Editor's note.

Editor's note. Young Artist Sarah Schechter's oil-pastel drawing of a koifish on our cover beckons you to come along with us and "Glide See Glide Effortless and Glide PhotoShare. intothe School Year with Success." (To see more of this talented10th-grader's work, turn to page 33.) To get your students to "glide" along with you, tryhosting "Monet's Ice-Cream Party: A Visual "Treat"(page 22). This enjoyable lesson teaches first- through third-gradersabout mixing light color values, filling the page with large shapes,caring for supplies and conserving paint. Brainstorming, sketching, repetition and pattern come together in aproject that serves as a springboard to an entire unit: "ElementaryDesign: What Can You Do with a 2-Inch Square?" (page 24). In theend, students create an original and appealing composition using line asa dominant art element. High-school students accomplish dramatic chiaroscuro chiaroscuro(kyärōsk`rō)[Ital.,=light and dark], term once applied to an early method of printing woodcuts from several blocks and also to works in black and white or monotone. effects byfleshing out the subtleties of white on white in "Planes &Angles" (page 34). Paper airplanes appear to rise from tire surfaceof the paper, as students employ value changes to suggest from anddiscover the power of subtlety sub��tle��ty?n. pl. sub��tle��ties1. The quality or state of being subtle.2. Something subtle, especially a nicety of thought or a fine distinction. . If you are looking for a different way to introduce colors andtheir affect, "Cool or Warm Fruit" (page 40) may be just theright project. After experimenting with different color combinations ofpaint and lighting to see their effect, students bite into a luscious,full-color piece of imaginary fruit, and then imagine that it suddenlybecomes black, white or gray in color. How does it taste now? Discussionensues--even Sir Isaac Newton gets involved--and the activity culminatesin a drawing/design project using warm and cool colors. There are other stories here that will help you easily glide intothe new school year: "The Illustrated Name: A Different Kind of'Portrait'" (page 42) is a great way for yon and yourstudents to get to know each other, "Getting the InformationGraphically" (page 44) explains the use of graphic organizers inthe art room, making students into active participants in art historylectures and helping them retain what they learn about art techniques. But, let's not overlook "Introduction to the 2005-06 Clip& Save Art Prints: Waterways The list of waterways is a link page for any river, canal, estuary or firth. International waterwaysDanish straits Great Belt Oresund Bosporus Dardanelles in Art" (page 26). This articlegives you a taste of what is in store for us this year at the center ofthis and each upcoming issue: a large, full-color art reproductionfeaturing a work of art the subject of which is waterways--be theyrivers, harbors or rapids. Among the 10 artists that will be included inthe coming year are Homer, Whistler whistler:see marmot. See Windows XP. , Prendergast and Canaletto. So, let's follow the koi fish as we all glide into the newschool year with success. Maryellen Bridge, Editor in Chief