Here is a few pictures of the new bulletin board. I like to start the year out with something fun to look at. Everybody loved the dancing giraffe and a couple of teachers said they want to steal it and put it in their room. If you haven’t figured it out already, the bulletin board is based on the book “Giraffes Can’t Dance”.
One issue I often run into is the bending of paintbrush bristles. I try to teach my students to place wet brushes, brush up, so that they dry properly. There is always one or two that still get stuck in the bucket the wrong way. It makes it very difficult for students to use the brushes and I hate having to throw them away. I came across this product when ordering supplies and tested it recently. As you can see in the picture below. It works very well. I am super excited about giving some of my brushes a “lift”.
I ran across this website when I was looking for ideas for one of my camps. It had great images and lots of great information about different artists and art movements. When you are looking up one particular artist, the artwork, history, and quotes are all contained in one place and easy to find. I was thinking this would be great to use in lessons and to even use as an art webquest.
Check it out! http://www.artinthepicture.com/
This video was featured on the website and I thought it would be great to use when I teach 6th grade portrait drawing. It shows how often Van Gogh painted himself.
Hello all! It has been a while since I posted anything substantial, mainly because of a busy summer. I have been working hard trying to finish a professional certification program, teaching five camps, and cleaning and preparing for the new school year. The great part about not writing for a while is that I have some new things to share with all of you. I will be posting real soon (tonight). Hope you all enjoy and learn something new.
I couldn’t resist.
Every year the Rotary Club has a sidewalk chalk art festival in May. They unfortunately canceled this year’s event because of scheduling conflicts. I had one of my student’s parents mention holding something on the school campus. At first, there was no way I was going to attempt a chalk art event because of the upcoming art show to worry about. It was last minute that I changed my mind and decided to throw something together for my 6th grade students because I knew they would have a fantastic time and gain some lasting memories of their 6th grade art class.
I decided to group the 6th grade art class into teams of two and they were to pick a picture of a masterpiece to reproduce with chalk. When I told the kids that I got permission from their teachers to take them out of class all day they were excited! We did a little practice and they were told to dress comfortably because they would be sitting on the ground drawing all day. Here are some of the pictures from this fun day for chalk drawing.
The beginning of the day. The pavilion was a blessing because it was shaded and there was always a breeze.
First, set up a grid and then sketch the drawing.
Building up the color.
Blending and mixing color.
Chalk art is the best! YAY!
Everyone finished and pulled up the tape around the artwork and taped down the original image.
Christina and Bethany
Picasso
3rd Place - Nicole and Chris S.
Van Gogh
2nd Place – Chase G. and Hunter
Warhol
Patrick O. and Chase M.
Dow
Luke, Michael, and Scott
Kandinsky
Cal and Billy
Munch
Jamie, Katherine, and Whendy
Here is the square I worked on. I just love working with chalk pastels. I couldn’t resist.
Georgia O’Keeffe
“Asian Poppies”
It was an awesome day and we had some great parents that brought drinks and snacks for everyone to enjoy. I could not have asked for a better day of art.
Here are some of the prints from this year’s 2nd grade print houses. I posted instructions here in a previous post. Enjoy!
This is one of my favorite projects and probably one of the student’s favorite projects. We talk about cereal box designs and advertising and how color, cartoons and tempting toys are used to entice a buyer. Students were to think of something gross to eat and try to create a design that would be tempting to eat. The kids get so creative with it.
I saw a bulletin board I liked so much that I had to make one just like it. It is found here at Bulletin Board to Remember. I really love this blog because it is so easy to find BB examples. Some times a teacher needs a little inspiration.
