Fall Projects

This Fall we have been busy studying about the seasons, line, shape, and texture. Below are some crayon rubbings the students made. They made their own pumpkins, and face pieces out of cardboard for the rubbings. Then they decorated the foreground and background

We made these haunted houses silhouettes with watercolor, and black tempra paint. Students practice having control of their brush for fine details.

I found this idea online at www.ourartlately.blogspot.com

We got out the chalk pastels with second and third grade to create these pumpkin patches. Students had to overlap pumpkins, shade with analogus colors, and overlap the leaves. They loved this and they came out beautiful!

We have been learning alot about pumpkins and why they are special. I have read them LOTS of pumpkin books and we even tasted pumpkin bread and I told them all to try IHOP’s pumpkin pancakes! I have been indulging in Starbuck’s pumpkin spice latte every Tuesday. I just LOVE the Fall!!

students loved making our 3d spooky houses, and they were very creative this year.

kinder and first grade drew and painted scarecrows. They thought it was funny that scarecrows don’t really work. I told them it was a symbol of harvest and students learned about how this time of year is so important to farmers and how people celebrate harvest all over the world.! We looked at the painting Garden Scarecrow by Erin Dertner

The students drew a scarecrow with crayons, drew the background, then colored the sky with fall coloed tempra paint, for a harvest sunset. They drew different kinds of hats, shirts, and decorations. Some were in a pumpkin patch, others in a corn field, or both! After the paint dried, they went over some of the lines with oil pastels to brighten them up a bit.

I know the lesson below isn’t Fall, but the kids have had so much fun with it. It is the easiest lesson too. We first studied Op Art. We looked at many examples online. Then the students drew these spheres

after they draw the spheres, they create a checker board background using a ruler

We extended the lesson to add them on our radial designs. Here is the lesson I posted last year for that… http://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2009/12/radial-design.html

Awesome Lesson!!

check out this awesome lesson with creating unique art with home made stamps from www.filthwizardry.com

Check out the full post here http://www.filthwizardry.com/2010/09/plasticine-stamp-printing.html

The pictures below are from her blog

I made the leaves and petals and stamped a sunflower with them, which Carys coloured in. Ffion had a go at making her own sunflower.

The cool thing about stamping the letters in negative was that the kids could colour them in with pencils after.

Okay friends, here is MY attempt at this…

I got the letters and lots of cool textures ready and told the kids how we were going to make our stamps, went over the lesson and found that my ink pads were all dried out.

Not to fret, I poured some india ink on each one. That is how art teachers have to improvise right?

Well my next step was the clay….hmmm, surprise!!, the clay is gone!! I guess the summer school or after school art kids used it…so at least I have some of this obscure weird crayola wet set clay that is moss green, that should work.

Well…our stampers weren’t quite as pretty as hers, lets put it that way. We had plenty of interesting textures, but I think I will have to buy some plasticine clay for next time!!

Do you hate these silly bands like me?

Well I thought they would be great to press into the clay to make stampers. They ARE shapes, right? We will try this tommorrow!!

Today I got an email telling me that my blog had won something. I am flattered and hope I live up to this title!
Here is the e-mail and links to other WONDERFUL art blogs to check out!

Top Art Teacher Blogs, South Region

Around the world, children are attending schools, opening books in order to open their minds. Learning not only quenches the mind of its thirst for knowledge, but it is the quintessential building block for advancement throughout life. And at the center of this important activity are teachers. They are the facilitators to help the world's children thrive. Yet, this under appreciated task goes unnoticed more often than not. Well, we here at Teacher Salary Info are taking charge by recognizing our teachers and the amazing job they do. With the advancements of education into the technology age, more and more teachers are taking their classrooms to the virtual realm. Teachers are now maintaining blogs not only for class discussions, but using the internet as a tool for homework, tests, and announcements. And so we present to you our award winning blogs that each have a unique perspective to give on education, and take the utmost care in ensuring that their children they teach excel in the world of academia.

So please join me in congratulating our Top Art Teacher Blogs, South Region.

• Snippety Gibbet

• Art With Miss Rachel

• Art With Mr. E

• Ms. Art Teacher

• Texas Art Teacher

• Elementary Art Fun

• St. Martha Catholic School Artists

• Tishalou

• Miz Patti's Art Room

• Art At Herod

• Art and the First Year Teacher

• MNPS Chiuly Art Lessons

• Art Gallery

• The Small Art Teacher Blog

• WKE Art Smarts

• Bolivia Arts

• Elementary Artist

• Murch Art with Miriam Cutelis

• Abbotts Hill Art Studio

• Art Talk from Mrs. Woodlief

• Art at WHS

• Lake Hamilton Art

• Riverwood AP Studio Art

Congratulations on being one of our Top Art Teachers, South Region. Your blog was amazing in our eyes, providing your students and their parents with all of the necessary information required to succeed. We know that you will continue to keep up the amazing work you do in educating children. As a token of our appreciation, we present to you our awards badge. You can display this badge on your blog to signify your win, and to let your class know that you were recognized as a Top Teacher in your region!

Favorite Halloween activity

http://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2009/11/spooky-houses.html

here is a link to a blog I wrote last year for my favorite Halloween/Fall activity

We are making them again this year since it was such a huge success!