This week's Hawk Spotlight features two 5th graders, Asa Ewin and Lena Hofmann.
Asa and Lena worked together last year to make a mural in their 4th grade classroom.
Mrs. Perkins loves the outdoors and the girls got their inspiration for their mural from the weekly hikes the class would take.
The girls first started off with different ideas for their sketches. They wanted the mural to reflect the local things they see on their hikes. Blueberry bushes, pine trees, native plants and mountains were a part of that.
Asa and Lena are both Bob Ross lovers and used a lot of his techniques and strategies in their work. The girls said that there was definitely a learning process. “You can't have a microscope focus, or you will lose sight of what the bigger picture is”. Once they realized that- there was less stress.
Asa and Lena taught each other new techniques and even though they had different ideas, working together made it less stressful and it was easier than they thought.
Doing the mural was “weird, hard, tricky, and crazy”. Asa and Lena worked together well and said that doing the mural together helped build their friendship.