Wrapped up in art!

Halloween is only a week away!

 Check out our Boo-TIFUL art work!

 

Kindergarten students made shape Halloween kitty cats out of paper and construction paper crayons!

be yourself!

1st- What's Inside My Head!  A Self Portrait Lesson with Crayons and Magazines!

2nd:  Oil Pastel Self Portraits!

3rd:  Picasso Self Portraits!

4th:  Cut Paper Self Portraits

5th: Chuck Close Grid Self Portraits

Happy Valentines Day! Valentines Art Lesson for 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade

1st: Oil Pastel Value Hearts

2nd: Heart "Stain Glass" & Jim Dine Pop Art Hearts

3rd: Zentangle Tissue paper Hearts & Heart Weaving

Black History Month Approaching!

February is Black History Month and we are celebrating with Maya Angelou.  The students learned about Maya and all she had accomplished in her life.  We focused on "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."  We drew cages on music note paper (hence the "sings") and then added an oil pasteled bird.  The students were able to choose their bird and finish by mounting their cages to a black sheet of paper.  A student teacher with Mrs. Staehling found this lesson on the internet and I tweaked it a bit! Love how they turned out!

Andy Warhol Pop Art Cans!

String City: 3rd Grade Puppets

We went and saw String City at the Country Music Hall of Fame and made our own puppets!

Holy Mola! 3rd Grade Mola Hallway Display!

We used all kinds of construction paper and stencils for these beauties!  We have some really talented artists at Shayne!

tcap testing bulletin board

Another one of my co-workers fantatstic creations for our TCAP testing week!  Every day we put a check on the bases based on what test had been taken.  The teachers put pictures of the students on their baseball!  ADORABLE!

TCAP BUSTERS! We're going to do our best to bust the test!

Kroger Bag Earth Day Art Lesson!

We are doing Earth Day bags in partnership with Kroger.  Our students decorate them for Earth  Day then we give them to Kroger and they distribute them on Earth Day!  Here are some in the process!  I will keep you updated on some of the finished ones!  

ANDY GOLDSWORTHY EARTH DAY ART LESSON!

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On Friday's all my classes repeat, therefore I like to give those students a different more tangible lesson!  We  have been doing Earth Day bags for Kroger (we decorate the bags and give them back for Earth day for them to distribute) so I wanted to extend the lesson with an Andy Goldsworthy lesson.  He is a really awesome nature artist.  I got this quote from his website: "Andy Goldsworthy is an extraordinary, innovative British artist whose collaborations with nature produce uniquely personal and intense artworks. "  http://www.ucblueash.edu/artcomm/web/w2005_2006/maria_Goldsworthy/biography.html

My students went outside and gathered nature and created beautiful natural art! 

 GO EARTH DAY!

my students----->

3rd Grade Art Lesson: Chinese Dragons! Integrating art and math lesson

The other art teacher at Shayne, Julie Staehling, had the great idea to hang them with fishing line from the ceiling!  They look fantastic and brighten up the hallway!This is a good lesson to teach symmetry and add in that math!

AWESOME BULLETIN BOARDS by my favorite co-worker

LET ME JUST SAY...I have the most talented bulletin board maker this side of mason dixon line...nay, the WORLD!  Ladies and Gentlemen, the works of Julie Staehling:

 Where would you take Mona Lisa if she could take a day off being in the painting?!  Kindergarten Masterpieces follow.

1st Grade Eric Carle Tissue Paper Ladybugs 

3rd Grade Andy Warhol Soup Personality Cans!

2nd Grade Eric Carle Paper Paintings

 4th Grade Gustav Klimt Trees

 Welcome to the 4th Grade Matisse Hamburgers and 1st Grade Matisse Pizza Diner!

 Kindergarten Snowflake Snowmen!

Mondrian Animals