Metal Repousse

Fourth grade is hard at work making Repousse art pieces on sheets of metal. They each received a 5"x5" metal piece and one piece of cardboard. They were using dull pencils/stencils to draw onto their metal. They pushed in with their pencils and then turned over their piece and did the same on the backside creating raised surfaces/texture. After they exhausted the metal sheet the colored with colorful Sharpies.

Clay Fish

Anything you can do we can do with AIR DRY CLAY!! This is a big one for me, I hate air dry clay, but I want my kids to have the clay experience soooooo, I give in and let them have clay!! I made fish templates and let them trace into their clay with toothpicks. Then they added texture to the clay. We left it for several weeks to dry because Texas weather is so humid. After fully dried we use acrylic craft paint to add all the color. I will go back and seal these with acrylic spray so it can be shiny. Love them. We also watch the Rainbow Fish storyline online! My First Graders love it!!

Folk Art Landscapes

2nd graders are using design elements of pattern, line and shape to create a Folk Art Landscape. They also drew rolling hills and painted with bright colors to add even more color!

Kinder Eggs

After watching Rechenka's Eggs the class decided to make their own eggs by creating designs using lines and shapes.

It's Mask Time

Our fourth graders have been hard at work creating masks of their own. We used plastic molds in the shape of a face and plaster gauze. After we covered the mask twice with wet gauze we were finished with construction, making sure we covered all the holes. After they were completely dry, which took a few days, we popped the mask off the mold and got to work painting. After all painting was done we added collage materials.

Kindergarten Portrait

We have decided to have kinders draw faces to see how far along they have come this year.

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I've decided to make a blog so I can document and share all of the things that I teach in my classroom. Through my journey as an art educator I have realized that sometimes its so much easier to alter a lesson than to come up with something completely original. I highly encourage to take what you find and also share what you see.