Fall Raccoon

I found this adorable print from Bari J. Designs

I am using this as are artist of inspiration

https://barijdesigns.com/products/raccoon-art-print

She paints many different kinds of animals dressed Bohemian style.

They look like they are royal kings and queens adorned in nature. 

We watched this video about Raccoons...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6hx75Gva70

More about how to make a paper cardinal here...

Add natural fall objects around and coming out of the 

Raccoon's head. 

Draw them with pencil first lightly. Outline with black marker. 

Color in with regular and

NightOwls

We watched videos on YouTube about owls. 

See them here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0XgSrdYQRY&list=PL4AE49DD6487CE892&index=88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13yxEVwdUbw&list=PL4AE49DD6487CE892&index=89

Then we looked at real images of owls on google pictures. 

We sketched out our owls together step by step (teacher led). 

After this, students were encouraged to draw it again using their own ideas and imaginations while looking at a slideshow of real owls. 

Begin by selecting a piece of neutral paper. 

Draw the owl very lightly on the paper, filling up the space. 

 Always draw light until you  know it's right, then go darker with a marker. 

This subtracts from frustration and adds emphasis to what's good. 

Get this poster here at my TeacherPayTeacher store. 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Lost-Sock-Art-Teacher

We used a circle tracer to select the right size for the eyes. Use orange or yellow paper, trace circles and cut out 2 circle eyes. 

Glue them on top of the eyes you drew with pencil. 

Use a black marker to make your details darker. 

Add texture and detail to your drawing. 

 I love construction paper crayons!!

They are designed to show up well on darker colored paper. 

Use these crayons to add bright color to the details of your owl. 

Cut out your owl and glue it down to a larger night color paper;

Black, blue, purple or grey. 

More glue does not equal better hold! Use dots around edges of owl then stick it down. 

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Use a black marker to add a limb for your owl to stand on. 

You can also draw leaves coming off the limb. You can draw a moon, birds or whatever your imagination leads you to.

Use construction paper crayons again to add to the background! be careful not to cover up your black lines. These crayons are good at covering up that stuff. 

You are done! 

See another version of drawing owls here that I did year ago for elementary. 

http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2014/11/night-owls-for-fall.html

I'M Possible Banner

Our school theme here at Krahn Elementary is 

"I'M Possible!"

We are going to create a banner that uses the contrast of color against 

black ad white. The colored pieces will stand out as the words in the banner. 

These are some of the pieces before the banner was put together. 

Cream of the Crop here...

Gonzolez's Class-5th grade

Maisy, Austyn, Brittney,
Muhammad, Jacob, Manuel,
Isabella, Kenut, Kambry,
Israel, Heila & Danitza

 Maddox's class -5th grade
Hailey, Jasmine, Saniyah,
Maci, Julia, David,

Aundres, Dalton & Bryan

Mrs. Meleski- 4th grade

Hailey, r.c., Shelby,
Grant, Addison, Angaline,
Jamilah, Jayden & Kelci.

Mrs. Thomas- Kindergarten

Alyssa, Caleb, Shelby & Tatum

Mrs. Burke's Class- 3rd grade

Kenneth, Nicholas,
 Maddison, Peyton,
Tunis & molly.

This Banner is from 2014-2015

You can see how when the colored pieces sit against the black and white pieces

the words begin to appear. 

Impossible Creatures

Our theme for the school year is

"I'M Possible"

Students are to think of an animal they can create that is impossible. 

They can combine parts of other animals or make up their own creature. 

Begin lightly with pencil...

 Outline with black marker to help emphasize lines.

 Add details, texture or areas of darkness with a grey marker. 

Student Examples

Vivian, a kindergarten following directions and being creative

Warm Plateaus

 

 

This project is using a method of crayon resist that I use often with my 

Elementary Art students. 

Here, the plateaus, plants, rainbow and stars are done with non-washable crayon.

The sky is painted with water tempera cakes.

 

 

We are using the SouthWest paintings from 

Candy Barr as inspiration.

See also work of Ed Mel here...

Surrounding storm

 

Things students will learn for this project:

What are WARM COLORS?

What are NEUTRAL colors?

What is CRAYON RESIST?

What is a PLATEAU?

BUTTE (small), MESA (medium), 

What are SEDIMENTARY LAYERS?

Learn about LANDFORMS...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6QX43QB4g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWTDmg8OI_Y

HOT AIR BALLOON 

over the WARM PLATEAU

I have done a complete unit with multiple grades on the subject of 

Hot Air Balloons. 

See here...

http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2014/11/hot-air-balloon-unit.html

Color all OBJECTS (plateaus, stars, balloons, rainbows, or details)

Hard with CRAYONS

Leave the SKY blank and white for the later absorbance of Water Paint. 

Where there is CRAYON, the paper will RESIST the PAINT. 

2nd graders working towards painting...

 Sky Painted, stars appear!

Needs more?

Add clouds.