Boyertown Art Advocacy

My Daughter on a Saturday

My daughter is six and has some special needs (fine motors included), but she very bright. Lately, her free drawing has been really fascinating  to me. I bought some pastel colors in Sharpies, here is what she did.

Clay Slab Tree Stump Contianers

I adapted this project from Ceramics for Kids by Mary Ellis, the students love it. All my clay projects are created in one class period 40 minutes, except things that are two parts. The air in my room is just too dry, and the most often I have seen my classes is every four days, some years every six days, this year once a week.

Paul Klee Faces

Paul Klee is always fun to introduce "Head of a Man" gets these funny looks. I ask what is this? A Head!! Why?? "It has eyes, in round shape" We use paper plates to trace the head, then talk about vertical, horizontal,  and diagonal lines, they add lines in the head, a neck and shoulders. At the end they add the eyes, nose, mouth and 3 other details like beards, and eyebrows. Lastly I let them add hair. Then we go over it with sharpie, and then we paint with neon tempera cakes. More pictures to come.

Don't Mask my Personality

Sixth Grade Masks- I put out mask prints and we discussed masks and the cultures that created them from the ancient to modern. The students were assigned to create a mask that reflected their personalities.   Some of my favorites were already on display the students photographed these for me.

Kindergarten O'Keefe Flowers

Our Kindergarten students sing an artist song, at their recognition program that includes Monet, Klee, and O'Keefe.  We create artwork that coordinates with the Artists and display them at the program. I hope to post the song soon. These are some O'Keefe inspired paintings from a few years ago. I also hope to post Klee and Monet inspired art as we finish this years.

Warm birds in cool Rain forest.

I found the concept for this project in Dynamic Art Projects for Children by Denise M. Logan. The bird is in warm colors and the background is cool colors with neutral brown for the branches.