Paint Stick & Pastel Pumpkins

 We have been painting & talking about color, color mixing, blending..etc.  I thought it would be fun to try to transfer the ideas into an oil pastel pumpkin.  We used paint sticks for the background & oil pastels for the pumpkin.  I told them they had to use the background color in the pumpkin as well. 

TGE Scarecrow at Cheekwood: Lady Rosinfair

Every year Cheekwood Gardens has their Cheekwood Harvest festival and invites area schools & organizations to create scarecrows to go along their garden pathway.  This year the theme was botanicals grown at the gardens.  I selected the Rosinweed.  Imagine a very tall yellow daisy type flower (I had not heard of it before?!?).  Last year was my first year to participate...and I learned a lot through my mistakes.  It will be up till the first of Nov.  Scroll down to read the amazing story my 2nd graders came up with. 

Lady Rosinfair  (inspired by the Rosinweed)

Lady Rosinfair came to life when a magical princess longed for a friend cast a spell on her favorite flower. They danced together as the breezes blew, shared secrets in the sunlight, and played together in the rain.  (based on ideas from second graders at TGE) 

 

Halloween Fun At School

 

Pumpkin Tints

Students worked on creating tints for their pumpkins they created in tempera paint. Next class time we will create more pumpkins using watercolor pencil focusing on shades. I’m still trying to give students the opportunity to explore media & techniques they missed out on while we were virtual (our school was virtual for about 1/2 the year last year, and and 1/3 of our students were virtual for the entire year).

 

#turkeyaday21 is coming!!

JOIN THE FUN!!!

I wasn't going to do #turkeyaday this year, but my kids (the ones at home) just wouldn't hear of it!! They love seeing the turkeys I create, and often join in a few times during the month. 

I'd love for you, your family, and your students to join in as much or as little during the month of November. Post to social media with the hashtags: #turkeyaday #turkeyaday21 #novartchallenge #artchallenge 

I'll be checking on everyone's posts...and may repost some of your work on my social media!! 

 

Picasso Scarecrows

I love doing Picasso Scarecrows in the fall. I don’t do holidays in my classroom because I do not wish for any child to be excluded because of their religious beliefs/practices. We will do leaves, pumpkins, and scarecrows.  With Dora Maar by Picasso as our inspiration, the students creat their wacky scarecrows. They are each so unique!! 

 

Staff Fall Paint Night

It has been 2 years since we had a faculty/staff paint night at my school.  I had cellulitis, we had a tornado, a global pandemic...lots of things kind of got in the way!  One thing I knew...we had to bring paint night back!!! It is such a wonderful time for faculty/staff to enjoy one another's company, decompress, laugh, and a whole lot more!!  I have my teacher donate a couple dollars and I furnish all all the paint and canvases.  I create stencils (this year with the help of my practicum students) that allow those a little less confident with their drawing skills to feel successful.  I encourage everyone to do their own thing, and I float around the room and help them if they run into trouble.  We have hair drier stations set up so that they can do a quick dry to get to their next layer.  If you aren't doing paint nights at your school...think about giving it a try!  It really allows others to see you as an art educator...in a new light! 

Ms. King was so proud of her beautiful painting!! She has always come to the paint nights but struggled to finish her work and get it to a place that she really loved.  This was her paint night though...she finished her work and it was wonderful!!! 

 

Kindergarten Leaves

I read the book, Autumn's First Leaf to begin my class. It not only touches on fall themes, but emotions as well.we have done collage before...so I reviewed safety with scissors, proper glue use, and size expectations. After students completed their work, they were responsible for cleaning up their areas and putting away their collage supplies. We then had a descussion about emotions. I had them make the face of the emotion they said & then tell me how they could draw it. I would demo of my document camera what they were saying. This gave the glue time to dry enough that they would be able to draw and color on their leaves.  I felt they turned out great. So expressive!

#turkeyaday18: Nov 9

Day 9 is here...and this guy is not trying to hide!! ha ha
Hope you all are enjoying the turkeys this year!!

#turkeyaday18: Nov 6

Maybe I'm hungry??

#turkeyaday18 is well underway...but it isn't too late to join in the fun!! 

Come create with us...and post on social media.  Don't forget to use the hashtag & tag me @ArtWithMrE as well!

#turkeyaday18 : Nov 5

Art teachers at any grade level....#turkeyaday18 would be a good opportunity to teach your students about humor in art!  Have an awesome day!!

#turkeyaday18: Nov 2

Nov. 2nd is here...and so is my second turkey!!

Do you know the theme yet?  Do you know who this is??

If nothing else...I'm cracking myself up!

Never too late to join in!! If you can't do every day...just create & post as often as you can! Check out others participating on Twitter & Instagram with the hashtag #turkeyaday18.

#turkeyaday18: Nov 1st

Every year I've done a different "theme" for my turkeys, and this year will be no different!  Though...you might not guess the theme till Nov 2nd or 3rd?!?! ha ha 

WHO IS JOINING IN ON THE FUN!!!

DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE #turkeyaday18...



Fall Trees: Kindergarten

My Kindergartners are growing so quickly! 
   I was worried about the start of the school year when I heard that the classes were all going to be around 26 or 27 students.  We were use to smaller numbers in years past.  Though they've turned out to be a WONDERFUL group...I still am careful when planning my lessons. 
You have to consider class size + materials + ability + storage!

I start every Kindergarten lesson with a book....and have a ton of fall inspired stories!! 

PROJECT

The students were given light blue construction paper.  They were first asked to draw three  rectangles evenly spaced(I showed them to have a hand space between each tree.) that touched the bottom & went up toward the middle of the page.  This might seem like a bit much to ask of Kindergartners, but they can do it with a demo prior to starting.  

From the top of the rectangle to the top of the page, students are asked to create thin rectangles that go up diagonally.  Yes...I use the words diagonal, horizontal, and vertical starting the first day of class!  If you use it...so will they!  After students completed their drawing they were instructed to obtain a crayon box for their table....and use a brown or grey crayon to color their trees.  Last, I gave each table a trey with red & yellow tempera.  They used Q-Tips to apply the paint.  We also talked about what red & yellow make....and discussed warm colors.  

YEP!  I PACK AS MUCH AS I CAN INTO AN HOUR!!!