Tag Archives: Drawing

More Zendalas, Please

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 5:  Exploring Pattern with Zendalas This was a quick lesson to fill in with the grade 5’s as the 4’s were working on their Medieval castles.  There was less instruction on my part than the last time I taught … Continue reading →

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Pattern & Communication: Wampum Belts

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 6:  Designing Their Own Wampum Belts   The teacher asked me to do an art project that would connect with the class’s work on Canadian indigenous cultures.  It had to be a relatively simple and quick lesson, as the … Continue reading →

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Juanita, Hot and Cool

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 3/4:  Draw a Chicken; Bring On the Pastels! Session 1 Once again it was time to bring in our prettiest chicken, Juanita, to another classroom of delighted students (“We have a chicken in our class!”).  This is always a show … Continue reading →

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Trees of Life

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3:  Their Own Tree of Life   This was a quick project near the end of the year that I put to the grade 2/3’s.  I intended for them to have one more class period to complete them, but … Continue reading →

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Everybody Digs Jasper Johns (and Bill Evans)

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3 Colour Wash Alphabets I have to say that these are some of my favourite results in teaching art so far.  That may be oversimplifying it, but I just never get tired of these ones!  You may notice that … Continue reading →

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Starry Night / Advent Banners

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 6 / Starry Night over Bethlehem I  was asked to do something for Advent with the grade 6 class at St. Michael Catholic School.  So I started with a reading from the Gospels, describing the star that marked the … Continue reading →

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What if a Giant SOMETHING Came to Town?!

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3:  A Lesson in Perspective Duration:  1 1/2 double periods We were talking about creating the illusion of distance and space using the relationship between size and fore, middle, and background.  What is the difference in the size of … Continue reading →

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Drawing Cylinders, Drawing Snakes

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 5 / Drawing Snakes The idea was to draw cylinders using a light source to render them 3 dimensional.  So, why not make them snakes?  Snakes coming out of the frame, even?! (Psst.  I found the idea at Fine … Continue reading →

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Start with a Dot

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 1/2: This was a little free project at the tail end of a class.  We were finishing up another, and I had my daughter with me that day, sooo … I had Leah take the kids who were finished … Continue reading →

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The More of Paper Masks

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 5 Paper Masks:  Taking it Further Part II. Class 5 & 6.  Just when they thought they were finished with masks, I had them work with them one more time.  The teacher and I paired up the students, with … Continue reading →

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