This last week of class for the year, we made gorgeous watercolor Christmas cards. I love how they turned out, and we sure had a lot of fun making them. We got inspired by reading (singing) “Walking in a Winter Wonderland,” an illustrated version of the song. Then used Sharpie markers to draw our snow […]
These penguins really turned out great! There were so many skills packed into this project. Last week, we painted our backgrounds with puck tempera and drew and cut our penguin shapes. This week, we drew and shaded the icebergs and cut out a beak and feet. After gluing everything down. Students chose scrap papers and […]
I can’t get over how gorgeous these chalk pastel birds turned out! As I said in my last post, one of my students had been asking me to do a bird project. I found a great calendar for inspiration and had the students use chalk pastel on black paper. My 3rd-5th grade groups really did […]
One of my sweet students has been asking me all year to do a bird project. He loves birds and loves to draw them. I found a calendar with gorgeous bird photos for inspiration. I cut these out and laminated them so that each student would have their own photo to work from. I love […]
This week, all my classes learned about Picasso and his blue period. In the two younger groups, we read Pigasso and Mootise by Nina Laden, which definitely got a few laughs. My K-2 group then drew birds with guided drawing. Their challenge was to mix a variety of colors using only blue, turquoise, green and white. […]
My 3rd-5th grade classes started a project this week based on the book, The Little Hippo by Anja Klauss and Geraldine Elshner. We learned about the turquoise colored earthenware hippos made by ancient Egyptians. The gorgeous illustrations of the book served as the inspiration for our drawings. We drew with oil pastel and then painted […]
My K-2nd grade group finished their Spat the Cats this week. I love all the different scenarios they created for their cats. What creativity! Even though we used the same shapes and colors to make them, they each have their own personality. The google eyes were a big hit. : )
I was so excited to start this class for older students. I am really looking forward to taking on more advanced projects. This elephant project was a great way to start. I really emphasized that I want them to draw what they see, not what they know is there. This is harder than you would […]
Starting in the 3rd-5th grade classes, I really try to work on drawing skills more. I like to do less directed drawing and more drawing from life or from photographs. My goal is for them to move away from drawing symbols and learn to draw what they see. I decided to jump right in this […]
I don’t usually don’t do a “back to school” project, but this Splat the Cat project was hard to resist. I have several new students in my K-2nd grade class, and I wanted to put their minds at ease with a funny book and a no fail project. We first read the book, Splat the […]
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