This is my first display as a real-life art teacher, ohhh my.  My fifth-graders did it and they were so awesome about it.  Since I started my job in October I didn’t have much time to pull together a Halloween-esque project, but all of my fifth-grade classes did these “Haunted Masterpieces” in only one class [...]

Hi!  So remember back in the day when I started this project?!  Well it is DONE.  I actually finished months ago but, well, ya know.  Here it is…. !!
Thoughts?  I have good news about the inspiration behind the project, and that is that I finished the mini-marathon that I ran in May.  And I ran [...]

A few more examples of my students’ work!  These are watercolor/pen & ink drawings based on songs.  They were asked to use a watercolor wash first to illustrate the overall mood of the song, then they were able to go back later to add more color once they had the drawings done in ink.

As of [...]

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I just added LOTS of new mini books, art, and prints to the shop… lots.
Go look! =)

Printmaking is probably one of my favorite things, and the students will be starting on this next project once they get back from spring break so I’ve been working on my example.  We are trying to get them to think more conceptually, and to really approach this project as if they are artists (up until [...]

Okay, time for my paper sculptures WRAP UP.  To refresh your memory, this was my example to show the kids:

The original image, and then a reinterpretation based on a chosen artistic style (they learned about impressionism, post-impressionism, and those crazy Fauves.)  Mine was focused on post-impressionism and specifically, pointilism.  Yeah.  PARTY.
Okay so here are a [...]

Okay, I know, all I do is talk about my drawing students.  And my 2D students.  But I also have ceramics students, and those classes have been a HUGE challenge for me.
Now, that challenge is not in the behavior of the students (though generally, the kids who sign up for ceramics are not at all [...]

Lately I have been spending a ton of time working on a tessellation project for my Intro to 2D kids.  I’m almost finished with it, but I will show you the progress photos up until where they are now.  Then I’ll show you the rest once I’m done.
I went with a dinosaur image because it’s [...]

Remember when I was showing off the Opposition Project that my Drawing 2 students did, and I brought up the problem of grading late work?
Well a couple of my late workers got their drawings in so I wanted to go ahead and share those too =)  They are two extremely talented girls so of course [...]

The paper sculpture project I just started with my Intro to 2D kids just took on a whole new life.  They are now going to make three versions of the same image, reinterpreted to imitate various artistic styles throughout history.  I am going to give them mini art history lessons in the next few weeks, [...]