Great info.

 

Two books I am currently reading:

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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:

THE SCREAM

Project I did with my class today.

WHAT ARE YOU SCREAMING ABOUT?

I took pictures of the class in “scream’ Poses. Printed in black and white.  Had them create a background in oil pastel and watercolor. They must have a bridge and themselves screaming everything else could be changed. Here are a few.

My example:

If you could see her face, but oh well just imagine…..

A blog I follow great idea

The blog I follow posted recently about clay leaf bowls very pretty. I do  project with modge podge, leaf die cuts and tissue paper in November, but I got a bunch of model magic donated so maybe I’ll do a leaf with my little ones.

http://karisfunartlessons.blogspot.com/2009/10/fresh-air-and-clay-leaf-bowls.html