Creating Art

After collecting leaves of various shapes and sizes from the school grounds, I discussed with my first grade art students why leaves change ...

"There is a vitality, a lifeforce, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of...

2nd grade students created these Giant Crocs!  Elementary age students (I can only speak for them) have a very hard time drawing BIG.  This...

Teacher Example First graders learned about insects and their body parts in art.  We talked about how an insects body is the same on both s...

Fifth graders learned about Optical Illusions.  We created these simple designs, by dividing our paper into eight sections and drawing lin...

Fourth Graders learned about radial designs- any type of balanced design based on a circle.  We looked at rose windows and mandalas for insp...

My third grade students made these beautiful nature weavings.  It has been beautiful weather here the last couple of weeks, a perfect time t...