Teacher Reflections: Finished Chuck Close Paintings
As my Jr. High artists were working on their large Chuck Close influenced paintings, I began to notice how they were losing focus. Some...
Teacher Reflections: Plaster Hands Slide Show
My 8th Grade artists were challenged to plaster sculpt their hands, and then create a sculpture with that hand. Some of these students...
Teacher Reflections: Chuck Close Paintings
I can honestly say I have no idea what happened to this week. It seemed to zip by in a blur. So, I'm only able to talk about the latest...
Teacher Reflections: Kiss the Paper
Running down to the last few weeks of Jr. High, we pushed to finish our Plaster Hand Sculptures. The neat aspect of this project was to...
Teacher Reflections: 2 Days = 1 Image
This week was just 2 days long due to Thanksgiving, but we stayed busy in the artroom. All I can show for this week are the Tinted...
Teacher Reflections: BLOG BONUS!!
So, after an emotionally draining and downright discouraging week, I had a couple of bright spots at the tail end. As I went into my...
Teacher Reflections: Hands on Art
There is a lot of painting going on this week in the art room. And, with all of that painting, there is a lot of learning how to clean...
Teacher Reflections: Some Changes to Old Projects
Sometimes yearly projects tend to run stale after a long time, so I try to change it a little bit. Here are 2 projects that got a little...
Teacher Reflections: Why can't we just make pictures?
This was one busy, whirlwind, art-making sorta week. I got my Kindergarteners to paint a wonderful Jungle border as the base of their...
