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2022/23 ART EDUC​ATION RESIDENCY

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what to expect today:


drawing by the numbers (literally)
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Rockin Robins
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signs of 
​spring

session 11B

Rockin' Robins

did you know?

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The genesis of “Rockin’ Robin” was a rock ‘n’ roll story of legend. Leon René wrote the song after his wife complained about a bird keeping her awake at night.

“She asked me to chase him away so that she could get some sleep,” Leon explained. “I told her I couldn’t unless I threw a rock at him. But the next night the bird flew into a tree outside my window and woke me up…and about 2 a.m. every morning thereafter.” (The culprit was actually a mockingbird, and not a robin.) 
René was a university-educated, middle-aged musician whose songwriting credits included the classic “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano.” When he decided to turn his nocturnal annoyance into a pop novelty, he started with the term “mockingbird,” which morphed into “rockin’ mockin’ bird” and, finally, “rockin’ robin.” 
The song proved a godsend to Bobby Day’s career (whose real last name was coincidentally Byrd). 
René, though, would later admit, “I thought so little of the song that I decided not to put my name on it. Instead, I gave it to my wife, Irma, and she put my mother-in-law’s name down as the writer—Jimmie Thomas.”
René never renewed the copyright and no doubt lost a fortune in royalties when Michael Jackson sold a million copies of “Rockin’ Robin” in 1972.

https://www.beaconseniornews.com/2022/08/01/407632/behind-the-beat-of-rockin-robin-#:~:text=Behind%20the%20beat,Randal%20C.%20Hill

Spring Robin
mixed media

MATERIALS NEEDED:

watercolor paper 8x8"
watercolor brushes
blue liquid watercolor paint
facial tissues (1 per artist)
Bird drawing guide
salt
brown tempera paint
small portion cups
watercolor paints
scissors
​blowdryers

glue sticks
basic_bird_in_7_steps.pdf
File Size: 530 kb
File Type: pdf
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easy as 1..2..3..

what to expect next session:


​another pollinator - the butterfly
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