Sorry I have been out of the Loop!

Hello wonderful and creative art teachers out there! Sorry I have not posted recently, it is that wonderful time we enjoy so much and life has just been busy! I am getting married next month and wedding plans are being finalized and last minute crafting and creating is being done. I will be posting late in July Beginning of August once things are back on track. I will be making my way to Paris for the first time for our Honeymoon and can't wait to check out the beautiful art there!! Any suggestions or tips would be very much appreciated. For now, have a relaxing and creative summer everyone!
Creative Wishes,
Ashley

Artsonia Rocks!

http://www.sycsd.org/spotlight.cfm?sp=11050&start=1&end=25&school=0
Artsonia has totally changed our world this year in our art room. It allowed us to communicate with families more, open a whole new world of art appreciation and has allowed us to earn funds for art supplies! We made the Spotlight on our school website! Yay for Art! This article is about my 3rd grade student Brianna who won an award and category of Artist of the Week on the Artsonia website!!

Crushed Can Value Drawings

6th grade students created these transformation drawings using a soda can. We focused on using graphite, value, and form in our drawings. They had to transform the can into 3 different compositions by crushing it with their hands or feet. They then had to use their observation skills to draw the can three different times.

Andy Warhol Secondary Colors

Yes, I am guilty of Pinterest! I saw this idea on Pinterest some where. I did this with my kindergarten students for our Secondary Colors lesson. We looked at Andy Warhol's Flower Print and then we did some printmaking of our own in the background using pieces of cardboard and green paint. We then used repetition to cut our our secondary colored flowers. Easy, simple, yet fun!

Elizabeth Murray 3-D

Again, sorry about the mixed up tilted images! These are Elizabeth Murray inspired paper sculptures that my 6th grade students created. We used Oak Tag and tempera paints. We explored various techniques and printing techniques with paint. We also discussed form, shape, and composition using a variety of shapes both a combination of organic and geometric. The tiles of these are always fun to read when the students complete their paper reliefs.

Wonderful Weavings

3rd grade created these fun weaving's using a ton of old yarn I discovered in my back closet. A lot of it was tangled up but we managed to get out good pieces to use for this project. We focused on the technique rather than the patterns and repetition of color. My students this year had a very difficult time weaving so we tried to get the motor skill and technique down instead.

Inspirations of Nature

This year we received IPADS to use in the classroom and they were tons of fun! My 3rd grade students took these images outside around our school environment. Students had to capture different perspectives of nature and our school and then we altered the images on a great WEB 2.0 tool that I use for everything called PIXLR!