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

Chuck Close, Math in the Art Room

Our fourth grade students made these AWESOME Chuck Close artworks.  First, we took their picture and printed it out, then they traced their face with a sharpie, then they used rulers to grid and add symbols.  The students colored their hair, face, background, and clothing two different colors.  We had a blast doing these and they look so GOOD! Love incorporating math and art! Especially since I am marrying a math teacher!!

4th Grade Mandala MANIA

The students studied symmetry and recycling.  We then created these recycled cd masterpieces!

4th Grade Hand Line Patterns- Back to School

Hip Hop Tigers

End of the year brings upon brighter and happier projects- for example, these Hip Hop Tigers!  We started with a VOKI www.voki.com

 on tigers followed by a tiger PREZI. www.prezi.com

The students were guided by me to draw a tiger, then traced it with a sharpie and finally painted with neon biocolor paint.  After everything was dry we made what I like to call "Kanye" glasses and glued them on.  This is a project I found on an art blog some where else!  Not my own but an awesome lesson!

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----->

4th Grade Art Lesson: Della Wells Silhouette Portraits

Our students used Della Wells as inspiration to create Self Portraits.  We traced their silhouette  and they filled it with things that describe themselves.  Della used things around her house to add 3-D effects so we asked the students to do the same!  I am very happy with how these turned out!

Della Wells

Our 4th Grade students went to a play at the Childrens Theatre about Della Wells, a collage artist.  Naturally, Julie and I had to get in on this.  Here are some snapshots of the gallery we were able to see. We plan to make silhouette collages for the fourth grade.  I will keep you updated.

 

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

Love me some Pinterest Elementary Art Help! Also Incorportating Social Studies into art.

I saw on Pinterest how to incorporate a leaving ticket into art!  It is a "What Stuck With You Today" board. They used Post-it notes, but NEWSFLASH those are PRICEY!  So I am using recycled paper and clothespins.

We are creating State Stamps.  This is a way to incorporate Social Studies in art.  They study a state then create a HUGE stamp based on the State they chose,hence the "I learned about Mississippi's flag."

Here is one of the State Stamps we created!