Language: French The artist's studio: from the Renaissance to contemporary practices Conversation moderated by Nathalie Guiot Our guests will provide an overview of the evolution of artistic practices through the design of the artist's studio, from the learning school workshop to the "start up studio", from the "brain house" to the total work of
Cindy Grisdela started playing with fabric when her children started school and started her business improv quilting, teaching and author.
With budget cuts this year came some rearranging of elementary art teachers in our district to cover all 12 elementary schools. Along with my "home" school I returned to an old favorite and added a new to me school. The new school had a simple art room with really good art tables. When I walked into it this summer I saw a very white blank slate. Look - a chalkboard! Oh goodie - how old school. Here are the after shots - My Mona Wall Above each table is an artist with their work. I refer to the tables as the color or artist. My Data Center - more things will be added like the art room mission statement A close-up of my behavior incentives & Smart Goal This shelving unit was just screaming for lots of art stuff! The sign in the middle says: The "EARTH" without "ART" is just "EH" Word Wall, drying rack, and I'm Done...Now what? This will be a spot for students to find things to do if they finish early. I hung felt up for word wall. The words are laminated and have velcro on back making it easy to put up and down. Added a bit of color and art element posters to front of room.
We've made it through the week back from spring break and now we're on the countdown to the end of the year . . . craziness. I was so happy that our author study of Ezra Jack Keats fell this week. Since I love, love, love, Ezra Jack Keats, I had a little bright spot returning from break. Here are a few of the activities and resources I used as part of our learning with Ezra Jack Keats . . . Early in the week we watched a Brain Pop Jr. biography about Keats. There was also a companion episode about collage that we watched as well. For the rest of the week my young learners were all about spotting collage and other special elements in Keats' illustrations. Of course we read as many Ezra Jack Keats books as we could. We primarily focused on the Peter books. They offer so many opportunities for comprehension discussion and character comparisons. After reading all about Peter, we made a super quick and easy graph showing our favorite Peter books. I gave students a "Willie" to color and cut. I arranged our Peter books on our white board tray. Students placed their Willies above their favorite books. This year, Peter's Chair was our class favorite. We did a little Willie themed addition and subtraction review. I made a few versions of Best Dishes Willie, focusing on mixed addition and subtraction and three digit adding. One version includes touch numbers for students that need a review of that strategy. If you would like a FREE copy of these printables, click on one of the pictures below. We also created some Ezra Jack Keats inspired artwork. Students used construction paper, crayons, and glue to make their cityscapes. They had so much fun making them. My classes have made this project for a few years and I love how they turn out. We had a great week with Ezra Jack Keats. Now I think my kids love his work as much as I do. Planning class activities around favorites is a perfect way to keep the weeks leading up to the end of the school year fun, engaging, and productive. I'll leave you will a few pics from our spring break. We took a trip to Disney World. We had a magical (and exhausting time). After this winter, it was such a blessing to go somewhere warm and sunny. It was exactly what we needed. :)
The girls favorite book changes weekly – lately, they’ve been on an Elmer kick. For those unfamiliar with the story, Elmer is a brightly colored patchwork elephant, who just wants to look like all the other elephants, but ultimately celebrates his unique look. At the end of the story, all…
Link to today’s video on YouTube. Coddiwomple (v.) – to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination That word sums up my method for the Fragments of Your Imagination Chall…
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The 5th – 11th October marked the British Dyslexia Association’s Dyslexia Awareness Week. This year’s theme was ‘Making Sense of Dyslexia’. Artists, poets, actors and authors rallied together to share their thoughts on what dyslexia means to them. We shared poet, Sally Gardner’s, tribute to Dyslex
In this demo of a pastel underpainting, you can see how I establish the value structure, while leaving the process open for spontaneous effects.
In this project we take the larger Dragonfly and attach to a background for a nice portrait. I'm going to show you a few options for...
As part of a Kindergarten art lesson on value and texture, we did a few Eric Carle-inspired texture collage craft activities.
DooDah is a tangle pattern I use fairly regularly in my entangled drawings. It has an elegance of simplicity. Having said that, when I saw it in a fragment form I thought, “What on earth̷…
Here are six ways you can learn to pay attention to your visual imagination, mine it for its full wealth, and then craft a story that unforgettably shares the riches with your readers.
Spirituality is knowing who you really are and connecting with something larger than yourself. Read this list of 50 inspirational spiritual quotes.
Numerous artists have paid tribute to Sylvia Plath by interpreting her likeness. Here's a selection of artists' portraits of Sylvia Plath.
Helen Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943) English author, illustrator and conservationist. watercolour on paper national trust collections Read and view book: archive.org/stream/taleofjohnnytown00pott_0#page/16/mode/...
