Rousseau glue and oil pastel toucans by 1st

Glue (dry) and oil pastel on black paper: always a hit!!

Composition drawings

these were done by the 5th graders in order to practice their composition skils before starting their photography projects. this lesson was taught by my student teacher.

Henri Rousseau Jungle Paintings

these paintings were taught by my student teacher. they turned out beautifully. the jungle background were painted with tempera and the animals were colored with oil pastels.

Model Magic Ladybugs

model magic is the way to go when doing clay with kinder. there's no mess at all and it's easy to work with. i highly recommend it!!

Elements and Principles of Art

Elements and Principles of Art Drawing Kit for $5. Comes with detailed day-by-day unit plan, multiple PowerPoint presentations, student examples, and video links. This unit is based on many daily lessons, that end in a completed artwork. The unit is approximatley 12 45 minute art classes.

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Miro Paintings using Secondary Colors-1st grade

Abstract Stained Glass WaterColor Paintings by 2nd

Clay Zapotec Rug Plaques by 1st

Sleeping Self-Portrait by Kinder

Let Freedom Ring! Flags

Let Freedom Ring (Black History Celebration) 4th and 5th graders. Adapted from a lesson by a fellow art teacher.

Tallest Ice Cream Cones-1st grade

Tallest Ice Cream Cones by 1st graders
got theideas for these from oodles of art:
http://oodlesofart.blogspot.com/2009/03/tallest-ice-cream-cone-1st-grade.html

Warm/Cool Cubist Portraits by 2nd grade

Kandinsky Concentric Circle paintings by Kinder

Got the idea for these paintings from another great resource:

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2009/12/kandinsky-circles-mural.html

Fruit still-life by 1st grade

Foreshortening Self-Portrait

5th grade students created foreshortening self-portrait paintings. Here is a detailed description of how these are created from another art teacher's blog http://oodlesofart.blogspot.com/2009/04/falling-back-in-space-portraits-3rd.html

City at night collage

1st graders created a city at night collage. They started by drawing a night sky on a 9"x18" piece of black construction paper. They used crayola construction paper crayons. Next we discussed that the basic shape of most buildings is a rectangle. I showed them how to cut a rectangle from a piece of construction paper. Then I showed them how to change to tops of the building by cutting the top corners. After that they glued their buildings and added details. They added details with construction paper and construction paper crayons.

excited about bloggin

Hi! I'm an art teacher from Austin, TX. I have been teaching for 11 years. This is my 10th year teaching elementary. I taught for one year at middle school. I'm very glad to be back in elementary!! I'm excited about sharing my art lessons and those of others that my students have had success with. Here are some other blogs I have found that i think are truly awesome:

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org

http://deepspacesparkle.blogspot.com

http://oodlesofart.blogspot.com/