RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY ART: 1st Grade-Owl Moon

RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY ART: 1st Grade-Owl Moon: The 1st Grade students created artworks based on the book, "Owl Moon" by Jane Yolen and John Schoenherr. They worked on creating a collaged...

RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY ART: 2nd Grade-Jasper Johns Number Quilt

RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY ART: 2nd Grade-Jasper Johns Number Quilt: The 2nd Grade students created a brilliant numeric artwork through the study of Jasper Johns. We looked at examples of Johns' work and noti...

RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY ART: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY ART: The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Taking inspiration from Eric Carle, the 1st Grade classes have created giant caterpillars that are climbing on the walls. I like to begin...

Art Project Girl: Easy Project You Can Do Tomorrow: Crazy Color Whee...

Art Project Girl: Easy Project You Can Do Tomorrow: Crazy Color Whee...: I know we've all agreed (most of us anyways) that Kindergarten is one of the toughest grades to make good lessons for. This was a hit. For b...

Art Project Girl: Monarch Lifecycle Illustrations

Art Project Girl: Monarch Lifecycle Illustrations: This is for MJ who couldn't wait to see the lifecycle part of the project (see how to make the monarch prints in previous post.) I can't wai...

Art Project Girl: Easy Project You Can Do Tomorrow: Monarch Prints

Art Project Girl: Easy Project You Can Do Tomorrow: Monarch Prints: This project I guarantee will get you some ooooohs and ahhhhhs from your first grade artists and some squeals of excitement when they make t...

Art Project Girl: Easy Project You Can Do Tomorrow: Line Fish

Art Project Girl: Easy Project You Can Do Tomorrow: Line Fish: I found an old art book in my room with a picture of this. . . Example from old art text book. I had to try it with my "extra" 1/2 hou...

Chumley/Scobey Art Room: 2nd Grade: Morris Louis"Drips"

Chumley/Scobey Art Room: 2nd Grade: Morris Louis"Drips": Well, I decided to do this at the last minute today because I keep getting bored! Anyway, we looked at the Color Field painter, Louis Morri...

Chumley/Scobey Art Room: A Rainbow of Faces

Chumley/Scobey Art Room: A Rainbow of Faces: Monochromatic S e l f - P o r t r a i t s ! For our first project, I've decided to test the waters and do a pre-assessment project with a ...

Clutter-Free Classroom: Listening Look - classroom management series

Clutter-Free Classroom: Listening Look - classroom management series: This post is part of my Classroom Management Series. Click h ere to read other posts from the series.
Listening Look At the start of the...

Field Elementary Art Blog!: 1st Grade Suns with Personality

Field Elementary Art Blog!: 1st Grade Suns with Personality: First grade artists enjoyed learning that different cultures sometimes have different kinds of folk tales. We talked a little bit...

Field Elementary Art Blog!: Ugly Bugs

Field Elementary Art Blog!: Ugly Bugs: To start these "ugly bugs", the kindergartners first listened to the story The Very Ugly Bug by Liz Pichon . In the book, an "ugly"...

Field Elementary Art Blog!: Alexander Calder Inspired Circus Animal Sculptures...

Field Elementary Art Blog!: Alexander Calder Inspired Circus Animal Sculptures...: Our second grade artists just completed a unit about American sculptor Alexander Calder's Circus. Before introducing the lesson to the...