Virtual Visual Art Inservice

 It's that time of year! That time where you are made to attend district trainings when all you want to do is work in your classroom.  Sometimes you can do both! This was my work area during our art in-service. This is not to say that I didn't enjoy the virtual visual art in-service, but I had to get some things done!! What has your desk looked like as you were preparing for the school year?

  

Peacock-A-Palooza Part 2: Paper Marbling

Shaving Cream & Liquid Watercolor  

(You can also use acrylic, tempera, food coloring, or even Kool-Aid to create the color.)  

We made available Sharpie, gems, feathers, beads, colored glue, and other crafting items to embellish their marbleized peacocks.  So fun to see the variety of ideas. REMEMBER...these were created by art teachers.

PD Day Projects: "The Pout Pout Fish" Inspired Craft Wars

Have you seen Craft Wars?!?  I really want to be on it!!  We have decided to do a one hour Craft Wars at the start of each PD Day(we have 5 this year).  We have random supplies laid out...and give the teachers a few objectives that must be accomplished in their creation!  My wife actually gave me this idea!! The teachers that attended our PD Day on Assessment/Grading yesterday created these beautiful works while listening to The Pout Pout Fish.  My friend Janet and I were leading the workshop..and we had to find a way to work that into the day!!! ha ha  Every elementary art teacher should have this book in their classroom library! I did a dramatic reading(really..just how I normally read..ha) while teachers were getting underway with their project.  We only told them that their must be a fish...there must be an environment...and craftsmanship must be excellent!  I know that the images you are looking at do not look like The Pout-Pout Fish.  HOWEVER...I am not really a fan of copying images from other artists.  So this is inspired...not a copy.   This work was later a part of the grading/assessment portion of our day.  

MNPS ART INSERVICE 2011

This is Janet(Ms. Malone) & I at inservice today!  We always help out in the morning with registration....and like to "dress up" to bring a smile to people's faces.

Art teachers really have a hard time just setting there listening!  Though..to be fair...there was a lot of setting there listening.  BRING ON THE CLAY!!!!!!!!!!

We created clay fish & used slip to paint them.  Take a moment to look through the pictures...there are some awesome fish!!!!! 

This is my fish!

This was at The Frist Center for the Visual Arts.  We were listening to a presentation on the Egyptian exhibit that will be arriving soon.  It was interesting, but we were all wanting to get to the gallery to see the Warhol exhibit(AND WAS IT EVER AMAZING!!!!!!).