The 4/5s (4th/5th graders) learned about Greek and Roman mosaics and frescoes. We poured mosaic cement onto masonite boards and then placed our mosaic tiles onto the cement. When it dried, we painted with watercolors on top. A few of them cracked a bit, so next time I will probably try using plaster.
Rainbow Fish by Kindergartners First, we read the book Rainbow Fish. Then, the kids drew pictures of fish. Next, we colored them using neon crayons and regular crayons. Color REALLY hard and thickly. Demonstrate this to the children so they see how to color darkly. Next, paint with watercolor on the background, to fill in the water. The paint will resist. We used these watercolors. They give a bit of sparkle/glimmer. Not a lot, but a nice … Read more…
We had a great art show this weekend at one of our student’s parents’ winery. We had wine tastings for the adults, snacks for the kids and lots of great artwork. I selected about 40 artworks and the middle school art teacher also selected about 30 or so… I put up pictures on my school website. You can see them all here:EAGLE Artists Rebecca (middle school art teacher) and Marcia (me)
Everybody loves to paint! This is Daria, my 18 month old baby girl.
I’ve been working really hard on my PDP. In Wisconsin, every 5 years to become recertified you need to make a professional development plan, outlining goals and your plans to meet those goals. When I was trying to write mine, I wanted to look up examples from other art teachers and I really couldn’t find any sample plans that were specifically for art teachers. Maybe this will help someone else out when you are writing a professional growth plan. Here … Read more…
Well, I haven’t updated since this past Sunday, so I will briefly tell you what I’ve been up to.. parent-teacher conferences were on Tuesday. We are in the middle of various projects… monochromatic rhythm paintings (which are awesome and I will share with you later)… Rainbow Fish paintings, bird paintings, American landscape paintings.. wow, I guess we are doing a lot of paintings now. The 4/5s are doing a mosaic/fresco project which I will show you when we are further … Read more…
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Paper Weavings by Kindergartners.A twist on the typical paper weaving… use wrapping paper and scrapbook paper pieces.
The 2nd graders studied Dr. Suess in their language arts class. In art class we looked at the artwork of Dr. Suess. They drew whimsical architecture with wobbly and wavy lines.
It’s been a couple weeks, but we had a regional Youth Art Month show at the mall here. Here are my panels.
Third Grade Japanese Scrolls We watched a powerpoint about Hokusai, the Japanese printmaker. The students made styrofoam prints using imagery of nature. We practiced using calligraphy brushes with India ink. The students assembled their calligraphy and prints, along with origami paper into a hanging scroll.
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So I decided to separate out my personal artwork from my elementary art teaching pictures. If you are interested in checking out my brand new art blog, here it is:
If you haven’t seen this book yet, it is probably my favorite kids’ book! I love it! My 18 month old loves to play with all the flaps.
