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Every year we have a school wide theme in our elementary school. We wear t-shirts that I design and everyone decorates their classroom with the same theme. This year’s theme is Space  with our mission statement being-  “Soaring to Success - L. Elementary Where Missions are Possible!”  My first graders are total ROCKSTARS!  Their excitement is so contagious that you just want them to

Hello there! Finally! I am back to school from the Arctic Freeze and Snowstorms of January. Yep, I taught only 9 days in January and part of February and some classes I have only seen once since Dec 20th! Yikes. Well, we have finally had a full week of school last week so students could get some projects done. :) If you are like me are you trying to find a different artist to inspire

Roses are red, Picasso was blue We love learning about Picasso and would like to show you! With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I thought I would re-post one of my favorite projects. My little artists created various projects inspired by Picasso's Rose Period.   Picasso painted with blue paint for 4 years until he met a wonderful lady, fell in love and started using

Sorry Guys, my posts have been few these past weeks because of all the state paperwork that we are now required to complete. It has been about 6-9 hours a week that this computer has been signed into Ohio Department of Education.  Yes, I have thus neglected other things, and have not been able to blog much.  So I will just do a little catch up!  If you are going to the Ohio Art Education

3rd grade students examined the beautiful painting that Georgia O'Keeffe created at her home in New Mexico  then created their own. History A long, homemade ladder used to lean against Georgia's house at Ghost Ranch so that she could climb up onto the roof and gaze out at the vast desert landscapes. Sometimes she would even climb up there several times a day. At night she would climb up

My First Grade students created these  Wonderfully Awesome Poppies  inspired by Miss Georgia herself. The students first looked at the colors found in the poppies painting then started right away putting down large brushstrokes and vivid analogous colors of orange and reds.   Step One  Make a dot in the center and pull the paint out to the edge of the paper. LOVE,  LOVE,