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Our Vikings are a burly type!   spears and grins....  bows and curls...  Bad teeth and all!  Check out the flowers being painted in the field  This little guy is getting ready to fell a tree!  Students added details and painted around their Viking.  Seriously, Could this guy be any cuter? Mural Board -This is were we create our magical

Who doesn’t love a sweet grandma with lots of patterns? Babushka is grandmother in Russian. What makes it a babushka? Why it is the scarf around her head. 4th grade students created these precious little characters. They loved adding the design and facial features to them. We read the book by Patricia Polacco, Babushka Baba Yaga.  My students were delighted with this story and her

 Monet Waterlilies paintings created by 3rd grade artists. Inspirational Board Students looked at the Monet inspirational board. We discussed the difference between hardy and tropical waterlilies.  Hardy water lilies can live in cold climates and usually have white,  yellow or pink flowers. Tropical lilies have more delicate flower petal colors and are usually purples and

A while back I posted about having recyclables floating  around your art room or studio.  Are you a person who has many items “stuff” in a closet at home ready to be used in a unique and creative way? Here is what we created with our recyclables.   Woodland Fairy Homes created by 10 and 11 year olds.  I found some old juice containers in my classroom and used them to create

This fabulous project was inspired by a dear friend of mine, Ginger, over here. I have done them before and loved them so much! Her project was done in 2009 and just like a fine wine, gets better with age! We added this project to our Fairy Tales and Fables Unit I read this delightful poem to my 2nd graders A wise old owl sat in an oak. The more he heard, the less he

Welcome to the beautiful architecture of St Basil's Cathedral. St Basil's is located in Moscow, Russia. The entire school's thematic unit is Fairy Tales and Fables, the older students are creating projects from the regions many fairy tales originated.  5th grade is creating projects inspired by architecture found in the countries of Russia and Germany. Day One: Students create 5

Say now! We have not had a winter storm all season long! Maybe just maybe these snowflakes will bring a Snow day! 6th grade students created these beautiful winter trees inspired by Goya and  his use of highlights and shadows.  Day One:  After we examined various works of art done by Goya, students created snow with torn paper and also added a light source from the left over scrap

The arts are a great place to incorporate math and literacy. In continuing with our Fairy Tale Unit over at Painted Paper we read the poem “The Queen of Hearts” and created our own Heart Tarts! We discussed symmetry, “the same on both sides”, and painted fun designs on the background. Week one: Read the Poem “Queen of Hearts” The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts all on a summer’s

Yep, this was my day! Cupcakes for my little girl's birthday, crayons and oil pastels at school. I hope you have a cupcake type of day! Laura :)

Hey Guys!  Jessica over at The Art of Education informed me that my blog has been selected as one of the finalists to win "Art Ed Blog of the Year!"  If you are like me all of the blogs are in my favorite blogs list! I am just excited that we are no longer by ourselves we have formed a GREAT community online which consists of art specialists, artists, and instructors who really love to teach

I love using little ones hands to create projects! We read the book Hedgie's Surprise by Jan Brett Week 1: This project was created by 3rd students who first used 12 x18 white drawing paper and made short scratch marks with oil pastels (Colors of the oil pastels were gray, black, white, orange, brown and various tans and neutrals.) Then students used vivid liquid watercolors to paint over

Who wouldn't want to live in a fairytale world of color? Students in 2nd grade created these beautiful castles made of paintedpaper. Week one: We looked at various castles and discussed analogous colors for a sky. (Look back at this post: liquid watercolors. The children loved the process of using vibrant watercolors on watercolor paper. They notice how the colors "bleed" into one another