Spring Trace the lines. Worksheet from workbook Spring with 18 worksheets.
We have entered into late fall – the leaves left on the trees are just fading flags from another season. Most of the leaves in our garden are covering the lawn, piled in the corners of the y…
June 2020--PLEASE NOTE--this project has been updated for distance learning to now include a HOW TO VIDEO! The updated post is here. And the new video can be viewed below OR on youtube. ENJOY! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a great project that uses only a couple of supplies (and a bit of patience) to create a piece that transforms from "ho-hum" into "WOW!" This is a great way to illustrate how various lines can show movement. Horizontal lines are sleepy and calm. Vertical lines are strong and stand still, but diagonal lines seem to slide and move, bringing our eye from one side of the page to the other and then "whoosh!" off the page! We start off this exercise by using the ruler to create a series of diagonal lines and color them in with markers. Then, we cut the piece up and fan the strips out and create another type of line...a swirly, curving line that also shows movement! This is also a nice op-art activity. You can use complementary colors for your diagonal lines or a full rainbow of color. Experiment and enjoy the process! Movement With Lines Supplies Needed: One sheet of white construction paper, 9"x12" One sheet of black construction paper, 12"x18" Ruler Pencil and eraser Markers, assorted colors Glue sticks Directions: 1. Draw a series of diagonal lines on the white construction paper. You can draw three smaller lines going across the page or fill the space with lines. Both look great, in my opinion. 2. Color in the diagonal lines using markers. This is the "Before" Photo 3. Flip the page over and divide the page into twenty-four 1/2" wide strips. Use your ruler for this and try to be as precise as possible. BEFORE you cut the strips apart, number them on the back from 1-24 at one end (the same end of the strips for all numbers). This photo is kind of hard to see, but it shows all of the strips numbered on the back at the same end. Now, this is where it gets a little bit tricky. I'm sure you can do this many ways, but I made three of these and I finally landed on this way of doing it. 4. Cut out the strip marked #12. Put glue on the back and glue it on your black construction paper background in the middle, like this: Strip # 12 glued on in the center of the black paper (hold the black construction paper vertically) 5. Now you can cut strip #11 out and put glue on the back of it. Overlap the left edge of the strip over the left edge of the previous strip (in this case, strip #12), fanning the right edge out slightly (about 1/2"). Repeat with strips 10-1 (working away from you) until you get through strip #1, forming a nice curve with the strips. Use the photo as a guide. 7. Once you have finished gluing down strip #1. Place glue on the back of strip #13 and overlap the right edge of the strip over the right edge of strip #12, fanning the left edge down slightly (about 1/2"). 8. Repeat with strips 14-24 until you get through all the strips, forming a nice curve in the opposite direction with the strips. Use the picture as a guide. It is OK if the ends of the strips continue off the edge of the page. You can leave them that way or trim them to the edge of the black construction paper. This project is good for the older child since they may be more tolerant of cuting up their artwork and transforming it into something else. Also, they are more capable of handling the precise measuring and cutting this project needs in order to be successful. It took me three times to get all the strips to fit on the black construction paper properly. But I really liked all of the other attempts I made too. It's an experiment, so don't get too stressed! Enjoy!
I LOVE these flowers!!! I also think this may be my new favorite art lesson to teach! 2nd Graders did such a fabulous job creating them– SO proud of their work!! Step-by-step directions with…
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Perspective is the appearance to the eye of objects in respect to their relative distance and positions. This year we will be working with all our art classes to include perspective in our drawings. Perspective gives our drawings a 3-D (three dimensional) ...
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Teach counting skills with these Cow characters! Great for teaching 1:1 counting skills and number recognition for numbers 1-5.
