Buddah
"I'm gonna draw this because it looks Chinese to me and my Mom likes Chinese things."-Joey, grade 1
View ArticleAlex's Dog Sophie
Alex(grade 2) drew his dog Sophie. He told me she's "half black lab and half boxer".
View ArticleFun Stuff to Draw
This is some of the stuff that the students can draw. Next week I am going to put them in a basket near the drawing center so they can use them again.
View ArticleCollage Center
Grade 1, 2 and 3 students were treated to the collage center this week (their favorite). I showed them different examples of collage and introduced collage artist Claudine Hellmuth and her "poppets"....
View ArticleCan we come in at recess?
Two 4th graders asked if they could come in at recess to work on their drawings. My battery pack died before I could take the second drawing of a wrestler named John Cena. He brought in an action...
View ArticleKindies Building Structures
The foam blocks ("Why do these feel funny?"one girl asked) and Legos were pulled out in the middle of a kindergarten class when they got a bit "squirrely" and did not want to draw another picture. It...
View ArticleStar Wars Spaceship
Two third grade boys are working on this spaceship from Star Wars. They are also making the roof to it and will finish next week. They are using techniques they learned from our paper sculpture lesson...
View ArticleBounty Hunters by Ben and Billy, grade 4
"We made bounty hunters that hunt pants. They are on a hover craft. We made this at the collage center."
View Article"Buckeye Misses You"
"I made this for my Mom because she had to give her dog Buckeye to an orphanage. She kept biting people."
View ArticleCollage Creations
I am still putting magazine photos into the collage center and the ideas the students are coming up with are just wonderful. I know this is more work for me (cutting out the pictures) but sometimes the...
View ArticleThey finished it
This is the completed Star Wars ship that two third graders had been working on. You can see the work in progress here.
View ArticleStar Wars Collage by Trevor grade 2
Two collages based upon the ever popular Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Syth.
View ArticleHalloween Art
Students of all ages have a deep interest in creating holiday art and Halloween is one of their favorites.
View ArticlePrintmaking and other happenings
I have been taking lots of pictures in art but have not posted to my blog so this is long overdue. We have been busy with found object sculptures and starting some printmaking.On the other hand, some...
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