Emotion Flowers: Collage

I thought these turned out so cute! The kids loved making them and felt successful. I had  examples of eyes & mouths showing a variety of emotions. I feel now more than ever that collage is an important lesson to teach and reteach to improve eye/hand coordination.& dexterity. 

 

From Winter Wonderland to Gnome Village!

As spring arrived in Middle TN, my students created a new collaborative board. This time we made a Gnome Village!  Each class made different parts for the board. It is so fun watching them find the things that they created.  

Jazzing Up Portraits

 I always try to have students create portraits several times a year.  However, this can become a bit monotonous for students (and teachers).  Adding in an unreal colors version puts a little pep in that lesson's step!  Neon tempera cakes might be something you can add to your portrait lesson rotation.  

 

#turkeyaday25: Review

I've been doing #turkeyaday for some time now.  It is fun for me to come up with different ways to approach it each year.  It also keeps me being creative & creating in my life outside of teaching art. 

 This year I combined two ideas....Disney Bounding & Squishmallow Turkeys. 

Here are the turkey's I created during Nov.

How many can you guess? 

(ps... The way Blogger uploads photos now...they may not be in order. I don't have the bandwidth to reorganize them.) 

       

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Monochromatic Flower Paintings

My first graders are rocking this monochromatic painting lesson. No drawing. All painting.They were scared at first...but totally proud at the end!!

I did a tiktok about the "process" & placed it on IG. Find me @ArtWithMrE

 

Old Project/New Place

Art Educators and Art Education Professors...there is an amazing resource coming out in just a couple more weeks. So much information contained in these pages. Written by a friend and art educator I have the utmost respect for!! Check it out on Amazon. 

 

Testing Dollar Tree Acrylic Markers

I was testing Crafter Square & PrimeArt Acrylic Markers (purchased at Dollar Tree) The 

Crafter Square has a finer point, but better opacity. PrimeArt has a slightly thicker point, but needed two coats to match Crafter Square. Not bad though...and great if you have young artists at home.