First thing in class today I checked our homework for the week which is a contour line drawing of any object of your choice. A contour line drawing is a line drawing that is created with one continuous line. This mean that students had to draw their picture without picking up their pencils. This is DJ's homework, and it is a fantastic example of a contour line drawing.

After storytime (yes, we read a children's book, "ish", that was related to our project today), we worked on our first visual journal. This activity gives students a chance to express their personality in their art. It also gives students the opportunity to combine the visual image with the written word. More on visual journal in a couple weeks. The students' visual journal pages are to be completed for homework. They will count as their weekly sketchbook check next Friday, Oct. 1st.