Classroom 412: Successful Class

Yay! Points for Sarah. We had finished art work. This is awesome. No seriously, the art itself is awesome. And the majority of it was finished on time. Even if it had only been one picture, I would had patted myself on the back after the our classroom escapade into the Byzantine Empire. But we actually FINISHED multiple pieces of art. I am so proud of myself, mostly because I shut up and let the painting outweigh the talking. And I'm proud of my students also, who constructed such gorgeous drawings in a mere half hour.

With out further ado, my students lovely art:

While this may be a little hard to make out in a photograph, you have to try to see the beautiful ray of light hitting the middle cross.

Or this one which was ingenious. It took me a little bit to guess it's depiction, but guess I had to. It's Moses on the nile getting adopted by an Egyptian Princess.

A very curious Egyptian Princess.

While the only requirement for our art work this class was 'a piece of art about religion invoking an emotion,' not everyone went straight for Christianity. In fact, a few students went for Greek Mythology. This is Zeus' throne room, complete with a bucket of lighting bolts next to his chair.

Or Persephone and Hades. Because the Lord of the Underworld and his kidnapped Bride (who's mother is so busy morning she forgets to send spring), is the perfect image to invoke the emotion of.... fear?

Although, Hades is looking rather dreamy in this version. Persephone doesn't necessarily look heartbroken to have to live in the Underworld with that dude.

This is the wall of Jericho. The burst of light is either the Lord crashing the wall, or sound waves from a trumpet solo. I cannot for the life of me remember which my student said it was supposed to be. But it sure does invoke a feeling of awe.