Word Cloud: Self Portraits and Identity

Last year my 5th grade students created these awesome portraits focusing on the rules of portraiture, exploring shadows, and using words to describe a story about who they are. This lesson incorporated. Study of both fine art techniques integrated with the use of technology. This week I will be presenting my work for my graduate degree. I thought these might be a wonderful way to think about technology integration for your art room. Enjoy! 

Getting Ready to Present!

These are all the goodies we used at the workshop! Pan Pastels are an excellent alternative to dusty chalk pastels! Check them out they are phenomenol! 

Success teaching my Pan Pastel Workshop!

Today I did my first professional presentation at the PA Art Education Conference in Bethlehem! It was much fun and had a good turn out!

My room is a mess!

It's October! My room is officially a mess! 

Fall!

Ahh! It is that time of year again for great weather and beautiful fall colors. This year we are decorating the lobby for fall and 3rd grade students today created scarecrows to display. Students were put into groups of 5 and had to trace a peers body and then as a group worked together to create their scarecrow piece! 

I also had a fun idea to get the faculty and staff involved. Each participant was given a scarecrow pattern and then was asked to decorate their scarecrow in a way that represented themselves. Students will then guess to see which scarecrow matches up to which staff member! My example is above. 

Be Inspired and Honoring America

"I always loved art teachers because they were so bizarre. They were like the homeless people of the faculty -- all disheveled, wearing smocks, covered in paint, always digging through the garbage, looking for bottles and egg cartons and things." -Ted Alexandro

 


Honoring America.

My new classroom!

The past 4 years I traveled between two wonderful schools and had 2 classrooms. This year I finally have one room and no traveling! So a lot of stuff had to be unpacked. I am still organizing.

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