Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Wednesday Comic

Happy Hump Day! Enjoy :-)

Monday, March 28, 2011

Pupil Performance

Last Friday was our district's PGC day. As for us "non-core" disciplines, we were placed in the same room to discuss rubrics and assessments. It was actually pretty insightful and it got me thinking.... how is everyone else assessing their students?

Being that most of my readers, I'm assuming, are elementary art teachers, I'd love to know how you monitor and grade student progress.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Spring Trees

Materials:
- Watercolor Paints
- Watercolor Paper
- Paintbrushes
- Painters Tape (optional)
- Tempera Cakes
- Straws

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Popcorn Sheep

Materials:
- Sheep Tracers (for body and head)
- 1" Black Construction Paper Strip (one for each child)
- Black and White Construction Paper
- Light Blue Construction Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Popcorn
- Wiggly eyes

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Mosaic Rainbows

Materials:
- 1" Construction Paper Strips (in every color of the rainbow)
- Light Blue Construction Paper for the background
- Glue
- Pencil
- Markers (optional)
- Scissors (optional)

Sunday Comic

One of my favorites... Courtesy of Phyl :-).

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

It's a Twister! A Twister!

This year's play by our high school drama department was The Wizard of Oz. As an art department, we set up a mini art show correlating to the play. I decided I wanted to take on the tornado aspect of the story, and my what a task it was.

Tuesday Comic

So I have been a lee-tle busy... it always seems that way once Spring arrives! Enjoy :-).

Saturday, March 12, 2011

I'm So Lucky For...

Materials:
- White Drawing Paper
- Green Markers
- Green Construction Paper
- Orange Tissue Paper

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Holy Paper Quilling, Batman!

I literally stumbled upon this on stumbleupon.com, so I'm not sure which artist or website to reference, but I was so amazed I had to share- how cool!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Pollock Without Painting

Materials:
- White Drawing Paper
- Oil Pastels
- Toothpicks
- Scissors
- Pollock References

Egyptian Sarcophagi

Materials:
- Water Bottle (one for each student)
- Newspaper Strips
- Paper Mache Goop
- Tempera Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Sharpie Marker
- Egyptian References

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Sunday Comic

I'm starting clay whistles and maracas this week... this cartoon always reminds me of when I used to say, "Oh, I like how your cat is turning out!" and my students respond with, "It's a horse..." Now I know to just ask what they're making.

Courtesy of Adventures of an Art Teacher. Enjoy :-).