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Unfolding Creativity: A Day In Third-Grade Art

Two young girls are focused on drawing at a table in the foreground, with a blurred background suggesting a classroom or art studio.
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Third-grade students in Ms. Earl's class worked on designing their sketchbooks and started their self-portraits.

Two children sit at desks in the foreground, facing a projector screen in the background displaying a lesson plan with a cartoon teacher and a colorful border of pencils.
Two young girls are in a classroom, with one holding up a yellow sheet of paper in the foreground and a whiteboard with writing on it visible in the background.

Ms. Earl started class by going over classroom expectations and then asked two students to pass out yellow construction paper.

A young boy with messy blonde hair grins widely while holding a long strip of yellow paper in the foreground, with a blurred classroom background behind him.
Two young girls are focused on their work at a desk in the foreground, with a blackboard displaying math equations in the background.

The students folded the construction paper in half to create their sketchbooks.

A young girl with blonde hair, wearing a white cardigan, reads from a bright yellow folder in front of a plain gray background.
In the foreground, children are seated at a table with yellow paper and pencils, while the background shows a classroom with a stuffed fox on a shelf.
A young girl with blonde hair, wearing a white cardigan, diligently writes on a yellow paper at a table, with a blurred background of shelves and boxes.

They wrote their names and class codes on them and had the freedom to decorate them however they wanted.

A young girl in a pink sweatshirt smiles while holding a marker in the foreground, with other children and a colorful classroom chart visible in the blurred background.
A child's hand, holding a pink crayon, colors a drawing of a paint palette on a yellow sheet of paper, with a wooden table visible in the blurred background.
A young boy in a green shirt focuses on writing on a yellow paper in the foreground, while other children are blurred in the background.

Some students added art icons while others created scenes, using pencils to start and crayons or markers to color them in.

A child's hands color a yellow paper with green crayon in the foreground, while a blurred background shows a wooden surface.
Two young girls are focused on drawing at a table in the foreground, with a blurred background suggesting a classroom or art studio.
A child's hands color a green flower on yellow paper with a marker, while a wooden table is visible in the background.

One student added unique monsters to his sketchbook cover.

A young blonde child concentrates on drawing with a crayon on yellow paper in the foreground, while other students are blurred in the classroom background.
A child's hands draw an orange creature on yellow paper, with a box of crayons in the background.
A young boy in a gray hoodie smiles as he looks at another student writing at a desk in a classroom.

After designing their sketchbooks, the two students who had passed out the paper collected them before class moved on to the next assignment.

A child's hand holds a pencil, drawing cartoon characters on a yellow sheet of paper, with a wooden table visible in the background.
A young girl in a blue dress draws on a yellow paper in the foreground, while two other children are blurred in the background.
A young girl with glasses chews on her fingers while holding bright yellow papers in the foreground, with other children and colorful classroom decorations visible in the background.

A different set of students passed out portrait references that included different hairstyles and portrait drawing techniques.

A young girl in a white t-shirt hands a drawing to another student in the foreground, while a whiteboard with a clock is visible in the blurred background.
Hands hold a sheet of paper with a grid of diverse cartoon faces, set against a wooden surface.
A young girl with glasses and curly hair reads a book at a desk, with another student blurred in the background.

The students looked at these for ideas and inspiration and then started to draw their self-portraits in pencil.

A young girl in a blue tank top concentrates on her writing at a wooden table, with shelves of supplies and a white cabinet in the blurred background.
A child's hands draw a simple face with an orange pencil on white paper, with a wooden surface visible in the background.
A young girl with dark hair, wearing a "BREAD-MEOW" t-shirt, focuses intently on her work at a desk, with blurred classroom shelves and a stuffed fox visible in the background.
A young boy with blonde hair is diligently drawing at a desk in a classroom, with shelves of supplies and a patterned rug visible in the background.

They worked hard to make them look the way they wanted and asked their classmates for help if they needed it.

Two young girls are focused on their work at a table in the foreground, while other students are blurred in the background.
A child's hands draw a simple figure on white paper, with a wooden desk visible in the blurred background.
A young girl with red hair concentrates on her work at a desk, with other students and classroom elements blurred in the background.

They enjoyed working on their self-portraits and look forward to finishing them during their next class.

A child's drawing of a stick figure girl with a ponytail lies on a wooden table, with another partially visible drawing to the left.
A young girl with blonde hair focuses intently on her work in the foreground, while other students are blurred in the classroom background.
A child's hand rests on a drawing of a stick figure in a dress, with a wooden table visible in the background.

 

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