Women Artists: Yayoi Kusama 

Do Now: Draw your favorite circus act. If you've never been to the circus, make up an act!

Today the 3rd and 4th graders continued their study of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. 

We watched a short youtube clip called "Yayoi Kusama: Princess of Polka Dots"

Then, we continued to work on our patterns. We spent a lot of time figuring out the difference between a pattern and a design - while both are beautiful, a pattern does not have a 'starting' point. Once the colored pencil sketches of patterns were finished, students began to paint large scale versions of their patterns.