5th grade

I read the book, "Journey on a Cloud" to the kids. It is about Marc Chagall and ROCKS! The students made paintings of themselves on a cloud traveling anywhere they would want to go in the world. These turned out GREAT!


I saw these adorable snowmen somewhere online and had to do them. The 5th grade loved this project and I quickly learned that there was a good portion of the students that did not know what a profile was. So, this lesson paid off!

4th grade

4th grade studied one of my favorites (Hundertwasser) and looked at some of his artwork. This colorful tree drawing was inspired by his work. They did such a nice job!


We also talked about cityscapes vs. landscapes. Then I talked to the students about line and how we can use it in many different ways to create designs and pattern. The awesome cityscapes were cut out and glued to a warm or cool colored background.

3rd grade

The 3rd grade learned a little bit about Charley Harper and made collage birds in the style of his artwork. These were fun and turned out pretty cute!


I guess I was on a bird kick! We looked at photos of cardinals and practice drawing from an image. The kids then used oil crayons to blend colors and make an interesting sky. Great job, wouldn't you say?

2nd grade

Inspired by marymaking these ADORABLE Olivia/Oliver drawings turned out awesome. We read Olivia and were inspired by her trip to a museum. Since the 2nd grade studied Degas last year we chose to stick with Jackson Pollock for our artist. Great work, Nick!


These beautiful sunflowers were inspired by Van Gogh and the book, "Camille and the Sunflowers." The books tells a story of Van Gogh and is REALLY cute. The kids did awesome!

1st grade projects

1st grade learned how to draw an interesting perspective of themselves. They also added snow globes in their mitted hands. Great job! SO CUTE! These were painted with my new liquid watercolors (which I love!)


I read an old book I found called, "Walpole." Then I showed the kiddos how to draw a big, fat, blubbery walrus. They had so much fun! Then we talked about background, ice bergs, and how to mix paint colors using a double loaded paint brush! SO ADORABLE!

Catching up!

With the holidays and craziness at school I have been HORRIBLE about keeping this up to date! Here are a few Kinder projects we have been doing. I will keep adding things as I edit photos. Thanks for visiting.

Learning to draw a Hot Chocolate mug. SO CUTE! We added mini marshmallows for the final touh...


We read several Elmer books. The kinders learned about patchwork, collage, cutting, and gluing. Adorable elephants and jungles!

Birds on a Fence

The students and I talked about horizon lines, a farm-style fence, and fall-type birds. I showed them how to draw a fence with a ruler and then demonstrated how to draw birds (and supplied some "how to draw" pictures to help the students)and details to make the drawing complete. Then details were colored with crayons and colored pencils and the background and fence were painted with watercolor. WONDERFUL job 2nd grade! You did great!

More art!!

I read the book, "The Little White Owl" (which is SUPER cute)to 4th grade and we made our own owls. Great job, Sarah!!


This beauty was inspired by the artwork of Jerri Lisk! Way to go Trisha!! What a fun 8th grade project!

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Too cute not to share....

Kindergarten read "Aliens Love Underpants" (SUPER cute book). We made aliens and unders to put on the alien. SUCH a cute project. The other photo below is 1st grade salmon inspired by the book "Wow! America!" I hope you enjoy them!

Art, Art, Art

Here are some samples of our latest artworks.
2nd grade peacocks, 3rd grade warm/cool bugs, 4th grade graffiti, 5th grade collage drawing, and kindergarten shape birds. THANKS and enjoy!

Art Club Begins

This week begins my weekly art club meetings with 5th through 8th graders after school. I have such a great time with the kids and I am excited to begin another year. Until we have enough lids to the bottle cap mural we are going to start a book making project. I want to encourage students to journal, draw, sketch, or anything of that nature by making beautiful books.

I will also post some pictures this week of some new projects!

Happy October!!

1st grade pop-art

I showed the kids Andy Warhol art and how he used bold colors and repeated images. The kiddos learned how to trace thier own drawings to make copies. Then, each image was colored with a color group from the color wheel (primary, secondary, contrasting, and analogous colors). GREAT JOB!! I love the one that has 16 faces instead of 4. This little guy loves to be different and even made awesome backgrounds!

obsession

I am really loving sharpies, markers, and crayons lately. I find myself doodling and coloring (paisley drawings, doodles, and trees)whenever I am sitting still and "bored." I have also become addicted to pinterest.com. It is a great site to save ideas and inspirations for teaching. If you like to doodle and want some neat ideas search zentangles!

Well, that is all for now. New photos will be coming when art projects begin to trickle in for the school year.

2011 at a glance

Here is a small collection of student art from the last school year. Enjoy!

Well, Well....

I guess my hopes of getting this going last year did not go well. It is a new school year and a new me! :)

I will use this to share art projects, art room news, and other fun things going on at SJS!

Thank you for all your support!

Welcome

Welcome to my blog. I am going to try to have this up and running for the 2010-2011 School Year. I want to keep you posted on the goings on and projects we are doing. Thank you for looking and have a great summer vacation!

:)