The 5th graders are doing a fantastic job with their panda and bamboo paintings. Students started off drawing a panda from a reference photo making changes as they deemed fit. Next, they copied their individual drawings on to rice paper. Next up was to practice painting bamboo and getting comfortable with the bamboo brushes. Students then painted bamboo around their pandas in ink and filled in their pandas with ink. We will add a Chinese character to polish off these paintings since the kids really love the simple printmaking process.