Paul Cezanne for Fifth Grade

Paul Cezanne for Fifth Grade, Still Life with three Apples has so much to look at and talk about:  Shading, shadows, color mixing, small brushstrokes, overlapping to add depth and complimentary colors.  Try grounding your Still Life with something other than a straight line in the background!

Piet Mondrian for First Grade

Talked about:  Primary Colors, Horizontal Lines, Vertical Lines, Broadway Boogie Woogie, Composition II.  Super charged First Graders dug into box tops full of squares and rectangles in all shapes and sizes.  As they worked they talked amongst themselves about windows, roads, cars and cabs.

Nature Prints

Digital Photo is a bit of a challenge this year because it is the first class of the day.  I take them outside to gather photos.  For the past 5 years it has been an afternoon class.  So our feet are getting wet from the dew but we are making it work.  There wasn't any sun for our SUN Prints but they still came out great.  Students pinned natural and man-made materials to Nature Print Paper purchased at Blick.  Walked outside for two minutes and then back in to bath them in water for a minute.  I just love the White & Blue.

Back to School Bulletin Boards

Back to School Bulletin Boards

DIY Pinhole Solar Eclipse Viewer

Looked it up on the Nasa.gov Website

We are not in a good viewing area but it was fun to make the boxes

Back to School Prep

Twas the week before school would be back in session

All the teachers were stirring with anticipation

The clean smocks were hung on their hooks with care

The mannequins came out of their snug little bed

10 shiny new totes were filled to the brim

Interactive Mural

The interactive murals everyone has been posting are so much fun.  The kids at school will be excited to have one too.  So, why not!

Might get a better shot when it is on the wall instead of spread out between two tables.

Revived an old Art Room stool that has been welded back together several times.