Artful way of getting your hands dirty

Posted 10/10/17

The fun part of being creative, at least for John Brown Francis School students on Friday, was blacking out the colorful scenes they created.

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Artful way of getting your hands dirty

TIME TO CLEAN UP: Emma Lovegreen was delighted with her creation, and the proof was in her hands.

(Warwick Beacon photos)

BLACKING IT OUT: Molly Handren blacks out a color scheme in preparation to scratching through the black to reveal her creation.

(Warwick Beacon photos)

LOOKING OVER THE WORK: JBF Principal Michelle Depot (center) looks over student work with substitute art teacher Joanne Longo. Still working on his drawing is Ryan Nicolaides.

(Warwick Beacon photos)

CONVENTIONAL SKETCH: Alexandra Nguyen displays her work.

(Warwick Beacon photos)

TIME FOR A SPLASH: The classroom sink was a popular destination at the end of class.

(Warwick Beacon photos)

Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2017 1:02 pm

The fun part of being creative, at least for John Brown Francis School students on Friday, was blacking out the colorful scenes they created. The black covered the paper from edge to edge and predictably ended up on fingers, and from there the guess was as good as anyone’s. But the black was all in preparation for the next step of scratching it off to have creations jump out from the night.