December and OWLS!

  First Grade 1 painted papers with tempera paints and made lots of TEXTURES!

              

The next week the students could use any color paper and create an owl collage

Here are the trays I use to glue our owl collages... we use Elmer's Glue mixed with water..I am tired of the glue sticks not sticking, this way of gluing these heavy papers works very well, I highly recommend it!

Grade 3 Kente Cloth Paper Weavings .. These are quite large 18x18"

I did this with second grade! I actually think this "right-side of the brain" excersise would be more suited for grades 3 and up. BUT I am IMPRESSED!

Here is an example that looks great as it has contrasting colors

 

This piece looks great because the face and it's FEATURES are large

Here are some symmetrical paper cut-outs that were put up on the white board when finished!

As the weather gets cold why not try: Family Drop-in Art making at Local Boston Museums!

http://www.danforthart.org/firstsundayactivities.html
http://www.decordova.org/calendar/type/family
http://www.mfa.org/programs/kids-and-family-programs

New Year New Ideas!

African Kente Cloth from Ghana

Grade 2 students are working on Kente Cloth design 
using overwriter markers

Hi there - I am starting my new year as a Full-Time Art teacher and am so excited to have more time with the students.  We have a new "enrichment" class at the end of the day for each class and i find it very welcoming, as the students get to work on their projects for an extra class period!  My theme has been Africa this year. Here are some of the projects the students are working on:

Sol Lewitt at Mass MOCA!! Great Great Show!!

Some of my unfinished Art work done this summer

Heading to Phili!

I'm heading out to Philidelphia to go to the Moore College of Art's: Teacher Summer Institute for a week.  I will be getting a dorm room and a studio, and am looking forward to creating some artwork that I will feel good about.  I'm looking for consistency and some drawing work that has some context.  Well off I go carrying 1 suitcase an 2 bags of art supplies on a train!

Art Show 2013!!!

Finally I love the way this Art Show came together! Instead of putting the Cafeteria tables down and having people reaching over the attached stools to look at Artwork... I put the tables up and locked them, then I put up Artwork (that was taped onto brown craft paper) onto the tables so they look more like panels in a gallery than just a Cafeteria! Also I used Rubbermaid tables and put the Artwork that was attached to foam core boards, to create some variety. It was easy to navigate as there was more room to walk around!