This project was actually done in the fall, but I was having some technical issues with my website. I think I have that all worked out now and wanted to share more details about this project. I initially thought I would only teach this to the advanced group. However, after trying out an adapted way […]
We were left with a single class at the end of this last session. So, we had to do a project we could complete in one hour or less. This can be tough, especially for older students. This Surrealist inspired imaginary animal project was perfect. We began by looking at the book, Imagine, by Norman […]
I love using gouache and have been using it for my personal work for many years but have never used it with my students. Last summer, I took a workshop for art teachers. One of the instructors, Britt Curley, shared this project, painting kingfisher birds in gouache. I was so excited about the possibilities of […]
It has been a long time since we spent a full five week session on one project, but this collage project was definitely worth it. All three levels did the same project, all had great results. We started out learning some watercolor techniques to create painted paper that would later become whales, seals, sharks, tropical […]
Food trucks have become really popular lately, so most of my students were familiar with them. They loved coming up with their own food truck ideas, some were really unique. We started out this project by reading Food Truck Fest. Then we took some time to brain storm ideas. What kind of food would our […]
These rainy spring days have really got me daydreaming of summer. This bright citrus project seemed appropriate, very bright and sunny. I brought an assortment of sliced citrus fruits to class and let each student choose one. Students drew from observation in pencil, then outlined in black crayon. I think students were surprised at the […]
We used playing cards as the inspiration for this project. We looked at images of playing card art, both historical and recent. Each student chose a face card to work from. The advanced students gridded their playing cards and enlarged them, copying each square of the grid onto larger paper. The younger groups used the […]
For the past few weeks, several of my classes have been working on a project based on the illustrations in the book, This Jazz Man. The illustrations depict famous jazz musicians using mixed media collage. Collage looks deceptively easy. It actually requires a lot of planning ahead and thinking of shapes in a different way. […]
This project was based on the book Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle. This story was inspired by the true story of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba’s taboo against female drummers and went on to become a world renown musician, even playing for President Roosevelt in New York. We drew our […]
All my students from preschool to high school have been working on this project for the last couple of weeks. I am so pleased with how they turned out. The younger students drew a blue truck by directed drawing and used construction paper crayons to add color. The older students drew a Model T from […]
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