Help from an artist!

My Kindergartner's have had the opportunity to have two lessons from an artist!  Yea!  Her name is Super Artisit and the students loved her!  The first time she explained what her job is and that with art there is no wrong answer.  I never thought about art this way. I feel that after she said this to the class, the pressure was lifted from the students.  I feel that they took there time and really wanted to do a great job for the artist.  I know it took some of the pressure off of me when I need to give drawing lessons!  She also talked about giving compliments to others on their art work.  I have heard a few compliments from students about other students work.  This is a teacher's dream!  I hope it lasts! 

The artist read the book ish  by Peter A. Reynolds.  She had the students draw a squiggly line and the person next to them needed to turn it into something else.  Then they said what it was with the "ish" added to the end of the word.  It let the students use their imagination and create what they think it looks like.  After they drew details to make the line into an object or picture, then they could color it.

This is the book description from Amazon.com:

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A creative spirit learns that thinking "ish-ly" is far more wonderful than "getting it right" in this gentle new fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book THE DOT.

Ramon loved to draw. Anytime. Anything. Anywhere.

Drawing is what Ramon does. It¹s what makes him happy. But in one split second, all that changes. A single reckless remark by Ramon's older brother, Leon, turns Ramon's carefree sketches into joyless struggles. Luckily for Ramon, though, his little sister, Marisol, sees the world differently. She opens his eyes to something a lot more valuable than getting things just "right." Combining the spareness of fable with the potency of parable, Peter Reynolds shines a bright beam of light on the need to kindle and tend our creative flames with care.

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