Friday

 Today was a productive day. We finished up our presentations on the impressionist artist we chose. Once we finished working we continued on our paintings until lunch. Mr. Wadzeck bought some ingredients for the french sandwiches we made. For lunch we made our sandwiches and they were delicious. We spent some time cleaning up our classroom and the west commons. Lots of people were doing puzzles. I finished up my painting of a teacup today using oil paints. I started a new painting using watercolor of a sunset on the beach. We used the remainder of our time together presenting our chosen artists. We didn’t have time to get through everyone so we hope to finish up next week. 

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