Jim Dine Art!

So this post is a little late, I had executed this lessons back in Februrary around Valentine's Day of course. Jim Dine is a well know artist who's art focus's on the subject of hearts. His art is very kid friendly and easily adaptable to elementary art lessons. I used his art as the focus for both a 1st and 2nd grade lessons. The second grade lesson was a print making lesson, focusing on visual texture and pattern. The 1st grade lesson we learned about warm and cool colors. I asked the students to use warm colors for the inside of the hearts, and cool colors for the background squares. The media we used were crayons and watercolors. Some followed these directions, others not so much, but the results were quite varied none- the less. Here are some of the results.

Shaving Cream Marbling

I know that I've posted about shaving cream marbling before, but after having an actual marble artist visit our classroom I feel the need to post about this again!

This time I not only had the students marble their papers, but we then looked at patterns in Klimt's tree of life and incorperated that into the art. We used copper tempera paint for the tree paintings. Check out the results!

                                                     Teresa Hayes: Marble Artist!

                                       Tree of Life Paintings over Marbled backgrounds

 

Mayor's Art Show

Last week I was a proud art momma! Check out some of my students artwork featured at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts for the Mayor's Art Show :)

Hungry caterpillar paper chains!!

Paper chains are a basic easy activity, that I find don't usually have a use in the art room, until now! I was inspired to do this by a pin on pinterest that I took and made my own. I had the students paint like Eric Carle first on a 9x 12 sheet of green construction paper. The following class I past back the papers and as I did I chopped them up into strips using the part cutter. I had the students fold and glue their strips into a chain, as well as a single red strip for the head. I also past out yellow ovals for the eyes. Finally, we took a pipecleaner and twisted it around to make the antennas! The students loved this and the library looks fabulous with these hanging from the ceiling!!!!

Craft Outreach takes over Shwab!

Here are a few photos from last weeks Craft Outreach program! A big thanks to all the artists who came to teach our students, David Heustress, Brenda Stein, and Teresa Hays! An even bigger Thanks to Cheekwood Gardens for providing us with this fabulous artists' in residence day :) A day I'm sure my students will not forget!

Positive Press!!!!

Shwab was one of two schools selected in Metro Nashville School district by Cheekwood Botanical Gardens to participate in their Craft Outreach program! My dad inspired me to call the news, so I did, and one station came out! Yay!!!!!!

NAEA takes over NYC!!!

So I have to share this one photo with my fellow bloggers! Some of you probably don't know this, but "Mr. E" and I work in the same school district... And I am super lucky to have him as a friend and mentor. While another fellow blogger "dragon in the artroom" brought a photo of Ted so he could be seen here at the convention. Last night I found them!
Love you blogger friends! It's good too see you here :)