3rd grade Guitars

Learning in class about Pitch, Volume and Sound 

Native American Portrait - 3rd Grade

Picasso Portraits

Georgia O'keeffe Flowers

Outer space Resist

Sharks Anyone?

What can I say...I love to teach art...but when I can also throw a mini science lesson on Counter shading Camouflage...I will do it! 

This lesson was all me!  I came up with the idea for this and the process all on my own..It was not a complete success, but a learning process for sure!

Piet Mondrian

I love Piet Mondrian! I was able to teach a ton of the Massachusetts Framework Standards in this lesson.  We learned about Primary colors, Vertical-Horizontal-Diagonal lines, Abstract art and much more! It's SO pretty too!

Self Portraits

Self portraits can be tricky...students can get easily frustrated while doing this lesson.  None the less, it's a really important part of the curriculum and the outcome was amazing!  I taught this lesson with grade 3, 4 and 5.  We focused on proportion, color mixing and following the form.   You won't see any kids in my room use a plain brown pencil when coloring their hair.  We mix a whole bunch of different colors to make a RICH color! When we color in our face, we follow the shape of our face instead of coloring in one direction. 

Fall Leaves

 I did this lesson with 1st - 5th grade. I bought fall leaves at Michael's for cheap money! (I can reuse them every year, so it is worth it) The kids had to observe the leaves and try their best to copy them.

 

Turkey Line Drawing

The students worked very hard on these turkey line drawings.  We focused on painting carefully and slowly so that we don't miss any of the details!  This picture above is the reference that they were using.

Best Lesson Ever!

I am so pleased with the outcome of this lesson.  It took a long time to complete, but the end results are worth it.  The 3rd graders really worked hard on their observational drawing before starting to collage.  I really focused on the sunflower itself, how BIG the petals are and the shape of them.  The drawings led to some amazing collages!