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In the Art Room - First Grade Caped Crusaders

We're getting closer and closer to the end and I want less and less to set up for painting projects. My classes are also getting interrupted as the grades partake in all of the special end of year...

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In the Art Room - Tulip Fields

This was a great lesson for second grade! It covered creating tints, landscape painting, and perspective. We used tempera for the grass and clouds and oil pastels for the tulips.

May 15, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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In the Art Room - Quickie

Any day now, my 8th grade will stop coming to art to begin all day play practice for their big dinner theater performance. So in the mean time I need some quick one period projects for my kids....

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In the Art Room - American Flags

Here are two flag projects, one for sixth grade and one for third grade that were completed in two class periods. I especially like this sixth grade flag because one of their first projects as...

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In the Art Room - Quilled Food

This took a long time and A LOT of glue! The fourth grade had a rocky start but the end results were great. I think the hardest thing was creating the outline of the food without actually adding in...

Apr 29, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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In the Art Room - Wire Form Figures

This year in addition to the model magic, we added color wire to our figures for a little more variety. The kids were pretty pleased with the outcome!

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How have I never been here before?

Art Teachers Hate Glitter is hilarious and a must read for art teachers! Recently, my school has been thinking about Specials giving percentage grades. I just read ATHG's take on it and it's laugh...

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In the Art Room - Pinterest Inspired Giants

The third grades really enjoyed these! I found the inspiration on Pinterest (Donna Staten, I'm sure!). We reviewed perspective and then drew together. They finished with crayons, watercolor, and...

Apr 19, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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In the Art Room - Rose Still Life

Wow, did this take a LONG time! It's a good thing I invested in silk rose bunches at the craft store because I would have spent a fortune buying fresh roses each week for this project!!! Each bunch...

Apr 19, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Pinning

Pinterest has been a MAJOR source of inspiration for me this year! Here are few ideas I'm pinning this week: I want to modify this and do it with my eighth graders....

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In the Art Room - Paper Weaving

Here's a two class period project I did with the first graders on paper weaving. On day one, they painted and texturized a white sheet. They also cut out and glued on their alligators heads, feet,...

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In the Art Room - Analogous Donuts

This was a review for 5th grade on analogous color AND a way to prepare for our annual donuts for dads celebration next month!

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In the Art Room - ROYGBIV Umbrellas

Here's the second grade color spectrum project. I found it on Pinterest, but I can't remember exactly where!

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In the Art Room - ROYGBIV Ice Cream

The Kinders created color spectrum ice cream cones then reversed the color order to create a contrasting background. I also played the Roy G. Biv song by They Might Be Giants while they worked...

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In the Art Room - ROYGBV Cakes

Kindergarten through third grade is reviewing the color spectrum. Here are the 1st graders ROYGBV cakes. I love them! They are so bright and happy!!

Feb 27, 2013 Like

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In the Art Room - 1st Grade Cityscapes

This was a review of warm and cool color, a introduction to different "scape" paintings, and a drawing lesson all in one. Since this lesson, I have seen a lot of buildings pop up in the 1st graders...

Feb 25, 2013 Like

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In the Art Room - Op Art

Op Art is a lesson I do every year with the 7th grades, but it was getting a little stale for me. This year I deviated from my old lesson, and tried a new one I found on Pinterest. It looked so...

Feb 21, 2013 Like

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In the Art Room - Blue Dog

I always teach Blue Dog around the KInder's 100 day mark since Georges Rodrigue painted hundreds of blue dogs! It's one of my favorite lessons to teach. I ask the kids before we begin how they...

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In the Art Room - Kinder Castles

While looking at Miss. Young's blog I saw these easy castles that incorporated so many of the skills we're working on in Kindergarten like geometric and organic shapes, directional line, background...

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In the Art Room - Monochromatic

These pictures don't do the project justice because they turned out great! I bought poster size paper that was quartered with four shades of one color. The kids were each given one poster size...

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In the Art Room - Victorian House Bust

This is my second year doing these with the 4th grades and I think last year's were much better. Rather than have them paint a simple background, this year I asked them to cut them out and paste to...

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In the Art Room - Kinder Cows

I love these cows! This was such an easy lesson too on geometric and organic shapes. I gave them an organic shape to start with then they followed my directions to draw the rest of the cow.

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In the Art Room - Kinder Valentine Desserts

The Kindergartens painted theses HUGE desserts and then embellished with jewels for a special Valentines treat!

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In the Art Room - First Grade Snowmen

The first grades were introduced to point of view with these snowmen. They thought of wonderful stories about who they were and what they were doing laying on the ground and looking up at their...

Feb 19, 2013 Like

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In the Art Room - Winter Landscapes

First and Third painted winter landscapes. First grade painted paper one week with cool colors, then ripped it apart the following week, and glued to a seperate sheet to create a layered...

Feb 19, 2013 Like

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In the Art Room - A couple Heart Projects

Both second and third grade created Valentines hearts using warm and cool colors as their theme: Third Grade oil pastel and glue hearts Second Grade watercolor resist heartsThe fifth grades created...

Feb 19, 2013 Like

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In the Art Room - A couple more projects

Mini Matisse posted a great little how to draw sheet for her holiday bow project and it was the perfect thing for my seventh graders to work on right before break. The Kinders painted family...

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In the Art Room - Almost break!

I'm trying to get last minute projects wrapped up and outta here before break begins!!! Kinder Winter Landscapes 8th Grade Typography 6th Grade Nutcracker Series 1st Grade Nativity Scenes

Dec 18, 2012 Like

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In the Art Room - It's been a while!!!

Thanks for all the tips about uploading photos! Here's what we've been up to in the art room! 1st Grade - Rooftop Santas 7th Grade Zentangle Initials 3rd Grade Where In the World is Rudolph 2nd...

Dec 14, 2012 Like

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The Art Teacher's Closet

In the Art Room - First Grade Caped Crusaders

In the Art Room - Tulip Fields

In the Art Room - Quickie

In the Art Room - American Flags

In the Art Room - Quilled Food

In the Art Room - Wire Form Figures

How have I never been here before?

In the Art Room - Pinterest Inspired Giants

In the Art Room - Rose Still Life

Pinning

In the Art Room - Paper Weaving

In the Art Room - Analogous Donuts

In the Art Room - ROYGBIV Umbrellas

In the Art Room - ROYGBIV Ice Cream

In the Art Room - ROYGBV Cakes

In the Art Room - 1st Grade Cityscapes

In the Art Room - Op Art

In the Art Room - Blue Dog

In the Art Room - Kinder Castles

In the Art Room - Monochromatic

In the Art Room - Victorian House Bust

In the Art Room - Kinder Cows

In the Art Room - Kinder Valentine Desserts

In the Art Room - First Grade Snowmen

In the Art Room - Winter Landscapes

In the Art Room - A couple Heart Projects

In the Art Room - A couple more projects

In the Art Room - Almost break!

In the Art Room - It's been a while!!!

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