Spring into Life, Still Life Drawing!

Today we went on a nature walk in our courtyard to find some wild flowers for a still life. We found/rescued  this little monarch caterpillar and gave him some milk weed to hang out on for a while so we could draw him before we placed him in our school garden.
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the students enjoyed getting outside to find all kinds of plants and wild flowers
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we placed the flora (and fauna) in tp tubes to help get a better point of view
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this little plant was my favorite…not sure what it is…
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