back from my hiatus...

So, yesterday I was working at good old Festival and I saw Joel. He inspired me to post what I have been up to and why i have been gone for so long...

here are some photos of what my life has consisted of...Student Teaching at Onalaska Middle School and West Salem Elementary :)

enjoy


These two photos are from my 6th grade Calder inspired lesson. The students had a very large supply of materials and were able to create mobiles or stabiles inspired by the great Alexander Calder. These are two very well done projects.


These two photos are from 7th grade. The students talked about organic shapes and relating art to something large (ex. the desert) and create an organic sculpture without making it look exactly like that object important to them. Then each student wrote a paper about the event, object, or experience relating to their organic sculpture.


This last image is from the handbuilt clay project 8th grade did. I chose this particular project because this student actually smashed this clay to his face (with some willing help of my own) to make it just like his own face. Then he added a few elements to make it unique.

The next group of photos are from my Elementary experience. I taught A LOT of lessons here, so I do not have photos of all the projects we did just yet. But, here is a taste of a few.



This is from my Seasonal Still Life lesson plan. I read the 1st grade a book, talked about still life and we talked about the fact that a lot of artists do still life paintings. I added a seasonal element by having the students create winter or fall outside of their window behind the still life.

These photos were from a lesson about organic and geometric shapes. Obviously the geometric shapes were based of Piet Mondrian. This was also from 1st grade. The students enjoyed this project and also did very well.



This is from my Special Art Class. I only had 5 students and they were the biggest sweethearts. I talked briefly about Jackson Pollock and had them use marbles with paint to make spontaneous lines and also dripping paint off of a brush if they would like. This was a very successful project for this class.


Last but not least, Vincent Van Gogh. This was from my 2nd graders. We read and talked about Van Gogh. We talked about Starry Night and what the students noticed about the painting. Then each student got a black sheet of paper and drew a landscape or seascape with glue on the black paper. When the students came back to the next class period they filled in the whole sheet of paper with chalk and used blending techniques to make it look more like Van Gogh. This is the end result.

Well, that is all I have at the moment. I will take photos of some Kindergarten and 3rd grade stuff to add eventually. I hope I did not bore you too much!