Circular Weaving
The 2nd graders made circular weavings this week. Some are still finishing up. They are like the ones we made at the weaving camp I taught.
Marcia
Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.
Styrofoam Valentines Prints
Here are some Valentine’s Day prints I made out of a styrofoam printing plate. You can use those styrofoam meat plates or, like I did, order the styrofoam printing plates from an art catalog (like Nasco). These are great for…
Pipe Cleaner Weaving
We made this with my first grade class. I took mat board, and the kids stapled their own pipe cleaners to the ends and then weaved in yarn, ribbons and feathers. The kids did a great job on their…
Sketchbook Pages
These are two pages I made while “taking” the online Strathmore Visual Journaling Course. Pam Carriker led us through the process of using photocopies of some of our old collages, cutting them up and adding layers of gesso and paint…
Pointillist Trees
The 3/4s painted Pointillist Trees. They have studied trees in Science. We learned about the artist Georges Seurat by reading Scholastic Art magazine. Students identified and described Pointillist paintings. They created a Pointillist painting of trees showing dimension and form by color mixing. …
Grandma Moses Landscapes — 2nd Grade
The goals for this project are to We learned about the artist Grandma Moses and created a winter collage using various materials. We read a couple books about Grandma Moses and looked at her artwork.
Kindergarten Penguins
The kindergartners are studying penguins in their classroom, so we made penguins out of model magic modelling compound. One trick to get the parts to stick better is to use just a bit of regular hand lotion on your hands…
Geometric and Organic Shape Collage, Kindergarten
Shape Collages— The kindergartners learned about geometric and organic shapes. We read a book called When a Line Bends, a Shape Begins. We made a shape collage using cut construction paper. Lines and shapes were added with marker.
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Crusade #47
Another challenge I recently discovered is Michelle Ward’s street team crusade. There is a new technique every month and then you post your results. This month the challenge is “It’s a Wrap”. You are supposed to incorporate wrapping paper, tags…
Last chance!
Last chance to sign up for this random giveaway of an art book. See this post to sign up. I will choose a winner tomorrow.
Egyptian profile paintings–4th/5th grade
Egyptian Profile Paintings:The 4/5s have studied ancient Egypt in their social studies class. In Art class, they are using the standard proportions of the human face to draw each other in profile. Then, they are adding typical ancient Egyptian headdresses,…
Sketchbook Pages
“highly prized” drawings for the Sketchbook Challenge
Sketchbook Pages
This last one will have text added to it later probably.
Woot Woot!! Art Book Giveaway!!
In honor of reaching 100 followers on this blog, which in my opinion is really darn cool, I’m going to do a series of giveaways. In the spirit of sharing, decluttering and passing things on to good homes, please participate…