Photos!!

Here are some of the pictures I took of the examples brought in today during our workshop! Comment about your examples or add website links or other information about the lessons or examples you brought today!!

At the art workshop

Hello we are teating out blogging http://www.google.com/

http://www.linoit.com/

Diocese workshop Tomorrow

Reminer that tomorrow is our workshop!

Great art blog from a blog I read

Great bullentin board or I am going to use a class wiki for you tech people.
http://theartofed.com/2011/11/14/guest-post-analyzing-art-wall/

Blotter Bug

 While clicking around on www.artsonia.com yesterday I found this cute idea from Patronis Elementary School web gallery.

http://www.artsonia.com/museum/art.asp?id=15537100

Diocese of Harrisburg articulation

Dec 7

Copyright and fair use

Found a good reference specific to art education Copyright & Art:

Issues that Matter to Creators and UsersPublic Domain
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~csundt/copyweb/ 

College age but a good resource
 http://www.otis.edu/life_otis/library/copyright.html

One K-12 recommendation
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/curriculum/artsed/resources/artsedcopy.pdf

Color Wheel

I love the color wheel rhyme from the website

http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/

Though this week when I tried to access it it was down, so if you read the tech blog I used a archive website to find it. So until it is fixed I am using:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050125090828/http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/color1/color1.html

or the old site which I liked the layout better anyways:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050208090039/http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/

You can project it or just print the rhyme, if you have access to a projector the games are nice.  I used this rhyme with a handout. Since we always have picture day on Friday with 1st grade.  I set this lesson up so they learn something about color without making a mess.

I gave each student a glue stick and after going over the color wheel using the website they glued the colored triangles in the correct order.

Next we finish the rhyme and look through the crayon box to find which colors are dark a shade and light a tint. Then just color what ever way they want into the vin diagram If they find a true color they can color it over the words.

 

edcamp harrisburg

http://edcampharrisburg.org/ Never went to edcamp harrisburg, however I did go to the barcamp Harrisburg at the Harrisburg University and LOVED it I highly recommend trying one of the bar camps, though this one came recommended  of these they are free and I learned so much at the barcamp.

watercolor TIP

   Have a strip of watercolors and you do not want the younger student dipping into black or brown and mudd up their painting. Or you only wnat them to use primary colors that day? Place a piece of masking tape over the colors you do not want them to use.

Beginning of Year

Beginning of the year reminder http://sistergeralyns.wikispaces.com/ Sister Geralyn has alot of information for us Diocesde teachers on this issue and many other subjects. Check out the Portaportal sign in as a guest.

Soon it will be art time again

Any one learn anything new over the summer they would like to share.

My son went to camp this summer and they created mud kente cloth t-shirts. The teacher mixed soil, water and a container craft acrylic brown paint like you can buy at walmart. Then she placed an african animal cutout made from construction paper. Then let the kids sponge around the animal.

Art Shows

Did anyone have an art show they would like to post some pics of so we can see what everyone is doing?

My Art Show

Great info.

 

Two books I am currently reading:

• 

Great Author site about the importance of art ed. and she writes about many other education topics

http://www.angelamaiers.com/2011/01/art-2-0-the-importance-of-the-arts-in-education.html

I love this idea

 

Great idea I found on a blog I read

http://theartofeducation.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/lesson-wayne-thiebaud-clay-cupcakes/

This just looks like fun! Clay cupcake bowls.

 

Calligraphy

 

Great video I show to start the class: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/audioslideshow/2010/feb/18/work-and-careers

I have the students create quills from large duck feathers.

Students complete a practice page before starting:

Next they create either initials, name or they may create a pen & ink drawing.

 

google art project

 

www.googleartproject.com  I really recommend checking out. It is like google earth but in museum format the kids love it. It is a great virtual tour of almost any large museum you can think of and more. I will be going over the different areas and things I like on the tech. blog.

 

Art Projects: Spring is coming what ideas do you have?

Georgia O’Keefe is what I think of in spring.

http://georgiaokeefefacts.com/

 

 

 

 

Bringing the snow in SNOW SCULPTURES

 

For my second grade we brought pans of snow in and created sculptures!

I showed them a video from the Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition.

http://www.snowsculpting.org/

Some of second grades sculptures: