tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32934032489258496912024-03-21T10:24:49.476-05:00Miss Arty PantsA Glimpse Into Mrs. Heath's Art Room- a place to share creative ideas and art lessons!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293403248925849691.post-11481572982254804362018-05-04T12:01:00.001-05:002018-05-04T12:01:17.690-05:00Contour LineThis is just a stunning example of contour line. One of my 7th Graders drew this to fulfill one of her sketchbook assignments (they have to choose and complete 3 from a list of 25 options throughout the trimester). The assignment drawn here was: Draw a face using only one line. I think we can all agree, she nailed it!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293403248925849691.post-13544766518002224602018-04-13T14:29:00.000-05:002018-04-13T14:29:40.083-05:00'About Me' Creativity Cards<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This lesson evolved after I saw a photo online of mini artists' cards folded and overlapping one another so that they were popping off the page. I loved it so I took the concept and personalized it for my students. I have my 7th graders make ten cards (though I allow them to only include 9 in their final layout if they wish). They are asked to make one 'name' card, two 'symbol' cards to represent themselves and their interests, two 'word/quote cards', two 'design/pattern' cards, and three 'free choice' cards. I have a few requirements of each of those cards but then I let them decide their layout. I let them use colored pencils and markers, or just one or the other, I just encourage the maintenance of unity and flow between all of the cards. Now for the good stuff...Finished Art:<br />
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I can't wait to put these babies in the kiln! These are 7th grade creations. I ask that my 7th graders create hollow forms from pinch pots and transform them into their own works with a minimum of two attachments. I remind them that I'm focused on them practicing their hand building skills, especially their score and slip techniques. I want them to be creative in their art making while building on and practicing their clay skills. I can't wait to get them glazed! But for now, here is a sneak peak of a few greenware items:</div>
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I love all things sculpture! I love the different "hands on" approaches the students have to take and the variation that we get as a result! This lesson is no different. I usually try to teach this lesson around Mardi Gras and we talk about masquerade masks and how they can all be so different and lively. We focus on shape variation as well as decorative detailing. <br />
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For the actual creation of the masks, I allow the students to make a choice. They can 1)use a face mold to build their mask (using plaster strips and water) on top of or 2) drape their face-or a volunteer friend's face-with a strip of saran wrap so as not to cover the nose (we have to breath) and they can build their mask on their friend's actual face or draw out a plan and have their friend build it on their face for them. Either way, each student has to create a mask. It is just up to them how messy they want to get and how much they trust their friends with plaster! Option two requires students to work a little faster since both friends need time to build a mask, but so far that hasn't been a problem. The next time I see the kiddos (this is a 2 class period project), their masks have dried and hardened and are ready to be painted and adorned. I let the students paint and decorate their masks however they would like. I help the students hot glue the feathers on but otherwise, it is all up to them. I never seem to remember to take enough photos but here are a few that I can brag about (and give you the general idea from)<br />
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Artwork inspired by the Chinese Terra Cotta Warriors:</h2>
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The latest and greatest Terra Cotta Warriors! For a detailed description of the lesson and process, check out previous posts <a href="http://missartypants.blogspot.com/2013/03/terra-cotta-warriors.html">here</a> and <a href="http://missartypants.blogspot.com/2013/03/clay-army-terra-cotta-warriors-continued.html">here</a> and <a href="http://missartypants.blogspot.com/2013/04/smoke-fired-warriors.html">here</a>. However, one thing I have changed about my teaching is due to some new technology I have at my disposal. I have a SMART TV in my classroom--think giant television sized tablet. The TV is amazing and I love that it has replaced my projector. One of the main things I love about it is that I don't have to have the lights off to see what is on the screen. This is my favorite feature because I can make demonstration videos and loop them so that they play non stop during work time. This has been a tremendous help, because all teachers know that it is difficult being the one expert in a room of 25-30 curious, learning minds. The looping videos allow me to work one on one with those struggling while a lot of those that simply forgot what step comes next or how to do something can glance up at the screen and watch to see what it was that they need to do. I can't tell you how helpful this is! Such a time saver and the kids love it so that they don't all have to wait for me to make it through the sea of raised hands to get to their "quick question."<br />
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New vocab and new lesson for this lady! While I've been familiar with the art style for awhile, I had no idea it was called "micrography." I wanted to try something new with my 6th graders so I tried micrography and loved it! <br />
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We began by learning about micrography and what it is. Then we discussed symbolism. I asked students to choose symbols that represented themselves and their interests; this symbol would be the image we used in the creation of our micrography. Students were also allowed to create a self portrait in this style, though none of them took me up on this offer. I also had the students write a list of 40 things about themselves and their interests in their sketchbook. The list could be specific (names of people we care about, favorite movies/music, etc) and/or vague (general likes). <br />
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Finally, we got our hands dirty! We started with learning about paint mixing, shades, tints, and hues of colors. We then put this knowledge to use by painting a background. I asked my 6th graders to demonstrate the creation of at least three hues of their chosen color for their background. I encouraged lighter colors so that the markers they would be using for the micrography would show up better but ultimately left that decision up to the students themselves. They could paint their background however they'd like (my example above, is done more circularly) as long as the hues transitioned smoothly (no blatant stripes). <br />
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After we painted our backgrounds I allowed students to find an image/symbol online that represented themselves and print it off. Normally I don't allow tracing in my classroom, but this time I made an exception; though it could easily be done without the tracing steps, it would just take up more class time. I had the students trace their symbol's outline/silhouette onto a sheet of tracing paper. We laid the tracing face down onto our background painting and with a little pressure from our pencils, transferred the image into our background lightly. We put our written "about me" list to good use and filled our silhouettes. I encouraged playing with font, font size, and font thickness to define different details of our images. I made sure to repeat (many times) that it wasn't important if a word had to be broken up to define a space, the symbolism is in the intent and visual as a whole, not whether or not a single word is written as it would be in our normal day to day writing. While some students struggled to understand how to fill "edge to edge" most of them did an amazing job and created some beautiful pieces of artwork!<br />
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I love cross curricular teaching and this lesson allows me to work with our 6th grade religion/social studies teacher. While she teaches about Islam, I introduce the kids to the beautiful world of Mehndi! Another art teacher found this lesson through Dick Blick and I adapted it and made it one of my favorite lessons to teach (who am I kidding--I say that about all of my lessons; I can't pick just one favorite!). <br />
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I introduce the students to the history and significance of mehndi. Most of the students have no idea what I am talking about when I first use the word "mehndi" but as soon as I start my slideshow and it has a photograph of an adorned hand, I have tons of people go "Oh! I know that! I always called it 'henna' instead!" And then I get into how henna is the medium and mehndi is the art...yadda yadda yadda...BAM! We're creating our own on vinyl gloves! <br />
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I have the students create some patterns and radial designs in their sketchbook first, so that they have some ideas to start with. Then I teach them about creating a flow between patterns and designs via color and interaction. Once they have a jumping off point I have them work while wearing the glove as an added challenge. It requires them to be more careful and mindful with their mark making since they are working on a 3D surface. Once they have their glove designed, I have them stuff the hand with a polyester fill and a small (upside down) cup so that the glove can stand. The results are amazing! <br />
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I love creating sculptures with my kiddos! It is always fun and exciting for them as well as it is for me. They come up with such great ideas and I love seeing them try out a new medium. For my fourth graders, working with plaster is new and exciting. We make gestural sculptures that imply movement and they all come out so fantastically unique. For a detailed description of the lesson itself, check out my post from 2014 <a href="http://missartypants.blogspot.com/2014/05/gestural-sculpture.html">here</a></div>
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Otherwise, just enjoy these fabulous creations from this year:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An eclectic dance party--someone dabbing alongside a hula dancer!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had our fair share of dabbing sculptures this year</td></tr>
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I started having my middle school students do sketchbook assignments this year. We've always used our sketchbooks in class for planning, free drawing, doodling, etc but I wanted my students to push their talents and figure out what their artistic interests were a little bit more. So I started requiring them to do three sketchbook assignments each trimester--that's about one drawing every three-four weeks...nothing major, right? I created a list of 25 options for each grade level 6th-8th (if you'd like a copy of my lists, let me know). These are the requirements I gave them (this is just my 6th grade list, each grade level has their own):<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one didn't photograph well but I have to show it off--this 8th grader drew a tiger in the jungle using pointillism!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Worth noting: This was drawn based off of a photo of this student's grandfather that played college football-such an amazing tribute!!!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293403248925849691.post-1539225871136347262018-03-21T09:14:00.002-05:002018-03-21T09:36:26.592-05:00FlyAs a "welcome back" project (I always like to star the year with something easy, personal and engaging--this year I also made it collaborative!) I had every student in the school decorate a feather- this is just something I drew up and made photocopies of. I had two versions of the feather--one that curved left and one that curved right<br />
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As you can see on my feather sheets, I had the kids include personal symbolism and goals for themselves for the year. They could also add any other decorative drawings and designs they wanted to fill and finish off their feather<br />
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Once the feathers were complete, I assembled our wings and wrote "Fly" above the wings; inspired by Erin Hanson's gloriously famous poem that is frequently quoted around the world, "What if I fall? Oh but my darling, what if you fly?"<br />
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I photographed each of my students in front of the wings and shared it with their families via Seesaw (this is an amazing app...are you familiar? Ask me about it! It's an amazing way to privately share images with parents and I often have the kids add to their seesaw account themselves, so it doesn't even take time out of my day to keep it updated).<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293403248925849691.post-22518317400535800152018-03-21T09:02:00.002-05:002018-05-04T11:58:26.662-05:00Art Club<br />
I've fallen really far behind on my blog (mostly because I use a lot of the same lessons and it is easier to justify not updating photos of new work) but I recently realized that I never show off what we are doing in Art Club. I work at a K-8 building but I only open Art Club up to my middle school kids (6th-8th grades). We meet every other week and the way I have it set up, I will always propose a lesson/project but they are not required to participate. Should they choose to opt out of my lesson, they need to come up with their own art project. As long as I have the materials, I let them do whatever project they have come up with. But most of the time, they participate in my lessons. I keep instruction a little more minimal because I want them to have more freedom in their making and ideas, some of them really take off with this and others request more guidance and structure. Enough about how I run the club, let me show off what they've been up to--brief descriptions of the process below each set of photos!<br />
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Foil Sculpture: Creating a small sculpture from foil; examples above are: a squirrel with acorn, eagle/hawkman, Pikachu, and a dancing woman. This was actually more of a challenge to the kids than I had anticipated. Getting them to figure out how to manipulate the foil was a good problem solving task for them!</div>
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Marbled Tiles: permanent marker drawn onto ceramic tiles, use eye droppers of Isopropyl Alcohol (thank you science room for beakers and eye droppers!) to put a few droplets of alcohol onto the drawing and watch the magic happen! They change so much as they dry, it is amazing!</div>
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Tape Sculptures: Art Club members created their own groups and worked together to form their sculptures piece by piece. They started with saran wrap-one layer per body part- then wrapped the same area in multiple layers or clear packing tape. They carefully cut themselves out of each piece and retaped the body part back together where it was cut. Once all body parts were created, the entire sculpture was taped together and formed. We then hung them in the library of our school to show them off. (The party in the kiln was a bonus for the sculptures, they didn't actually stay there for long)</div>
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<b><u>Last Art Club of the Year Activities:</u></b></div>
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<b>Art Rug, Bubble Paint, & Tie-Dye!</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bubble paint!!! This activity kept popping up in my Facebook newsfeed and I'm so glad it did. I loved it and so did my kids! I had them make their own bubble blower with a waterbottle (cut in half), some vegetable mesh/bag, and some tape. The bubbles are a soap, glycerin combo with liquid watercolors added in. So fun! Too bad it was raining outside, we would have made a bigger mess had it been possible!</td></tr>
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Clay Clay Clay!</h2>
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I've posted about my various art lessons in more detail in the past, so I'll just repost the links to those and share the photos of the great things my kiddos made this year</div>
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<b>4th Grade-Pinch Pot Monsters</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to get a close up so you could see this guy's tail! Love the details these kids come up with!</td></tr>
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<b>5th Grade- Clay Pinch Pot Characters</b></div>
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In 5th Grade, I allow for a lot more freedom with their clay creations, but I still want them working with pinch pots to get that basic clay technique down. I love the range of ideas the kids have!</div>
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<b>6th Grade- Clay Terra Cotta Warrior Sculptures</b></div>
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<b>7th Grade- Hollow Form from Pinch Pots</b></div>
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Similar to the 5th grade lesson, I let the kids decide what they are going to make almost entirely. I just ask that it be made from two pinch pots that create a hollow form and that they add attachments so that they can practice the slip and score methods for strong attachments and an awesome chance to show off their creativity and interests</div>
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<b>8th Grade- Clay Boxes (slabs and cylinders)</b></div>
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This year we still made slab boxes but they had to be cylindrical. I originally said they had to use cylinders because it was a faster process than cutting a bunch of square/rectangular slabs, but I might stick with the cylinders in the future just because I really enjoyed seeing the kids work this way.</div>
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Let's Get Wild!</h2>
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My fourth graders tried their hand at printmaking and I love the results! We started off by drawing from observation. I borrowed a crazy amount of wildlife and animal books from our school library to give the kids plenty of options and I encouraged them to focus on drawing what they see instead of our usual, draw what we think something looks like or want something to look like. This was tricky for some kids who have developed a fondness for cartoon drawings and simplified images, but they all tackled the challenge and had great drawings!</div>
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We had made the drawings on 5"x7" paper (that I had pre-cut) and then used pencils to transfer them onto identically sized foam. I made sure that they first traced their drawing with the foam underneath their drawing before removing the paper portion and really pressing into the foam with their pencil. I really remind the kids to press into the foam and tell them not to worry if it rips (since the foam we were using was pretty thin) but to try to keep it all in one piece. </div>
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Once they were finished with making their "stamp" for printmaking, I let them choose their colored paper. I asked that they choose three different colors of paper (that I had also cut to 5"x7") and put their name on the backs so we could find them easily on the drying rack. Now it's time to print!</div>
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I demonstrated how to roll ink with a brayer (the kids love the brayers!) and to get the right amount of ink on the brayer by lifting it each roll so that the ink covers the whole thing, not just one small section. I ask that they roll the ink out with the brayer until it looks like snake skin so they don't get too much or too little on their stamp. I demonstrate how to roll the ink onto the foam and let them know that it's okay if they need to get more ink to cover their whole stamp. I encourage them to work fairly quickly so that the ink doesn't dry onto their stamp, just in case they rolled on a thin coat. I showed them how to flip their stamp onto their colored paper and to rub/press the entire back of the stamp to get a good transfer. Then all they have to do is repeat the process three times to get our prints! We put the prints on the drying rack and during our next class period, we started the day off by choosing at least two of our prints to glue to a black sheet of construction paper. </div>
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Let's talk troubleshooting: A lot of the kids still don't press hard enough into the foam to get a good print. So if they are unhappy with the outcome, I let them wash the foam off and go press their drawing into the foam deeper. Then they get to try printing again. I also let them know that it's okay if a print or two doesn't come out well. They can always try again, that's the beauty of printmaking, is that it can be done over and over again and you can make adjustments accordingly until you're happy!</div>
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Now for the examples!</div>
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Advent Collage</h2>
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Teaching at a Catholic school allows for me to integrate faith into art lessons. While this post is LONG overdue, this is a lesson is great for Catholic school teachers during Advent. </div>
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We start off by talking about Christmas and I ask the students to tell me what they think of when they think of "Christmas." I let them list off their various thoughts and associations and then I ask them, what is the real meaning of Christmas? Sometimes in my first round of 'thoughts' they mention their Catholic associations and other times it revolves around Santa and presents, so this follow up question steers them in the direction of the project a little more. We discuss Christmas and Advent and then I talk to them about how we are going to make artwork about the real meaning of Christmas from something that often clouds our focus. We are making collages portraying Christmas scenes using Black Friday advertisements.</div>
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I let the students pair themselves up into groups. I allow them to choose how many people are in their group, but ask that it is between 2-5 people (but I recommend 3-4 for the ease of a convenient workload for all). Each group finds an image that they want to work from online. I let them use iPads to google search images and I suggest they add the words "coloring page" or "outline" or "clip art" so that a simplified image comes up. We use Reflector (a program that connects the iPad to my computer/projector) to enlarge the image and I allow them to trace the image onto a sheet of posterboard. Since this project is more about the meaning and materials, I don't make them free draw the image. However, at one point our Reflector program wasn't working, so I did have the kids free draw their outlines based on the images they found online. So really, it's your call how you want to teach this...you could even have them invent an image on their own! I can usually get 2-3 of the groups images up on the Reflector at the same time, so it doesn't usually leave many people with down time. And if there is a lot of down time I have the kids start collecting colors.</div>
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Anyone that is not tracing their image or once they are finished tracing their image, is collecting colors. I tell the kids to decide what colors they will need and to start tearing up parts of the Black Friday ads and separating them by color. I really emphasize that I shouldn't be seeing whole images, it is about the color, not the objects in the ads. I also emphasize that they should avoid faces, as a face within a collage can be VERY distracting. Which is why I tell them that any people in their finished collage, should not have an actual human face, glued where the collage face should be. I give the groups envelopes to collect their colors in and to keep them separated. Once they have collected "more than enough" of each color, I have them start gluing down the colors to fill in their poster. In the end, we get amazing collages with a good, Christmas spirit!</div>
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Something So Surreal...</h2>
This lesson is still one of my favorites. The kids love it and it's a great way to reintroduce them to Surrealism. My full lesson description can be found in an older post <a href="http://missartypants.blogspot.com/search?q=surrealism+collage">here</a> if you want more details on what we do and how. But for now, enjoy these few photos of a couple of collages my 5th graders made this year! I also have to apologize for the glare on all of the photos, my classroom's lighting isn't ideal for photographing shinier images and I didn't take the time to adjust my angle<br />
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Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good Art Lesson!</h2>
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A lot of times I avoid doing holiday themed artwork with the kids, I feel like they do enough of that on their own and even a little in their classrooms. But I really enjoy teaching this lesson and the kids really love it too, so this one usually makes the cut in my classroom. </div>
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I start the lesson by asking my fourth graders what they think of when they think about Christmas. I teach at a Catholic school, so I feel 100% comfortable asking this question to my kiddos. After we've shared a pretty good list of associations, I show them a finished example of what we are going to make. I ask them to tell me what they think we are going to do based on our introduction and the example they are seeing. After a few (usually pretty accurate) guesses, I explain what our focus of the lesson is going to be. Most of them have noticed the theme of patterns and designs and most of them have pointed out that there is a word within each ornament. I address variety as well as positive and negative space with them because few students have noticed that none of my ornaments have outlines nor are they entirely colored in, yet we still can see the clear shape of each ornament. </div>
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To keep it simple and since the focus for me on this project is line and shape designs as well as the use of negative space, I give them stencils to use that I have made myself from poster board. Some of them are ornaments, some are in the shapes of trees, and some are crosses. I also give them the option to free draw their own outlines. I just encourage them to use "whisper lines" for their outline so that we can erase it at the end. I ask the kids to choose one word (though I don't stop them if they use multiple) in each of their ornaments and to FILL the rest of their space with patterns and designs. This lesson usually takes the kids 2 class periods (I have them for 55 minutes each class period), so for the first class period, I have them plan out their designs in pencil. In the middle of the first class period or at the beginning of the 2nd class period, I share my "pattern and design cheat sheets" with them (these are just printed examples). I still encourage them to make each pattern/design their own unique creation if they are using my cheat sheets for inspiration, but I still get a few copy cats. They finish their designs off with skinny marks and erase their original outlines. Some of the kids really struggle with the whole "no outline" and "not entirely colored in" concept, but I encourage them all to avoid these things. If they want them to look like lights or ornaments, I show them how to free draw strings for them to hang from, otherwise they can be free floating shapes. Okay, enough talking about the lesson, let's get to the good stuff! More photos:</div>
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The 'Stache is Back</h2>
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I've blogged about my Salvador Dali's mustache lesson before <a href="http://missartypants.blogspot.com/2013/09/salvador-dalis-mustache.html">(details here)</a> but I have a few more photos to add to the amazingness that is this art project. They make me smile so much! As has been the theme this year, I didn't get many photos, but I still want to share what I did manage to snap. So here we go:</div>
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Day of the Dead Calaveras</h2>
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It's no secret that I LOVE Day of the Dead and all of the amazing artwork and stylings that come with it! So I'm always playing around with new lessons to give the kids a variety of materials while still honoring the traditions of Day of the Dead. </div>
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This year, I did some foil calaveras with my fourth graders. After talking with the kids about the traditions and history of DoD (this is mostly recap for the kiddos at this point) we started off with a sheet of paper and drew out our plans for a highly decorated calavera (aka skull). After they showed me that they had come up with a plan for their calavera that used space well and honored the DoD styles, I gave them a sheet of tooling foil and a magazine. They taped their drawing to the sheet of foil and placed it on a magazine (for some give). We have wood tools for this, but I just had the 4th graders use their pencils to trace their design on their paper again, which pressed it into the foil as it rested on the magazine. Once they had transfered the design onto the foil, they removed the paper and drew/pressed directly into the tooling foil for a more defined look. I let them decide if they liked the raised side or recessed side and added some color using permanent markers. I'm always a little worried about the fragility of the foil and its sharp edges with the kids, so this time around, I precut some large construction paper squares and had the kids create a border for their calavera. After they were done with that, I hot glued their foil right onto the paper for them. They all came out so unique and colorful, I was in love!!!! I just wish I had taken more photos (I could have swore I took more, but these were all I could find on my iPad--maybe if I blogged more regularly, I would still have the artwork to rephotograph. Whoops)! And the photos I did take, don't do them justice. They were very bright and festive!</div>
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Positive Behavior Interventions and Support</h2>
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Our school uses the PBIS system, which is essentially a system which focuses on the positive behaviors in students and rewarding those who are doing right (think "Caught you being good" type of thing). At the beginning of the year we decided we needed to really reiterate our PBIS expectations among our students. Yes, I said "at the beginning of the year." I'm extremely behind on my blogging and updating of lesson plans on this thing...sorry! </div>
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As the art teacher I wanted to create some nice visual reminders. Also, I wanted to fill our beautiful but empty display case. The PBIS principles that we focus on at our school revolve around the words "responsible, respectful, faithful and safe." Personally, I associate those words with social justice causes, so I used one of my favorite social justice artists, Keith Haring to inspire the artwork I made for our display. I made four large posters (one for each category), a handful of paper arrows, and a few foam core Keith Haring-esque figures. I painted the posters to look like some famous Haring works. I asked all of our teachers to write on the arrows various examples of what positive behaviors look like (I hung the arrows in the case and they spun, so I had them write on both sides) and I asked some students who were utilizing our before/after school care program to write examples on the foam core people. And WAA-LA a beautiful display! A beautiful display which I forgot to photograph, mind you. I did manage to photograph all of the pieces after I took them down (once I realized that I didn't get a pic of the whole shabang). So please try to imagine all of these lovely little items hanging and standing in a lovely display case...<br />
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Iowa Catholic Radio's 'Our Catholic Schools Rock!' Art Contest--2015 Theme: Saints</h2>
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So I've been extremely behind on my blogging and I have zero (good) excuses for that. But I figured I might as well pick up where I'm at in the classroom and share what the kiddos have been up to! When school started back up, I found an invitation for my students to participate in a Catholic art contest, my kids LOVE art contests and this was no exception. </div>
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The contest is for K-8 students and is divided into various age categories. I shared all of this info with my students and let them know that the contest's theme was "Saints." I collected as many books on saints as I could get my hands on--I teach in a Catholic school, so this wasn't too tricky. I just had to hit up a religion teacher, the library and our religious education library. I let the kids choose their saints that they wanted to depict and I encouraged them to put their own spin on their saint's portrait. Some of the kids opted for emulating what they saw in the picture books and others played around with adding their own borders and backgrounds (which I especially loved). They got to choose what medium they wanted to finish their artwork in, so I got to see a nice variety in styles too! This trimester I only have 8th graders in the middle school, so I taught this lesson to 4th, 5th and 8th grade. I couldn't have been more proud of all of their hard work and effort that went into these drawings! Enough said, not check out their finished work for yourself (warning, I'm about to flood this blog post with photos):<br />
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M.C. Escher, Eat Your Heart Out</h2>
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5th Grade's Tessellation Sensation!</div>
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If you've seen a handful of my blog posts, you already know that I love teaching cross curricular lessons and this one is no exception! My 5th graders are learning about tessellations in math and naturally I jumped at the chance to teach them about M.C. Escher and his ability to make math visually beautiful! I started by showing them this short video on YouTube:</div>
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We talked about what we saw and how many of the things we saw were familiar to us and where we saw them. A few kids pointed out that I had shown some of M.C. Escher's work when we talked about Optical Illusions (I love when they retain that info!). We talked about the complexity and simplicity of tessellations and I assured them that we would start off simple. I made them a brief demo video of how we would create the tessellations (they're just getting too big to huddle around me and try to watch my live demos-so for something like this, I like to make videos). <br />
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The kids got to work and made some amazing things. So creative! <br />
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I didn't get a lot of "finished" photos from this lesson- I got busy (imagine that) but here is what I did capture:</div>
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I have to give credit where credit is due and admit that I took this lesson from one of my favorite blogs <a href="http://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/search/label/Coffee%20Filter%20Circles">SmARTclass</a> and I just couldn't resist to teach this one myself. After teaching a more structured lesson on Op Art, I gave my 5th graders and opportunity to let their imaginations run wild! We followed the basic steps of "dying" ordinary coffee filters into colorful circles using washable markers and a spray bottle full of water. <br />
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Once we had our beautifully colored circles, I asked the kids to transform one or both of their circles into an image. I asked them to share ideas they had as a class and did quick drawings of them on the board to show them how it would work. Then I let them get to their own art making. I just encouraged them to let their imaginations take over. And that, they did!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soccer Ball Being Kicked</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hot Air Balloon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teddy Bear</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ice Cream!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baseball Being Hit by Bat and Field</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duck Dynasty Character</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boom Box</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frog on Lilypad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owl</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monster Truck</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bee and Emotion Clouds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soccer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frog and Flies</td></tr>
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Positive Identity Art</h2>
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As my 8th graders were winding down with the trimester (the end of their art time with me), I wanted them to go out on a high note with good attitudes, so I came up with this short, easy and positive art lesson. </div>
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I started simply by having them write their initials in bubble/block letters (first or last initial) lightly in pencil. I warned them that the outline of the letter would be erased in the end, so they should write/draw lightly. Then they filled the interior of letter with positive thinking about themselves. I asked that they include the words "I am", "I can" and "I will" followed by positive attributes and/or goals they have for themselves. I told them that anytime they hit the edge of their initial, they had to stop writing and continue that word/sentence on the next line or if it was just a gap in the letter, they continued it on the opposite side of the letter. Then we erased the outline and they were left with the letter made up from their positive thoughts and intentions. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some students chose to make their "I am" "I can" and "I will" stand out for interest</td></tr>
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8th Grade Portraits</h2>
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<a href="http://missartypants.blogspot.com/2014/04/portrait-drawing-and-collaborative-art.html">Here is a link to a more detailed version</a> of the lesson but here is a brief rundown of how I teach portraiture to my 8th graders. We watch proportion videos taught by 9 year old Olivia (link to her YouTube videos on previous post) and map out our drawings lightly. Now I'll jump in with the photo step by step version of my teaching of portraits:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Discuss shadows and blending to give the illusion of a three dimensional face</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map out hair line (we discussed how hair grows off of the skull and how our hairline should start just in front of our ears) and add a few strands of hair (draw lines as hair would grow)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blend hair strands lightly to fill in the empty spaces</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add a few dark details/shadows into the hair. Especially focus at the part in the hair and the direction of growth and how the hair would lay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blend the dark shadows in a bit and add a few more light strands on top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add some highlights with the corner of a clean eraser</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blend the hair so that the eraser marks are less stark. Add any necessary strands you want. If you haven't already, add some fly-aways and imperfections for believability<br />
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Dia de los Muertos</h2>
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Every year we set up a Day of the Dead alter as a school and make our ofrenda ("offering") for someone we have lost or a Mexican artist. This year, we made our ofrenda for our school secretary, Jill, who lost her battle with cancer recently. The kids made her paper symbols of the things that she loved (i.e. Nebraska Cornhuskers) and/or things they thought of when they thought of Jill and wrote her a note on the back of that symbol. It was a great way for the kids to find closure in their sadness and to celebrate her life and the things that Jill loved. <br />
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This is a K-8 school and we (myself and Sara--the K-3 art teacher) try to get all of the grade levels involved. This year the Kindergarten made papel picado and paper calavera masks, First Grade made candles from toilet paper rolls and tissue paper, Second Grade painted rocks as calavera, 4th-8th Grades made symbols for Jill as well as papel picado from patterns and Eighth Grade also made 3D calavera-paper sculls from a template found <a href="http://skulladay.blogspot.com/2007/08/72-papercraft-skull-with-articulated.html">here on skulladay.blogspot.com</a>. The milk jug skeletons were actually created last year with my seventh graders but they were too great not to reuse! Pictures of last year's display are on my blog <a href="http://missartypants.blogspot.com/2013/10/dia-de-los-muertos.html">here</a><br />
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Close Up of 8th Grade Calavera from Skulladay's Template:<br />
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<b>Art Club Made and Decorated Sugar Skulls!</b><br />
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