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.

 

IKEA, after Disneyworld...the most magical place on earth!

 IKEA IS THE BEST! 

 I went to Atlanta to get some classroom fun... I came home with classroom stuff and about a million other things for myself.

 Here you see some decor and easels I purchased from here.  Totally ADORABLE.  I also bought an awesome tall chair for so cheap!  Loves it!

She is the best and quite an awesome Middle School TEACHER my friend, EMILY and the fabric we purchased...could not resist!

AND HELLO of course I loved these primary color paintings...I die.

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

October Fun

 So let us begin with a little Pop Art lesson!  We started with a simple drawing and traced it with glue, let it dry and created a stencil of a sort.  Then we used warm and cool colors to rub over our homemade stencil!  The students loved seeing that their artwork could be copied just like Andy Warhol's "Factory."

 As you can see our Red Grooms Horses finally were finished!  And a hallway carousel was made!

 I loved the fall.  Anne of Green Gables once said, "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."  I could not agree more, Anne.  Here I am with my kindred spirits at the Gentry Farm where my friend on the left was born and raised!  

Here is my 2nd Grade friend.  We made Picasso Frankensteins for Halloween.  

They turned out pretty cute!

And maybe my favorite holiday is Halloween.  Here was my costume this year.  The lady from the Target commercials.  Love her.

 Fun Run DAY!  We had so many cool guests come to visit!  We had Zumba, skateboarders,  and so much more!!!  Getting those kiddos MOVING!

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!

Shaving Cream Art!

Before fall break my tables were NASTY!  Easy fun fix... SHAVING CREAM ART!

We practiced our cursive and then we were able to free draw with our fingers and shaving cream!

Red Grooms Art lesson

We are studying Red Grooms in MNPS this year.  Here are some projects we are working on!

Red Grooms created a carousel in Nashville that transformed horses into famous people from Tennessee.  In 4th grade we decided to create horses like our school.  We could do ourselves, our teachers, or Shayne Stars as a whole.  Here is a library horse rough draft!

 Here is a Miss Callis horse!  I just LOVE the Reese's sadle and the paintbrush foot! 

 When the horses are done I will back them and add stuffing and WAHLA a 3-D carousel horse!  In the hallway they will be displayed as a carousel with streamers and such!  More photos to come!

 Red Grooms created Dali Salad so naturally we wanted in!  In 2nd Grade we used contruction paper and I took pictures and developed pictures and made their face like Dali's.  They had a choice to add the mustache or not.  It was nice to be able to talk about two artists in one lesson!

 In 1st grade we recreated the ICONIC Taxis that Red Grooms makes.  More pictures to come!