Happy Tuesday!

David shows off his awesome dragon and castle!

Kinders Teach Drawing: How to Draw a Sunset

Jessica'sunset from Alan Adams on Vimeo.

Jessica shows how to draw an sunset, and then add a little pizzazz to it! Draw it yourself and send it to Alan.Adams@ridgefieldsd.org and I'll post it with the video.

One Point Perspective

Fourth Graders have started practicing their one-point perspective drawing skills...you can see some of the results below!

Elephants in Top Hats.

In case you were wondering what elephants look like when they want to be fancy. Artwork courtesy of Olivia, one of our fabulous first graders.

Classroom visit from Barbara Wright - RSD Did You Know coverage

Did You Know a local artist guest-taught scientific illustration to elementary art classes in Ridgefield?
March 2-6, 2015

Barbara Wright, a Ridgefield artist, guest-taught art classes at Union Ridge Elementary School

Barbara Wright, a Ridgefield artist and representative for the Clark County Arts Commission, visited art classes at Union Ridge Elementary School to teach students the art of scientific illustration and to
help kick off Youth Arts Month.

First Grade Puppet Shows!

First graders have finished their puppet shows and are taking them home! We've had a lot of fun learning about foreground, middleground and background in our drawings, and learning to use these to create a setting for our puppet show.