Successful Sub Lesson
For a sub lesson I had to leave for students to complete, I chose to leave them a special drawing assignment. I showed them the Mona Lisa, Girl with a Pearl Earring, American Gothic, and a Frida Kahlo and asked them to give them a 2018 make-over. There have been some artistic renderings of famous […]
Printing on Paper Versus Fabric
I had my students in Art 3 and 4 creating etchings on Plexiglas. They learned how to print them using a printing press. The prints for the most part looked great. The students had a really large learning curve when it came to printing using the etching method. The paper has to wet, the ink […]
Student Responsibilities
I have been struggling with this and my high school students. I nag them, remind them, and they still don’t finish in time or don’t follow my directions. But I have quickly learned that the students just have to learn to be responsible for themselves. I’m not their mother. I’m not their maid. So I […]
Giving Students Alternative Assignments
Something that I’ve quickly learned in my high school placement is that alternative assignments are your best friend. As I’ve taught these students, I noticed how many of them have no interest in the subject matter or medium. Now for some, I am able to tweak something to make it work for them, but there […]
Printmaking Press!
I loved teaching students about the printmaking press and students loved using it. Their collagraph prints turned out amazing and they were fascinated with the system and finding the perfect amount of pressure for their plate. Everyone should invest in a quality press for their classroom where ever that may be!
School Art Show!
My secondary placement had an art show for their school on a Friday night. Every student that had taken any art class that year had at least one piece of art in the show. Many had two or three! We showcased over a thousand art pieces on long pieces of paper and then stuck them […]
Soft Sculptures
My high school students have completed their final project. This was a multiple step project. The students started out by learning how to weave by making some simple samples. Then we moved on to created personalized weavings using the techniques we had learned. The students were required to create at least two weavings. We then […]
Pedestals!
This is really neat way my school decided to make pedestals for their county and school art shows. They were easy and inexpensive to construct, kids painted them black, they are light in weight, and they stack inside each other for easy storage. neato!
8th Grade Stop Motion Animation
8thGrade Stop Motion Animation Student in 8thgrade Digital Media Art & Design created stop motion animation music videos! First, we talked a bit about the history of stop motion and shared a few examples of different styles of stop motion. Then students got into groups of three and picked a song to animate. I assigned […]
7th Grade Linoleum Block Printing
In Art 7, students working on a relief printmaking unit using linoleum. For most students, this was their first experience printmaking so we spent the first couple classes go through the types of printmaking and sketching out designs that included blocks of positive and negative space. We talked about breaking up the space of the […]