March Artists of the Month!

More Creativity!

During my choice-based art classes, students broke into a new type of art, textile art! Several students started using fabric to create different things. One student made a pillow. In other highlights of the day, one student made a "happyville" using chalk pastels and another student created a spaceship out of an egg carton. Very creative!

Dinosaurs in Progess

Texture Paintings with 1st Graders

This week I am trying texture paintings with 1st graders. I did this lesson with full-day kindergarten last week and I was excited about the potential with this lesson in first grade. The results have turned out awesome so far. The students are very engaged in this interesting printmaking process.

Back to the Dinosaur Age

All second graders have been studying dinosaurs in their regular classrooms. This week in art we are incorporating dinosaurs and found objects. After looking at the artist Jim Gary and his beautiful dinosaurs that were created from old car parts, we began using recycled objects like water bottles and pop cans to create our own dinosaurs. Below is an example that I created from found objects.

Texture Painting with Kindergarten

This past week my full-day kindergarten classes created texture paintings through printmaking. We took texture plates and painted them. We then took our paper and pressed down. The texture plate left a print! The students used many different colors and textures to create these incredible artworks.

2nd Graders Get Stained

The 2nd grade classes just finished their stain glass projects. We started the project by taking a flight to Paris (via Google Earth) and checked out the Notre Dame Cathedral. We focused in on the North Rose Window by Jehan de Chelles. We discussed what stained glass windows are, how they are made, and why they are made. We began making our own "stained-glass windows" by using Sharpie markers on transparencies. To start our project we made a sketch on a small sheet of paper. After our sketches were finished, we put the transparency over the top and traced our original sketch to create a final artwork. These are currently hanging in the windows of the cafeteria. I hope you get the time to come to North Elementary and see them.