Monthly Archives: October 2012

Ola! Mexican Guitars!

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3:  Drawing and Painting Guitars (2 double period classes) To start, I brought in a couple of visuals.  Some pictures of brightly coloured Mexican guitars, along with the equally colourful musicians who play them AND my friend Brian’s custom … Continue reading →

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Fall Leaves on an Autumn Day

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3:  Tissue Paper Leaves         This was a great first lesson, with me as the ‘guest artist’ coming into this class, one fine October day.  How nice to meet this lovely group of kids, and to … Continue reading →

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Exploring Cubism

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 7/8  Abstraction in Cubism Session 1: I gave the class a brief introduction to one of the most important movements in Art in the last century:  Cubism!  I talked about the idea of abstraction (isn’t all Art just that? … Continue reading →

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The NameTangle Game

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3:  Doodling Around With Their Names This was great as a first Art Project for the year.  Some students were new to me, but many had done Art with me the year before.  We talked about different kinds of … Continue reading →

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