* I recently discovered hannahsartclub.wordpress.com. It is an inspiring blog about creative projects for kindergarten and beyond, run by Hannah. She is a talented former art gallery and museum …
This is Week 5 in The Armor of God by Priscilla Shirer. It’s all about faith. The Shield of Faith. Priscilla mentions that if we are struggling to move forward in obedience, which is where o…
This month, the Mob is focusing on vocabulary. There's no doubt that introducing, teaching, and reinforcing vocabulary is vital, but what is the best way to do it? Umm, Don't Try This Yes, you guessed it. Giving students word lists, vocabulary word finds, and even crossword puzzles are not going to build their vocabulary. Rote memorization doesn't work -- not in any real, meaningful way. But What Works? I'm not sure there is one perfect way to teach vocabulary. (That's the good news!) Since students all learn in different ways and at different rates, it's important to practice vocabulary in a variety of ways. We know that repeated, meaningful interaction with words helps students learn, understand, and use them. Try This: Generate Word Interest Help raise your students' awareness of the importance of word use by getting them out of their seats to play games! Gather up your Scrabble board and borrow several others and play scrabble. Even though your students aren't technically studying content vocabulary, they are searching their minds for words that contain high value letters and words that will fit on the board. Make a word wall -- or at least an "Interesting Words" wall. Encourage students to add words to a blank piece of butcher paper on your classroom wall. What words do they notice from their reading? Allowing students to illustrate the word's meaning or initial their word finds can help generate interest and enthusiasm for word collections. Subscribe and use Merriam Webster's "Word of the Day." While I wouldn't recommend trying to keep up with a new word a day, you could choose a word of the week. I love this resource because it provides an audio pronunciation and a bit of etymology for the word. Try This: Vocabulary Collector When your students are reading, provide them with a vocabulary collector. It can be as simple as a sheet of paper folded into thirds. Ask students to jot down words and phrases that they come along in their reading. These words could go on your "Interesting Words" wall or into a Vocabulary Catcher (see below). Again, you are encouraging your students to become more aware of words and how they are used. Vocabulary collectors are also helpful in practicing using context clues. Try This: "Vocabulary Catcher" Games Remember fortune tellers? Cootie catchers? Use them for vocabulary. The great thing is that students can create several throughout the school year and use them for impromptu games. I also like them because each one only has eight spots for words -- a manageable amount of words to gather and understand. I have a Vocabulary Catcher freebie on my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Be sure to check it out! The Bottom Line Vocabulary, whether it's content vocabulary or not, is important. Getting students interested and engaged with new words is the first step! So, what innovative ideas do you use to teach vocabulary? Share your ideas below! Happiness always♥
I'm launching a ton of landscape projects with my students this fall. I shared the Claire West inspired landscape project my fourth grade is working on here. This week, I'll be rolling out my third graders' landscape lesson. Today I thought I'd share with y'all the Elouise Renouf-inspired landscape collage that my first graders will be doing! Here's the video'ed lesson that you are more than welcome to use in your art teacherin' world: I was recently asked how I share these videos with my students: do I show the video in it's entirety or just in bite sized bits. Definitely the latter: I share what we will be working on that day. I share the opening, of course, as an intro to the artist...and we dig deeper into the work of the artist in LIVE format (meaning sans vid). The first day I taught this lesson, I didn't have my video ready for one class so I did it LIVE. I managed to get some footage of me teaching and thought I'd share: Once again, what's my take-away? I TALK TOO MUCH! Seriously, filming myself teaching has really helped me grow as a teacher. I know what it is I'm doing wrong (so many things!) and what I need to improve upon. I also see what I am doing right and what the kids are responding too. It's painful to watch but super enlightening. If you've not explored the work of Elouise Renouf, you really should. I love everything she creates and found so much inspiration. I will definitely share the progress my first graders make on this landscape adventure. Until then, have a great week, y'all!
This is one of my FAVORITE art lessons for 2nd grade!! I LOVE each and every one of them!! (More info. and how they were created below! Plus a little virtual gallery walk video!) &nbs…
Looking for fun art project ideas for your kids? Look no further. Learn (or teach) about perspective by doing a free-fall foreshortening project!
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4th Grade Warm or Cool Birch Trees Fourth grade has been working hard on their mixed media birch trees, for the past couple of weeks. Here's how we created ours.... First, they had to choose if they were going to do WARM colors (Red, Orange, & Yellow) or if they were going to use COOL colors (blue, purple, and green). Then, they painted their backgrounds with Prang tempera cakes, on 12x18 pieces of 90lb paper. After they finished painting, they could start on their birch trees. we used half of a 12x18 sheet, drew them out with rulers, and traced the bark lines with Sharpie markers. The next class, we finished our trees, cut them out and glued them on! Here's a few working on their birch tree paintings.
