Monday, April 23, 2012

Leah's portfolio: The Phineas and Ferb series

We added an art class to Leah's Saturday social skills group at The Autism Project. Little did Ms. Angelique know that Leah would make Phineas and Ferb the subject of every project.

At home, she often likes to subject her stuffed toys to a photo shoot. I find new poses on my iPhone camera from time to time.

I have no idea why the socks are important. Right now, wherever Phineas and Ferb go, the fuzzy socks accompany them.

Her first art class assignment was to create something out of cut/torn paper. No drawing. A challenge for our girl, who loves her paper and crayons. It was her first time creating art like this.

Loved this one. One of Ferb's feet was a casualty of the wind that day.

Another week, the kids were told to create an object with masking tape and color around it. She tore off little bits of tape and made a masking-tape Phineas and Ferb.

Then they had to remove the tape. Leah said, "Where are Phineas and Ferb?"

She picked up her crayons and restored order:

The series continued:

One week they had to draw feelings. Phineas and Ferb experienced a range of emotions:

The second part of that day's project was to depict two feelings on two sides of a mask. Leah made two sides -- one was Phineas ...

... and the other was Ferb.

She threw a fit during the origami activity on the last day of class. I have a feeling she was annoyed that she could not find a way to add to her Phineas and Ferb collection. Not even the prospect of making an origami Hello Kitty cheered her up.

To borrow a quote from the theme song, "Seriously, this is Ferbtastic."