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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When I was about 14, inspired by a travel ad for Russia, I did a painting of buildings similar to St Basil’s Cathedral. I came across it recently and thought it would be fun for my classes to do. We started out discussing St Basil’s Cathedral, its location in Moscow, and a little history. Then […]
In day two of Modern Masters, we learned about the art of Katsushika Hokusai, a famous Japanese painter and printmaker. We began by reading “The Great Wave” by Veronique Massenot and Bruno Pilorget. We then set out to create our own waves using black oil pastel, puck tempera, and white tempera for the ocean spray. […]
The kids blew me away with the last project of “Art, American Style.” We drew hoodoos from Bryce Canyon. Hoodoos are spire like rock formations. We drew them in black oil pastel and colored them with chalk pastels. We talked about layering colors and blending. These are absolutely stunning! If I didn’t see it with […]
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