Self-Portraits Andy Warhol Style

3rd Grade has begun a self-portrait unit.  To add a little fun, we are learning about Andy Warhol too, and all of his wonderful color in his Pop Art!

Today we had the mirrors out and learned how to draw ourselves....using the mirror.

We talked about space on our paper when we draw.  This class did AWESOME using their space!  No mini-me people in the entire class!  YEAH!!

Next week we will be drawing four different views of our-self on bright paper!  I can't wait to show you how this lesson progresses!

Newspaper City

The 2nd grade class has been busy learning about cities and newspapers.  Newspapers?

We learned that a newspaper is laid out in columns, and the columns look like SKYSCRAPERS!  Our first class session was used to paint the background with watercolor.  Students drew their roads on with Sharpie marker and then painted water, grass, and stripes to fill the space on their 12" X 18" paper.

The next week we all got a newspaper.  Each student searched for buildings and skyscrapers, cut them out and glued them onto their roads.

Our final class was a SHARPIE DAY!
We started by adding details to our buildings.  What do we see on buildings from far away?
We added cars and trucks.  What size are cars in the front of our picture compared to the back of our picture?
We added street signs, stoplights, signs, bridges, etc.
We added people if we had time.  What can we see of people if we are standing so far away from the city?  Do we see a lot of detail?

This is what we got.....

Welcome to Newspaper City!

Learning About Piet Mondrian

Those fabulous squares!
Primary colors!

http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=164038

We watched this wonderful video in class to learn the history and growth of Mondrian's paintings.  The students thought it was interesting to see how he progressed in his art.  The video was done by Sheila Graber and published to You-tube on April 6, 2012.

I look forward to sharing their art in the next few weeks.

Where I have been....

A year.

An entire year since I posted last.  I know it has been a long time and a few of you have asked where I have been in our facebook conversations.  Well, I have been at my computer, but pounding out different messages and keeping my head above water.

I jumped back into my art which led me down another path that I have been trying to find for a few years.  I finally found a program to finish my education degree!  I am still teaching the chickens at Trinity, along with studying full time.  If I can stay on task, I will have my certificate in May of 2016!

I am so excited to make a goal happen and I love the experience being a student again.

Thank you to my students and parents that are supporting me in prayer.  With your love and support, I know I can make this happen!

Thank you