Cookie review

  What better way to review color theory than with frosting and cookies.  Also a great way for them to pay attention, because they can't eat until we are done.

Zombie apocalypse

Do you ever just have a crazy idea?  And then you decide you have to see it through?  Well this year we decided to create a zombie movie/video.  While the day was kind of crazy, the kids had a blast.  

How can you not have fun with this group of deadheads?  

What would you find in a tomb?

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I am trying to find new ways to teach art history, and while I am not sure if I am in love with this lesson I am happy with how it came out.  I wanted my students to all create a 3D artifact that could have been found in an Egyptian tomb.  This meant they had to research what types of items would have been found there and why they were there.  I also had them write some sort of hieroglyphics on their 3D piece.  Overall I was very happy and I hope it will help with their understanding when they start their Greek sculptures this week.

 Connor building structure

 Micah A.

 Abby K

 Drea B

Finding a perspective

Drea B.  Eiffel Tower

So I haven't posted for awhile.  I promise we have been working.  These are Art 1 perspective drawings.  They had to find a place from google maps and then draw it in perspective.  We had to learn hoe to draw 1,2 &3 point perspective because I had no idea what they would find on google maps.  Majority found first or second, but I think teaching them third point helped them try to avoid it.

  Jaykob D farmers market

 Darian N. 

 Abby K.

Nikole K.

Out of this Sprayer

I was first introduced to spray paint art about 18 years ago when I was on a college trip to Oaxaca Mexico.  Yeah, that dates me a little.  But I remember that we would sit and watch those guys paint outerspace scenes for hours.  We were fascinated by the colors and the techniques that they used.  I also loved the control that they had over cans of spray paint. They just made it look so easy.

Well anyways, 18 years later I don't know what sparked my memory and made me want to try the project, but this spring we decided to give the spray paint project a try.  I had each student bring a can of spray paint and we started watching videos on how to make the planets and worlds.  The only thing we had major problems with was the weather and the fact that school was ending quickly for the year.  So I decided to try it again this year, but this time in the fall.

I have since learned that that was a smarter decision.  It is amazing how less windy it is in South Dakota in the fall and since we didn't have to race the end of the school year, we also had more days to choose from.
 We have gotten really good at the basics or planets and simple mountain scapes.  We would like to try harder to get in some more techniques that deal with cities, trees or water scenes, but we are now running into fall weather and it is cooling off really fast.

So in case we don't have time for more, here is what we created so far.

Alli H.

Ashley G.

Sydney Hag.

Sydney Haus.

Madison S.

Sammy K.

Foam in new form

The Art 2 class was given a foam board sculpture project.  They had a few requirements like it needed to be taller than 12 inches,  it could have paint, it needed to be a recognizable theme, and it has to stand up on its own.  The students discover that the hardest part is designing something that can stand up and be interesting on all three sides.

Jayden S.

Jena F.

Madisyn V.

Mikayla R.

Yeva S.

Melted art?

Art 2 also created stencils on one paper and then melted crayons on another and put the two together.  I think this is one of my favorite, simple projects that the students enjoy.

Brooke A.

Hawa M.

Jayden S.

Madisyn V.

Yeva S.