Art Classes at The Clayground!

Rebecca, my friend and owner of stage Clayground in Winters asked if I wanted to teach art classes at her shop. I decided to give it a shot and taught a Spooky and Festive art lesson in a 2-hour class on Halloween.

The class was made up of 6 9-10 year old budding artists that created Spooky landscapes and festive name skeletons.

Think I may host some Winter themed session in December! Stay tuned!

Name Skeleton

This project was PERFECT for the Friday before Halloween. Cutting out a name along a fold proved to be quite challenging. Add in the mystery of what their skeleton would look like created the perfect hook. These will be finished Monday morning and should look great!

Fall Pointillism Tree -2nd grade

I decided to try out a cute pointillism fall tree for my next session with second grade this week. Will use tempera and q-tips following a directed tree drawing. Will  update with pics next week!

The Great Wave Parody

It's been a while since we started this project but in case you forgot- here are pics of student outcomes! You can tell based on their expressions how much fun they had with this one. This would be a GREAT end of year project!

2nd Grade Grumpy Cat

What do you get when you show a second grade class this Grumpy Cat video? An excited, meme reading and Grumpy Cat loving group ready to create! After opening with this video I lead the silly class through a directed drawing of Grumpy Cat. After students completed their drawings they had a choice of color station: watercolor, Tempera, Oil Pastel, Color Pencil and Chalk Pastel. Their artwork resulted in a variety of colors, patterns and textures!

The Great Wave Parody

Who doesn't love a good parody! This lesson will get kids kicking with excitement thinking of all the great poses they can come up with for the infamous Great Wave. Students will begin with a directed drawing and finish with sharpie outline. After identifying warm and cool colors, students will paint using water colors. While paint is drying the photo shoot begins! Oh, how art and play mix SO well together!

5th Grade Grumpy Cat

My obsession with kittens translated into a Grumpy Cat art project I taught in my daughters 5th grade class. This directed drawing was very simple and the students were able to complete it within 10 minutes. To capture the soft,  furry effect students blended chalk pastels. The best part was listening to all the Grumpy Cat meme ideas being shared with each other! This lesson took 2 50 minute periods of total focus and fun!