Anchors Away

It may be our last day of 4-H Arts & Crafts Day Camp but it is by far the most focused day we have had yet.  Today we loaded up and headed to a local artist Patty Speights Studio 136.  Once there we found out we were going to be serious about art today painting our own painting.  Our target was to paint a sinking anchor in a stormy sea.  We learned about blending colors, paint strokes, different paint brushes, and so much more.  As we let our paintings dry we got to see Mrs. Patty's artwork and learn about the business of being an artist.  It took us about 3 hours to complete our paintings that we signed and got to take home with us.  Everyone at the Extension office was impressed with our artistic efforts.
After lunch we worked to finish up projects and we made our own doodle bots.  These are robots that draw.  We learned that based on where we placed the markers determined how the drawings turned out.  When we got all out bots working we were able to all doodle on one big shrinky dink and sign our names.  It was really awesome when it shrunk.
One of the other projects we worked on involved stencils and scratch paper.  Scratch paper is black and when you scratch in your design a rainbow of colors appear making your design pop out and look really cool.  It was really neat.
At he end of the day it was time for some of our favorite games.  When parents came it was time for goodbyes and so longs to our friends.  Even though we will be back in a week to pick up our ceramics, we forgot this is the last time we will be together each day for fun.  With all of our crafts and new skills we know that this would be a week we will never forget.