Goodbye 6th graders

Grades close as the 1st semester ends Friday.  Goodbye 6th graders. Thanks for doing your best and for making teaching for me enjoyable.  I will miss you as you head up stairs to Tech Ed. Good Luck and have fun making some cool things. I'll see you around. Feel free to come in and visit me and KEEP DRAWING.

Here I am to save the day!   HA! HA!

Some of our recent projects have been origami, mixing paint to make inventive colors, pouring plaster to create relief sculptures, objects made out of ceramic clay and "cups" that hold drink or food.  Stop into school to see what's being displayed on the walls, in the showcases and from the ceiling outside the cafeteria.

We are now beginning a drawing unit on various drawing techniques covering Contour drawing, Blind drawing and drawing Combined shapes to create the object. We are also learning to measure by holding a pencil just the way real artists do. Measuring has everything to do with fractions. It's a good way to keep math going strong.


Be prepared for some more of my educational art videos. Keep in mind, this is new for me so you might be in for a good laugh. I'll keep you posted.

Whew! Busy November!

November has been a good but busy month with Parent/Teacher conferences and art work moving in and out of the showcases and on and off the walls. Some work will be coming home while others remain on view. Please ask your children what they are working on at this time. Have a WONDERFUL holiday!

Silhouetted Landscapes On View

I have to say, the ceramic candy apples looked great in the showcase. The mirrors behind them gave a multiple effect. The light from above made the apples look bright and shiny and the glazes looked like real caramel, chocolate and red candy apple.  Ground corn cob was used as nuts.It was nice to hear from people that the apples looked so real. I made sure the students had the opportunity to take  their apples home before Halloween. I hope they get to enjoy them for many years to come.

Now on view are silhouetted landscapes done with black crayon, black India ink, brush and straws.  Blowing through the straw at a drop of ink created fine lines that resemble branches and twigs. It's a cool technique because the lines are finer than what a brush can create. The magic in art is simply the technique.  Orange, yellow and other painted colors  created a brilliant colored sky for the background. The effect is very dramatic.

Our ceramic pumpkins and other ceramic items have been bisque fired and are now ready to be glazed.  They too, will be displayed in the showcase.

Grades closed last Friday. The silhouetted landscapes and glazed ceramics grades will go towards the 2nd quarter.

Please visit and take a look at the fine art work these creative minds are doing.