This week almost everyone completed their winter collages. This has been a great project. Each mini lesson provided learning opportunities and a lot of fun. I loved seeing it all come together. Students had to make decisions on the placement of the elements of the their landscapes. Some added extra details and created a story […]
This week we finished drawing and began to color our forest animals. We talked about layering colors and varying pressure to achieve rich colors with colored pencils. These are really turning out great! I can wait to see our winter collage come together next week. For those that finished early, we learned how to cut […]
This week we painted a winter landscape which will be the background for our collage next week. We also drew forest animals to populate our winter scenes. Before we began our final drawings, I had students do a drawing exercise. I passed out reference pictures of the type of animals found in a winter forest […]
After a long winter break, we are back to work at Corbie Arts. Our first project is actually going to be several “mini lessons” that will culminate in a winter collage. We began by reading Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner, illlustrated by Christopher Silas Neal. In this book, we follow a young girl […]
For our last project before Christmas break, we drew nutcrackers. These were fun to draw and also taught the proportions of a figure. Folds in the paper helped guide the students in drawing the proportions correctly. Some students were able to paint their nutcrackers in class. Some didn’t have time. I think they look great […]
I love these foxes the K-2nd grade classes did over the past two weeks. I can see the cool shadows and the warm light on the snow outside my window right now. This project really captured that winter light. The foxes are adorable. One student decided to do a wolf. In this project, students learned […]
The 3rd-5th grade classes have been working on an etching project for the last couple of weeks. We first created out own scratchboard with crayon and black tempera paint. Then we drew out our design on newsprint. The theme was “Where I would like to spend Christmas.” We ended up with a wide variety of […]
Today my K-2nd grade class drew and painted these precious penguins. This seemed a fitting subject for this cold icy day. We started out by discussing how to draw penguins using lightly drawn circles and ovals to create the shape and then connecting those shapes to form the penguin’s body. We looked at how changing […]
Artsy Christmas Gift Ideas If you have an artistic kid, and you are not an artistic parent, finding the right art materials can be a challenge. There are almost always art kits available around the holidays. I would be very leery of these. Most are poor quality supplies in a pretty package. I have made […]
We started a colorful fish project this week. Most of the students didn’t finish, but I wanted to share the completed ones. They are so bright and fun! These were drawn with black oil pastel. Details were drawn with white oil pastel. We talked about warm and cool colors and chose either a warm or […]
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