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Desert Sunsets 🌅
My 4th Grade girls learned how to paint silhouettes. They first used red and yellow paint to blend the background sunset. They then painted camels and palm trees with black paint. My 1st graders made deserts in a box. I found this idea on Pinterest and fell in love with it. Great for teaching foreground,… Read more
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Cave Art
2nd Grade Learned all about cave art. Students were given examples of animals and symbols to draw on butcher paper, they then colored with oil pastels. The best part was telling them they had to crumble their work up. Finally they signed their work with their hand print and white paint. I then created this… Read more
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Wayne Thiebaud
1st Grade Wayne Thiebaud primary color inspired Ice Cream cones. students traced their hands to create scoops of ice cream, then drew and cut out triangle for cone. 2nd Grade Wayne Thiebaud inspired Gum ball Machines. Read more
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City at Night
1st grade used white paint to make stars and moon on black construction paper. They then cut out shapes and glued them on paper to create houses and buildings resembling their community. I absolutely love how these came out. Read more
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Falling For Foreshortening
My 4th graders really enjoyed this lesson. After tracing their hands and feet, they drew and colored themselves as astronauts. Then they painted the background black and used oil and chalk pastels for stars, planets, UFO’s, etc. Read more
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Art Show 2017
ART EXHIBITION 2017 in the UAE! 🇦🇪🙌🏽 I gave each student a circle in which they had to draw a radial design then cut in fourths and paste on the corners of a square sheet of card stock. I then put them all together to make this beautiful mural piece for the front… Read more
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Emoji Exit Table
Place your Completed Exit Ticket Here! I collect the Exit Tickets daily and write comments, then I give my students an Emoji sticker, stating how I feel they did on the lesson and place it in their mailbox. This is also a great way to collect data and your students will love it. A fun… Read more
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Welcome to Japan
KONICHIWA! My goal is to give my students memorable experiences and not just teach lessons. I want them to learn about different cultures and develop an appreciation. My “Welcome to Japan” lesson is part of my “Art around the world unit. They will learn about Japanese Art, language, clothes, food, culture and traditions. Before they… Read more
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“Praise isn't flattery. It's fuel. I point to the win…however small, because a student who can't see their own power won't take a real risk….And I need them to feel safe enough to try.”
Amazing Art Teacher 