For our last project of the Art Room year, I was looking for a quick and easy project that could be completed in one 90-minute class, and which would touch on some of the techniques and skills we learned this past year. I opted for this cute, easy and pretty much fool-proof dandelion project. It incorporates pen and line techniques, illustration, and watercolor techniques.... all things my 6-7 year old age group covered this year. We began by looking at simple illustrations of dandelions. We noted their lines, the shape of their 'dandelion puff' (the white puffy stage of the dandelion, after it's seeded), and the shape and structure of the individual seedheads, which look like downey parachutes. We discussed how, when the wind blows, these seedheads blow off the puff and dance through the wind, disseminating the attached seed elsewhere. I demonstrated on the white board how we might illustrate seedheads. Students were given many options, from a double horseshoe shape, to a simple dotted shape. One student opted for little heart shapes. Drawing We began with watercolor paper, the borders of which I had pre-taped, and a pencil. I did a guided drawing demo on the board. Students had to draw three dandelions. For good composition, one should be larger than the others, and none overlapping, in the left half of their paper. We began with three simple circles, and added stems to these. We noted that dandelion stems are generally not super straight, but may have a slight curve to them. Then we sectioned our circles off into lines, the way you would cut a pizza or a pie. These initial lines are the outer seedheads. We then added extra shorter lines in between these longer lines, (slicing the pie even smaller) and made these shorter seedheads. Our goal was to draw full, fluffy dandelion puffs. Students each chose what kind of downey parachute shape they wanted at the end of their seedheadss. Most opted for a different shape for each of their three dandelions. Just like in our pen and line techniques classes earlier this year, students were encouraged to draw carefully, neatly connecting their line points, and thinking of symmetry and even spacing. Where puffs looked too 'naked' students were encouraged to add some extra seedheads for a fuller puff. Next, we drew a few detached seedheads dancing in the wind. These should be dancing towards the right side of our paper. For good composition, their placement should be varied with some upside-down, some sideways and one trailing off towards the top right corner. This carries our eyes all the way to the other end of the paper. We noted that the parachute shape on these should match the ones on our dandelion puffs.... since they originate from these puffs. My students got this concept without a problem! We traced all our lines with a fine permanent marker and erased our pencil lines. For that added illustration quality, we chose to write something whimsy at the bottom of our paper. Since these students are very young, and many are English as a second or third language learners, I wrote a few options on the board for them to copy, like 'Wish', 'Make a Wish', and 'Summer'. Rubber Cement Resist I opted to use rubber cement on our puffs to resist the paint. Rubber cement is a rather unfriendly glue which should not be breathed in. Because I did not want my young students working with this material I decided to apply it myself to their puffs. I worked at the wide open window sill and work briskly, applying the glue to each student's puffs as they brought their work to me after finishing with their pencil erasing. We then dried these with the blow dryer and moved on to our background. Watercolor Background We used a wet-on-wet watercolor technique for our background. We dropped dabs of 2-3 analogous colors on our wet background, moved the paint around a bit, but not overworking it. We applied salt and dabbed with a tissue for texture. There were then dried with the blow dryer. Lastly, we rubbed the rubber cement glue off of our dandelions using a rubber cement eraser. I recommend using an eraser specifically for removing rubber cement, as regular pencil erasers will likely simply glide over the glue, smearing and smudging what's nearby, without properly lifting the glue. The lifted glue revealed beautifully white dandelions beneath our watercolored backgrounds. Finally, we removed the taped borders for a crisp edge. Voila! A quick, fun and summery project incorporating pen and line, illustration and watercolor techniques. A great entry into summer! Students aged 6 and 7
Ready, set, POSE! I use my iPhone to take photos of my students. I usually do this on a day during which they are intently engaged with another lesson, and pull one or two students at a time into t…
Research says, the subjects kids are introduced to while they are young tend to stay with them for life. That's why as little as they are right now, we introduce them to colors and arts
Celebrate autumn with these beautiful DIY Pressed Fall Leaf Jars. Recycle old jars, adhere pressed leaves with Mod Podge, and add an electric tea light for a stunning fall lantern.
Here we are with our week 2 tot school wrap up and this week threw us a few curve balls. We decided to take an impromptu road trip to TN to visit my husbands Grandma this weekend so our Friday plans kind of got scrapped, but we still had lot of fun the rest of […]
Kids will have fun practicing using kids scissors with these cute Farm Cutting Practice Strips. Print Farm printables for preschoolers.
Color Examples The harmony in this example can be found in the main colors, the reds and greens. They compliment one another quite well. The combination of colors work as they are located across th…
