This is a brief post showing how I took advantage of the garden at one of my schools. It is such a wonderful resource for all grade levels, and all subjects! I love taking my students out there to explore and draw from observation.
This time, I noticed some flowers were on their way out as fall made it's way in, so I went out in the morning to pick bouquets for each table. (It's a nice way to start the day, picking flowers in a garden!)
I am trying very hard to shy away from free draw when students are done - I'm going for more of a themed drawing time, so I don't receive 23 scribbled Spongebobs/Minecraft drawings. I have been creating "Free Draw Challenges" with 8-10 prompts. Instead of "free draw", I had them draw these flowers from observation.
It was a success! A little change from the expected prompts is a nice change of pace. I may buy a few bouquets for free draw this winter, when all we see is white for months!
Feel free to click to enlarge the photos!
<- look at those lines! I love the way elementary line drawings come out! 
It's tough drawing those hollow, pink petals! ->
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