By Abby Miller and Sydney Brammer

On Friday, November 15, Redwood’s Art Two and Three took monsters they have been sculpting for the past month to their second grade buddies at Four Creeks Elementary.

Students raise up their monsters to show their teacher.

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Mrs. Yates, the coordinator of the event and art teacher, started the tradition four years ago.  “I think I saw it from a different art teacher who had been doing something kind of similar where they were basing their projects off of things that younger students had drawn.” Yates’ friend, Mrs. Mosely, is a second grade teacher at Four Creeks and the two “decided to collaborate our classes together and since then it’s become this tradition.”

The class starts out by writing a letter to a buddy asking them to draw a picture of a monster. “We’ve done Monsters the last four years because 2nd graders have a tendency to copy” so by asking them to draw monsters rather than a cartoon character or animal, you get something new and original every time. Once the second graders receive their letters, they then draw their monsters and attach a small note stating exactly what they want it to look like, “it’s always kind of funny because sometimes what they say about their monsters is totally different than what they drew.”

A student receiving her monster.

“One of the big challenges with the project is that what their drawing isn’t necessarily something that can be made out of clay”. When sculpting something, skinny legs and random pieces cannot be attached because they will break off. “We have to figure out how to take their sketch and make it first of all, three dimensional which is hard by itself, and second of all, in a way that works with clay but so resembles what they want.” Delivering the monsters brought smiles to both the high school and elementary students.

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Abigail Miller '22 is currently a fourth-year member of the Redwood Gigantea. As the Government & Politics page editor, lead photographer, and photography editor, she has published over 100 photo galleries capturing Redwood's most memorable moments. She owns her own photography business, Abigail Miller Photography, which you can find in the link below.

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