DRAWING FROM CAREFUL OBSERVATION starts in first grade.  We put the A  into S.T.E.M.  for S.T.E.A.M.  We know that artists, along with scientists, engineers, inventors and others, use many of the same thinking skills.  In art class we practice learning to look, to wonder, to find details, analyze, and figure things out.  We use drawing tools, technology and other tools.  Sometimes we invent tools!

DRAWING AND PAINTING FROM IMAGINATION is also important for all grades in art class.  Kindergarten students created paintings with invented tools and their imaginations.