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Fingerprint Plates for School Auction

By Marcia Beckett | May 9, 2018 - 11:15 am |July 5, 2024 1st grade, animals, clay, collaborative artwork, first grade, second grade

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A hand-painted plate with a panda holding colorful balloons, surrounded by butterflies, featuring the text "Upper Primaries 2017-2018." This delightful piece would make a wonderful item for a School Auction.

We made 3 fingerprint plates for our school auction. The materials we used were Bisque fired dinner plates from Mayco. Underglaze in various colors Fine line writer bottle (filled with glaze) Clear Gloss Glaze The first was a Dr. Seuss themed “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” plate for the Kindergartners. The fish are made from their fingerprints. The second was a bird plate for the 1st graders. All of the birds were made from the kids’ fingerprints. Their … Read more… →

Class Project for Auction: Clay Mosaic Mirrors

By Marcia Beckett | April 30, 2018 - 10:31 am |July 5, 2024 all grades, clay, collaborative artwork, mosaic

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Class Project for Auction: Clay Mosaic Mirrors

Every year my students and I create artworks for our school’s auction. If you look here, you can see some of the auction artworks from previous years. This year, each student in grades K-8 made textured clay circle tiles. We glued them on to several mirrors. The process to make the clay circle tiles is quite simple, yet it teaches the kids several important skills for working with clay. First, roll out a flat piece of clay (called a “slab”). … Read more… →

Collaborative Class Artworks

By Marcia Beckett | May 7, 2016 - 9:09 pm |July 5, 2024 all grades, collaborative artwork

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Collaborative colorful drawing with stars and text "Wish Upon a Star" in the center. Various stars and designs fill the background, showcasing unique artworks by each participant.

Every year our school has a family FUNdraiser with a silent auction portion. My art classes always contribute a few artworks to the auction. This year, I came across an idea on an art teacher Facebook group. The canvas had the words “You are my sunshine” written across the middle. Each student contributed a sunshine drawn with Sharpie markers or paint markers. We used painted white wooden cradled canvases similar to this one. First I did You are My Sunshine … Read more… →

Triangle Collage on Canvas for School Auction

By Marcia Beckett | February 19, 2015 - 3:05 pm |July 5, 2024 African, collage, fifth grade, group artwork, printmaking, sixth grade

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Triangle Collage on Canvas for School Auction

Every year, my 5th/6th grade class carves rubber stamps with symbols they have designed. This year, we stamped extra prints on tissue paper with acrylic paint to make collaborative artworks. To stamp, simply use a foam brush to lightly paint acrylic paint on the stamp. Then, the tissue papers were decoupaged (with hard-finish Mod-Podge) on these fun triangular canvases called Squangles. These are going to be put in our school auction at the end of the year. We made three … Read more… →