Ceramic Maracas

Materials:
- Clay
- Slip
- Gloss Glaze
- Ceramic Tools
- Paper Towels
- Pencil

Ceramic Whistles

 

Materials:

- Clay

- Ceramic Tools

- Slip

- Popsicle Stick (one for each child)

- Plastic Ziploc Bag (one for each child, for storage)

Countdown

TEN WEEKS LEFT OF SCHOOL TILL SUMMER!

Excited? Stressed? Looking forward to it? 

I've got two art shows to go, 4th grade graduation, and a whole lot of students distracted by the soon-to-come sunlight (fingers crossed!). It's crunch time, folks... here we go!

Color Wheel Line Design

 

Materials:

- 12" x 12" White Drawing Paper

- Tempera Paint

- Paintbrushes

- Pencil

- Color Wheel Reference

Wednesday Comic

Happy Hump Day! Enjoy :-)

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.

Spring Trees

 

Materials:

- Watercolor Paints

- Watercolor Paper

- Paintbrushes

- Painters Tape (optional)

- Tempera Cakes

- Straws

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

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 :-).

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 :-).

I'm So Lucky For...

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