If you aren't familiar with the story of "The Snowman," it is a picture book about a boy who makes a snowman that comes to life. The book was made into an animated movie with no words, only music. The song "Walking in the Air" plays during the part where the boy and the snowman are flying through the sky and over the land.
Mrs. Hiolski and I were inspired by the illustrations and music in this movie and decided to work together to make the 2nd and 3rd grade Winter Concert performance even more special this year.
The students learned the song "Walking in the Air" in music class. In art, we looked at the book "The Snowman" and watched a clip of the movie when the boy and the snowman are flying. The students chose a scene from the story and used oil pastels to do a drawing of that scene. When the drawings were finished, they used toothbrushes to splatter white paint across their papers to make it look like snow falling.
The finished artwork looks amazing! I took digital pictures of all the drawings and Ms. Noonan made them into a slide show to play while the students were singing for the concert. Here is a video of the wonderful performance!
