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Woodlawn Library Showcases ‘The Art of Imagine Discovery’
Still-life paintings created by students from the intermediate grades at Imagine Discovery — Grades 3, 4 and 5 — were recently featured in a month-long exhibit at the Woodlawn Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library. Titled “The Art of Imagine Discovery,” the exhibit included about 80 pieces and was on display throughout February.

According to Virginia Ellis, an art teacher at Imagine Discovery, last fall the children studied still-life paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries. Then they set out to emulate what they had seen, with an emphasis on learning observation skills to capture a sense of proportion and depth. Using arrangements of everyday objects (flowers, fruit, etc.) set up around the classroom, students first made sketches with colored pencils then used various watercolor techniques for the final rendering.

An additional 70 paintings and drawings from the collection, which was subtitled “What Happiness Means at Imagine Discovery,” were put on display around the school.

Click on each image below for a closer look.