. I boiled my message down to a single line: Everyone can make art. I had to think about what I valued and about what I wanted to say to kids. I had to leave my studio for a week, speak to hundreds of children in assemblies and do lots of things that were scary or hard (and good) for me. In mid October I went (along with Paul Owen Lewis and Laura Kvasnosky) to visit elementary schools in eastern Washington. ![]()
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