Wax Resist Self-Portraits

Pre-K Self-Portraits

Students look into a mirror to draw what they see and then paint over it with water color paint. Drawing from life is a skill every age artist needs to practice!

Second Grade Self-Portraits

Mural inspired by Faith Ringgold

This mural is inspired by Faith Ringgold's piece called "The Dinner Quilt". It was several lessons put together: self-portraits, point of view (perspective), quilting, storytelling, and art history.

7th Grade Self-Portrait

My sample for a lesson on self-portraits in the style of Modigliani. Sometimes I use samples to try the project out first. If I do show a sample that I created I usually try to show more than one to demonstrate that there is more than one solution to the challenge.

6th Grade Mona Lisa Self-Portraits

Craypa and water color were used to create these. The lesson was about perspective and art history.

Collage Self-Portraits

Life size self-portrait

The students chose a traditional outfit from the country of their choice. The student was traced and then he or she drew and painted the outfit.

Picasso inspired self-portrait

My sample for a lesson on cubism using the students profile to create the cubist effect of seeing a person or object from more than one point of view at a time.

Egyptian Self-Portrait

The students used their own profiles, geometric shapes, and bright colors to create a self portrait in the style of ancient Egyptian art.

Complementary Color Design

Color Mixing- Painting

The painting goes from one color to its complement, through a primary color.

Folk Art- Mexico

Decorative Pottery based on Mexican pottery designs.

Reflections- Water Color

My sample for a lesson on symmetry.

Background for Spring Program

The students worked in teams to create these giant butterflies. Teamwork and painting big areas with big brushes was the point of this lesson.

Bulletin Board Outside of Gym

Together Everyone Achives More! These are the school colors. The medium is collage.

Shapes Calendar

Design one square for each month using only shapes. Collage has a calendar that can be changed in the middle.

Surrealist Collage

My sample for lesson on Surrealism and collage.

Surrealist Collage

My sample for a lesson on surrealism using collage as a medium.

Action Painting!

To experience the subject of action painting the students tap a ball that has been rolled in paint to each other. They can actually create a painting that records the action of the painting tool (ball- brushes are not the only painting tool!)

Student work based on Matisse

Mixed Media based on Matisse

Matisse's interior paintings include a window which adds a feeling of depth as it suggests there is more beyond the room. (My sample)

Student work based on Matisse

In the style of Georgia O'Keefe

Students looked at artificial flowers while composing these paintings. The flowers needed to touch the edge in at least three places.

In the style of Georgia O'Keefe

Students looked at artificial flowers while composing these paintings. The flowers needed to touch the edge in at least three places

Line - Mixed Media

Glue line with tempra paint added. (My sample.)

Printmaking - Kindergarten

Color Mixing- Pre-K

Printmaking- Castles

These castles were "built" using sponge shapes which were dipped in paint and pressed onto the paper to create the building.

Mural- Kindergarten collaboration

The students drew the pictures on regular copy paper. I enlarged them using a projector. The students were then able to paint their drawings, only BIG!

Kindergarten Mural

A single artist drew this and then, once it was enlarged, chose "assistants" to help paint it. The final painting was about 3' x 5'.

First Grade Mural

First Grade Mural

This one was made by one very ambitious and patient artist!

First Grade Collage Mural

Each child in the first grade class cut shapes out of red, blue, or yellow paper. Then one at a time they found a place on the mural to glue their shapes and scraps (negative and positive shapes.)

Collage in the Style of Matisse

Each student made his or her own collage using organic shapes and "scraps" he or she had cut out.

Planning sketches

Planning sketches for papier mache maracas

And Here Are the Papier Mache Maracas!

Papier Mache Pineapple!

Papier Mache container

Mask in the Style of a Coconut Mask

My sample of a mask in the style of a Mexican Coconut mask. This one was made with papier mache and felt.

Two Sided Masks

Our faces make different shapes called expressions that show how we are feeling. The students used foam shapes to create an expression each side of the mask.

Two Sided Masks

Embellished Mask

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Cartooning- expressions (my sample)

Create a pattern using line

Scratch Board using Pattern

Collaborative Grid Painting

Each 7th grader was given a small square with shapes on it. The student had to replicate the square as close to the original as possible on a larger square, and then paint it. The squares were then put together on a grid according to the number on the back of the original small square. When the squares were all together this dragon appeared!

3-D sphere created from paper cups

Pop Art

Each Student created a GIANT m&m soft sculpture. Then we placed them in the lobby of the school changing the way we look at a little snack!

Pop Art!

The students worked in teams to create these GIANT soft sculptures of familiar lunch items. The sculptures were then put in the lobby of the school making a very ordinary lunch extraordinary!

Wire Sculpture- 3-D line