The Lost Sock

Monday, September 12, 2016

Bunny Rabbit

Practice

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhSzv399maw

PAINTING the BUNNY RABBIT

Using tempera cakes

on light colored construction paper

Draw with pencil first

Outline with Sharpie Marker

Paint with Tempera Cakes

Draw bigger and Better on final paper.

Choose a light color of construction paper. Lightly pencil

In your bunny design. Be creative with foreground (what's in front of bunny) and background (what's behind the bunny).

Outline the bunny with a color like your paper, but slightly darker.

Option 1: monochromatic bunny

-Use white to add in highlights. Use lighter or darker versions of the base color in crayons or colored pencils to add details.

Option 2: patterned background bunny

- draw patterns to emphasize the bunny in neautral color. Color the background with a variety of colors.

Leave bunny soft, subtle & neautral highlighting with white.

Mrs. Craig's 2nd grade class

Ashton

Andre, Tayler, anonymous, Payron

Friday, September 9, 2016

Supply Board Magnets

This year (my third year of elementary art), I finally realized that not ALL my students could read!

So, when I write steps down on the board with WORDS, not all students (kindergarten mostly) cannot understand the steps. So, I decided to draw the supplies big, color them and cut them out. I laminated them and they put magnets on the back for the white board.

That way I number the steps with the supply next to them for better understanding.

(see above picture).

Here we are learnig how to make "Name Tents" to keep on our table. This will help me learn my 700+ studetns' names this year! It will also help me grasp their understanding of concepts on a continual weekly basis.

Lesson is here...

http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2016/08/how-to-make-creative-nametag_19.html

I also use some of my posters coinciding with the supplies to remind them of proper care or usage.

*"Draw Light Til You Know It's Right" on Step 1 next to pencil.

get it here free on Teachers Pay Teachers

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Draw-Light-Until-You-Know-Its-Right-2710716

and

"SNAP that CAP!"

available on Teachers Pay Teachers too.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snap-that-Cap-2710860

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Spiral Sheep

Step by Step practice with

Shapes & line.

The Bigger Project

1. Construction Paper & Crayon

Mrs. Oliver's 1st grade class

2. Sharpie, Crayon Resist with Tempera Cakes

Use a large brush to paint the background with tempera cakes.

When you use the watered tempera cakes over the crayon, it will resist the paint and rise above.

Use a smaller brush to fill in the curly spirally wool with various colors.
Be bold ad brave with your colors.

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Mrs. Bluhm's 1st graders

Aiden, Alyssa M. & Asher (left side)

Olivia & Thomas (right side)

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Inspiration...

Eli Halpin's sheep

Eli is a Texas artist in Austin. She paints western animals using a very unique color and texture ideas. Students discuss her ideas of color variety vs. real life colors in the sheep.

http://elihalpin.com

Mutton Busting

Kids are able to ride on the back of sheep and hold on as tight and long as possible to win a belt buckle! This is modeled after the big boy bull rides at the Texas Livestock Show & Rodeo.

https://youtu.be/Tm_FTC_Za98