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Tar Beach
Originally posted on Amazing Art Teacher: For Black History month in February I teach my students about the African American artist Faith Ringgold and her style of art, which was Quilting. My favorite story to do is Tar Beach. I have my students imagine that they can fly, and ask them to draw themselves flying… Read more
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Sharks of the Ocean
One of my many door designs. I did this to motivate my students. I showed them a inspirational video by Demarjay Smith https://youtu.be/bniI8NUwoRU This kid is awesome. Moral of the story is you have to work hard and never give up. Don’t put yourself down, always keep yourself up. As long as you keep that… Read more
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Name that Alien
Symmetrical Name Monsters PROCESS: Students write their name in block or bubble style letters, making sure that all of the letters are attached to one another and to the fold. Cut out the name around the perimeter of the letters. (Do not cut out each letter individually and do not cut out on the… Read more
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Collaborative Line Project
My second grade did this line project using the crayon resist technique. I painted the boards with the thick black lines and each team of students was given a board to use crayons to draw “The Lines of Design” (some were using color pencils) on the white space. Once the boards were all filled with… Read more
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LINE MONSTERS
I first read my 1st graders “The Straight Line Wonder”. I have them act out the book with movement using their bodies as if they were lines, they LOVE it! After reviewing all the famous lines, they are given black tempera paint to draw the lines. On day two once their lines have dried, they… Read more
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Owls
My first graders painted owls: Drawing Process: The owls body, including wings, head and ears Add skinny legs Add dots for the pupils Painting Process: White- owls body, including wings, head and ears Black- outline,skinny legs, pupils Black- add small feather strokes…little “u’s” White-Snowy background Lastly they were given a strip of brown construction paper to… Read more
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Bugs in a Jar
My 2nd Graders learned how to draw different types of insects. They first traced a template of a jar. Then they drew their bugs inside the jar. I then had them trace their drawing with a black oil pastel/ black crayons will also work. Then they used watercolors to paint their bugs and their jar.… Read more
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