Friday 18 October 2013

2013 Global Dignity Day

Hi everyone,

On Wednesday, October 16, we celebrated Global Dignity Day with 250,000 students around the world.  One of the activities that Fieldcrest students participated in throughout the day was a Zentangle workshop.  Students were given a small tile with the GDD symbol and were asked to use a pattern of their choice to fill the space. This related to the concept of dignity because there are a lot of ways to increase dignity in a person, and one of those ways is by being supportive of others, and supportive of yourself.  With Art, we are very susceptible to criticism. One positive remark by someone can be all it takes to raise someone else's self-confidence in their work, and that was our focus.  Together, we created a mosaic, which symbolized our commitment to being a part of a greater idea.  The students did a wonderful job!



Many students were asking if we were going to have a Zentangle club again this year - we are!!  It will begin in November and will hopefully happen regularly, once a week.  Students will be asked to commit to the club by purchasing a $13-15 kit (unless they already have one) which includes some tiles, some pens, and a zentangle pencil.  If you have any questions about Zentangle, please contact me at skelton.fes@gmail.com or click on any of the links at the side of this page.

Have a great October!
Miss Skelton :)

Sunday 18 November 2012

Gallery Added

Please see our Gallery (also linked above) to see some of the wonderful work our students have been creating!  Special thanks to Miss Crane who has been our photographer and to Mrs. Germaine for her visits. 

We will have another meeting this week, so look forward to even more tangle-y goodness coming home!

I've also updated with a few links across our tabs at the top of the blog so that you can see what tangles we've been playing with and some other tips and ideas for using the Zentangle method.

Happy tangling!
Miss Skelton :)

Thursday 11 October 2012

Our First Day!

October 3, 2012 marked the first official Fieldcrest E.S. Zentangle club meeting!  We used the DVD that is part of the Apprentice Kit, available from any CZT and zentangle.com.

Here are some pics from our first day:

Lunch ignored to tangle....

Starting with Crescent Moon
Concentrating hard...
Working away on Hollibaugh and Crescent Moon

Each student was able to purchase a kit, complete with pens, tiles, and shading tools
We ran out of time - these are MOSTLY finished tiles in our first mosaic!

What a great time we had!  Happy tangling!
Miss Skelton :)