The Start of School....It's almost here!

Hopefully with the start of school I can schedule time to keep up with my blogging here. I do have another blog that I'm a bit better at but having 2 is a challenge. With this blog I want to give you a day by day account of what the day in the life of being an art teacher is really like. Not just all the glamour and what is thought of as "easy" but the little known facts of report cards, assessments, orders and the incredibly fasinating....behavior issues! Stay tuned. There will be lots to share I'm sure.

Summer Art

Gosh. This blog thing didn't get off the ground as expected but.......its a new day and I can try again! School is out for the summer and my mind is programmed to relax but I do have an Art After School group that will continue to meet over the summer. Its a small group. I like that. Frankly, I don't really have room for a big group.....I would like to maybe have one or two more but I'm not rushing to promote this. Good things start small.

Today we are going to look at the work of Georgia O"Keeffe. I love Georgia since she focused mostly on the smallest of things that could easily get over looked. I just returned from the grocery store and picked up some sunflowers and am about to go out and pick a few Stargazer lilies.....I have shells too that can be looked. Today is looking carefully, drawing down as much detail as you can and then begin the watercolor process. No rushing....just careful observation.

Getting Ready For Our Scarecrow Festival

First graders are busy finishing up their colorful scarecrow portraits and 3-D paper pumpkins for a school art show. These scarecrows are delightful. As a whole group, students learned to draw a scarecrow, step by step during a guided drawing lesson. Its amazing to see what 6 year olds CAN do! Childrens art is the best in my opinion.


Today we used watercolor paint to finish the background. Awesome. Students then learned how to transform flat, 2-D paper into a 3-D pumpkin! Oh, they came out GREAT! Didn't have the camera at work today so you'll have to wait and see the finished display next week!

Remember, if you want to know more about any of my art projects, just let me know. I'd love to share what I have.

Crayon Cookies! Yummmm

This blog has had a slow start but I'm hoping that things are changing. Its hard keeping up one blog let alone two. I had hoped that other art teachers would contribute but no one has stepped up as of yet. I bet once this gets going, that will change.

This is a photo of the crayon cookies that kindergartners recently made. It wrapped up a color unit we did and helped transition into our talks about Texture!! Oh, what fun it was making and using them! We created Texture Books and took loads of crayon rubbings.

This blog is all about sharing so if you want to know how I did this or any other information please just ask. I'm also thinking up a separate page listing directions, ingrediants or handouts.....gotta figure out how to attach pdf's if thats possible!!

Ready for the New School Year?

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