This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
I teach the art program for Leslie Stemmons Elementary in Dallas for grades K-6. Stemmons Elementary is a title 1 school and this will be our second year for the art program. I am in dire need of a class set of drawing boards!! This past year I introduced gesture drawing. The students loved the activity. They would move their chairs in a circle around the live model and draw several poses. However, we had to use the back of text books for drawing boards. Another project I wanted to have the students participate in was drawing outside (especially during fall and spring when the weather is nice). I would like to incorporate this outside drawing activity when we study land scape or perspective drawing. I could not do this outside project for fear of ruining our text books. I feel the drawing boards would be a great addition to the art program. It would give the students an opportunity to draw outdoors from nature and it would enrich their experience in gesture drawing.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
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