These multi-layered works are early harvest from a recent sixth-grade project. The project began as an investigation into how famed artists use choices of balance to frame a pleasing feel to the viewer's eye and about how the subtle symbolism of art, here as a pumpkin, help frame the range in which viewers perceive works. Then we drifted into talking about how personal issues often emerge in artwork. We decided to add leaves with meaningful phrases, words, and ideas to the pieces. Some of these turned out to be quite profound and revealing; a favorite quote from a book or a personal admission of frailty were happy surprises for this teacher. The technical instruction encompassed learning about contrast, balance, linework, composition, highlighting, color generalization, watercolor technique, and the artist's role as communicator of depth featured throughout. In the end, the results proved to be a good reaping of what was sown.
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