5 years!

I got my 5 year paperweight last week! It went by so fast. I have so many more great teaching years to come!

Penguin in the Summer

This was an end of the year project that the students did in 1-2 days. Their job was to draw a penguin and add a background that shows the penguin on summer vacation...Got a few sunburned penguins and some eating ice cream or at the pool. :)

Book Character 2013

This year for our annual book character dress up, I was from the book Big Bouffant.
I had so much fun with this!

I felt very creative for making my dress out of paper :)
All day long the kids asked if that was my real hair (It was a wig) :)

Paper Masks!

 5th and 6th graders made these great paper masks. Everything had to be made out of paper, and the mask had to be symmetrical. These were inspired from masks around the world. I love the uniqueness of each mask!

5th grade Oil Pastel and Watercolor Sea Turtles

These are done in watercolor with an oil pastel resist. First, students draw the turtles, then they create a design on the shell. Next, they color it with oil pastels. Finally, they paint the background with watercolors in blue and green to get that ocean like water. I've also done it where they crumple their paper up before they paint. I've omitted that step the last few times they have done this because some students are a little bit rough on that step. My 5th graders did these with my long term sub when I was gone! I think they turned out great!

Pop Art on Scratch Art paper

My 5th graders finished up the project where they used scratch art paper to design a Pop Art artwork in the style of Andy Warhol. Each student had to come up with a symbol about them and tell me why they drew that symbol. Here are some great examples...

NAEA Fort Worth!

My very first trip to NAEA!

It was a great experience and I got to see a few of my art teaching heroes!

 I made a hat (among other things)!

 I got to meet Andy Warhol at NAEA! :)