Jennifer Grobsaid… I just hung up my sark poster today in my room. I would love those books!!! Your projects are super cute!Jenn Grob Congrats Jenn, you are the winner of the Sark books. School starts on Monday! So, I will have lots of new posts about projects coming soon. Our school is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year and in the next few years we are going to building on to the existing structure and adding new classes! … Read more…
Scholastic Art was waiting for me when I went into school today! There’s the lesson plan I wrote! That’s me!
As school is starting soon, I thought I would start a new series of blog posts about some of my favorite fabulous things. I LOVE art books and have so many of them. Our school library also has a great collection of books I can use. Here is a list (in no particular order) of books that I refer to frequently when I need a boost of inspiration. There are many more exciting books for art teachers, but here … Read more…
In honor of the new school year I am giving away two books to ONE lucky person! To enter, leave a comment on this blog post. I LOVE Sark. So inspirational, colorful and fun! The first book is called “Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper” which is about writing. I picked this up from a library sale, so it is a discarded library book with a little bit of water damage. I personally don’t care if a book has a bit of … Read more…
Thank you for following my blog. I checked today and saw that I now have 500 followers.. holy cow! I hope you are having a fantastic summer. School starts in 2 weeks, so I will have lots of new art projects to show you. And here is a reminder for you:
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Thank you to Mrs. Jahnig for this wonderful idea. I had pinned this monoprinting technique on my Pinterest board, but now it appears the link to her blog is gone. Are you out there Mrs. Jahnig? Anyways, today was another one of my summer art workshops with kids at school. We did monoprinting with markers. 1. Draw on a piece of plexi-glass with washable markers. In progress design. 2. Spray your paper with water, two or three sprays. Then, flip … Read more…
This was another fun project at the end of the year. The 5th/6th grade students marked off a one inch grid on their white paper. Then, they chose a photo to enlarge and draw. It could be a person (some chose a parent, others chose famous people) or it could be an animal. I photocopied grids on to transparencies and these were taped on top of their photo. Then, they drew their picture square by square. There are many resources, … Read more…
What are you reading this summer? Check out my personal art blog for a new series called “What’s on Your Bookshelf?” Here you can read my book reviews and add your own review.
Did you know I have an art teacher blog directory on my blog? There are over 240 art teacher blogs added. If you have not added yours, you should do so! This is probably my most viewed page on all my blog, so I know a lot of people check it out for new blog reading. I hope you are having a GREAT summer and finding time to do artsy things. My latest project is making a scrapbook of … Read more…
Near the end of the school year we had the lovely opportunity to have the grandfather of one of our students come into the classroom to teach us more about clay. He is a ceramicist in the area. He showed the kindergartners how to form a clay slab over a styrofoam dome form. Leaves were pressed into the dish before forming the dish. Aren’t these beautiful? Three little balls were rolled and pressed on the bottom for feet. The dishes … Read more…
While on vacation, I read the book Columbine, which is about the school shooting in Colorado. I’m interested in psychology, schools and kids. A depressing and heart wrenching read, but a thoroughly comprehensive look at the psychology of the kids, how the school and community responded and how the survivors dealt with the tragedy. It makes you think about how you would respond in a similar situation. The book was written by Dave Cullen who has extensively reported and studied … Read more…
Once a year, a local art store hosts a Re-Art Swap where anyone can drop off old art materials and then pick up things they want. All for free! Today, I volunteered for a few hours at the swap and had a blast. It was like Christmas for an art teacher! Here is a big box of stuff that I donated. It felt so good to clean out my art supplies. Little did I know that I would come back … Read more…
Oh, how much fun was Disneyworld! We had a blast. We drove to Florida from Madison, WI which took us 2 1/2 days of driving. Then we went to the different Disney parks for 6 days. My daughter Daria had a blast with all the rides and meeting all of the characters. I have tons of pictures from our trip and will show you a few of them here and there. The heat was shocking to my system! Holy cow … Read more…
