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Making art in isolation
April 23, 2020 at 6:49 a.m.
After Blind Brook Superintendent Dr. Colin Byrne shared a drawing tutorial with the district to make COVID-19 quarantine more fun, Blake Goldstein was one of many to send him their own creative artwork. The Ridge Street School 10-year-old’s masterpiece was inspired by his mother’s colleagues working at Northern Westchester Hospital. Courtesy of Julie Goldstein
After Ridge Street School third-grader Ali Scala finished coloring her pretty frog, she wrote a message of well wishes to Superintendent Dr. Colin Byrne. Courtesy of Alicia Scala
The artistic talent is abundantly clear in Ridge Street School second-grader Casey Craighead’s penciled portrait of a blue jay among flowers. Courtesy of Danielle Craighead
After using a blue marker to draw a frog on a white board, Ridge Street School kindergartener John Gasparini picks up the red to give him a fancy bowtie. Courtesy of Mackenzie Gasparini
Ridge Street School first-grader Sakura Murray’s bluebird, a tribute to her school’s mascot, waves hello. Courtesy of Naoko Murray
Clearly an animal lover, Ridge Street School fourth-grader Sophia Yang shares her detailed drawings of a frog, a lion, a mouse and a bluebird. Courtesy of Jingjing Yang
While most students chose to draw on white paper, Ridge Street School kindergartener Diane Pring decided to go with blue to give her doodles an extra flare. Courtesy of Robyn Pring
Ridge Street School kindergartner Sarah Craighead proudly signed her name after drawing a bluebird masterpiece. Courtesy of Danielle Craighead