Starts with the Songbird Art Contest!  Since fall, I have been preparing for the Save the Frogs Contest and the Songbirds Art Contest with my students. This is something that continues every year like a promise, and I enjoy it very much. More than anything, I think it is meaningful to protect nature and raise awareness about nature conservation through paintings. More than anything, my older sister is an environmental activist who is actively working in Korea, so I also feel a special affection for the environment. When I think about the infinite love and energy that nature gives us, it is only natural that I want to participate in even small things. Sometimes, I worry that the paints I use may be destroying the environment. Anyway, I prepare this kind of contest like an annual event every year. And the students also think about protecting nature and the environment through paintings. Every year, as I prepare for this contest with my students, I am moved to see their paintings and essays become richer and deeper.  So, I hope that more art teachers will get their students involved in these competitions if possible. I also hope that there will be more competitions like this.
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2024 Save the Frogs Art Contest! Sophia Liu,12  Victoria Liu 9  Daniel Chen, 13  Cindy Zhao, 12  Sophia Chen, 10  Elbert Wei, 12  Audria Wei, 7 Students participated in the 2024 Save the Frogs Contest again this year. This contest is held to protect frogs and their habitats, which are endangered due to climate change and environmental destruction. Many children from all over the world, experts, and scholars who want to protect frogs are participating in this movement. Above all, the annual art contest is a great opportunity for children to learn to love and protect the small creatures around them. This year, students drew another type of picture with their own novel ideas and colors.
Sculpture painting for children  When teaching children to draw, you will find that their drawings start out flat and gradually become three-dimensional. They must naturally go through this stage to acquire high-level drawing skills. However, if they lose or do not get this opportunity for some reason, they will experience frustration with drawing after the age of 11. They will think that they have no talent and can no longer draw. According to Lowenfeld's stages, *Emerging*Expertise*Stage is a very important period in art education that determines whether or not they will have professional skills in the future. According to the research journal of the stage (Blueprint/Young in Art), elementary school students lose interest or become overly critical of their own work at this stage because they do not meet the demands of technical development and level. So as an art teacher, I do my best to help children avoid this frustration. In this sense, one of my students, Daniel, has finally taken a leap from this mold. Below is a new drawing that Daniel has drawn. Through this drawing, he has found joy in expressing how to express the beauty of things in a three-dimensional and vivid way.  When students reach this stage, they start to look at their own paintings for a long time and enjoy them. They look at their paintings as if they were going on a trip and wanting to take pictures of beautiful scenery. This stage is rewarding for me as a teacher because the subsequent artistic depictions become easier. It will run like an analog boat with a motor. And the students will be amazed at their own accomplishments at this stage. And they will find out more and more how much fun it is to draw.
I recently started working as an art teacher at SchoolNova, a children's enrichment program in my area. It is a great opportunity for me because my child also needs to learn math there. Above all, I want the children to dive deep into the world of these paintings and become artists for their entire lives. It doesn't matter what the students become. We are all artists after all. Start classes at SchoolNova! I am starting to teach children as an art teacher at SchoolNova! It is exciting to meet new students in a new place. I am very happy to have the opportunity to share my talents and passion with the community.  I am a Korean-American artist based in Stony Brook, New York. I started my career as an artist at Poly Gallery, Karlsruhe in Germany. Since my debut in 2011, I have showcased my works in over 70 exhibitions across the United States, Germany, and France, among others. I have been honored with awards from various international and national competitions. In addition, I engage in various activities such as children's book publishing, art business, and blogging. 2024 SAVE THE FROGS! by Daniel & Sophia I entered the Save the Frogs contest to help spread awareness to help a beautiful species For my painting, I chose to use watercolor to make a calm and happy ecosystem for frogs to thrive in. The water is clear, and the land is preserved, all to help the frogs live their best life. I have always been passionate about helping preserve and protect animals and their habitats, that is why I chose to enter this contest!  I entered this contest because I know that people are hunting down frogs. Frogs are also endangered animals. I want people to start to reduce the number of frogs that are being hunted. I want to save the frogs! |
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