Scrapbooking
I’m making a blank scrapbook for a gift. This person is having twins, so I’m actually making two books. It’s not for someone I know, but it is something my sister-in-law wants me to make for her to give as…
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.
Three Flowers on Grid
Mixed Media with two flower pictures and a flower painting. Scrapbook paper and watercolor paints were used.
Our Tiny Friends and Foes Exhibit
My students participated in a community art exhibit at a local arts center. The exhibit was fiber representations of microorganisms. The opening was this past Friday and it was amazing! All of the kids’ artwork was displayed, alongside other community…
Winter Notecard
I painted this little winter illustration this week and then copied it to make little winter note cards. Perfect for thank you notes. 🙂
Clay Bells
I did an after school clay class with kids in grades K-6
Cool Hands, Warm Heart.. Kindergarten
Cool Hands, Warm Heart The kindergartners traced their hands and colored them with cool colors. They drew a heart and colored it with warm colors. COOL COLORS: Remind us of cool things, like the ocean. Blues, greens, and purples are…
cloth and paper collage
Page of watercolor doodles.
One of the kids in my classes was wearing this shirt.
I thought this shirt was so cute!!
Art Teacher Blog Directory
I posted this before and I thought a reposting would be nice. Add your art teacher blog to this directory and then repost it to your website. The more people who repost and add it to the list will help…
Have a Spooky Christmas
I came into the art room this morning and our other art teacher was setting up this still life for the kids to Quick Draw at the beginning of the class. The skeleton models were borrowed from the science room…
Clay Viking Ships
To complement their study of explorers, the Primaries made clay Viking ships. We started by rolling a flat slab of clay with a rolling pin and then cutting out the bottom of the boat. Next, we rolled coils of clay…
Jasper Johns Collograph Print
2nd GRADE learned about the art of Jasper Johns. He used everyday, ordinary images and created art so people would view ordinary things in a new way. We made a collograph printing plate using letters and numbers cut from foam,…
Winter Murals
These are some winter murals that we made this week. I was inspired by the murals on Mr. E’s blog.
African Korhogo Cloths
The Intermediates (grade 3) are studying Africa in their Social Studies class. We learned about the African Korhogo Clothes. This project focused on how symbols are used in African art. The students designed their own painted Korhogo cloth on muslin. …