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CCSD 62 students describe watercolors, pastels and mixed-media projects and say art helps manage emotions
Summary
Students in CCSD 62 described a range of classroom art projects — from watercolors and oil pastels to a Funko Pop self‑portrait — and emphasized that creating art helped them express feelings and learn techniques.
Students affiliated with CCSD 62 described a series of classroom art projects and said making art helped them express emotions and learn technical skills.
Students spoke about projects including painted apples outlined in oil pastel; a Funko Pop self‑portrait assembled from basic shapes; landscapes and folk‑art pieces in watercolor; a Keith Haring–inspired snowman cutout; a Day of the Dead–inspired skeletal watercolor; a Valentine‑themed heart checkerboard using positive and negative space; and an oil‑pastel “starry night.”
“Art is very soothing to me,” said Student 2, who described a line‑painting project using cardboard and color mixing. Student 1 said a project exploring apples used painting and oil pastel outlining, and Student 4 described sketching, cutting and gluing layered paper to show movement in a Keith Haring–style snowman. Student 5 explained foreground, middle ground and background in a watercolor landscape; Student 6 described blending with oil pastels while making a starry‑night piece.
Students repeatedly linked artmaking with emotion regulation and creativity. “When I have a feeling, I draw the feeling and it feels good and it calms me down,” Student 2 said. Several students also named specific techniques learned in class: mixing watercolor, shading with warm colors, tracing hands to create zentangle patterns, and using reference photos to capture architectural detail.
No formal actions, votes or policy decisions were recorded in the transcript. The remarks are recorded as student descriptions of classroom projects and learning outcomes, not as proposals or board actions.
Several cultural and art references were mentioned by students as inspiration or subject matter, including Funko Pop figures, the Day of the Dead, Keith Haring and Valentine’s Day motifs. Students emphasized both the technical skills taught (watercolor mixing, oil‑pastel blending, collage assembly) and social‑emotional benefits (calm, self‑expression, satisfaction at a finished product).
