tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87514793270859139882024-03-04T21:46:17.418-08:00One Happy Art TeacherA happy little blog for a mid-career elementary art teacher who's looking for the positive side of life, teaching, and spending her days with people under the age of 12.Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.comBlogger285125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-60357673780179806072018-11-02T13:52:00.002-07:002018-11-02T13:52:09.499-07:00I Could Use Some Time To Sleep<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I adore books. I loooovvvveee picture books, I love reading to children. Denise Fleming's <u>Time To Sleep</u> is a book I've been reading to my own kids for over 20 years (this isn't unusual when your children are 18 years apart). I made up a project to go with this book years ago but it took <i>forever. </i>This year I'm trying to get all/most of my classes done and ready for our March Artome' show by January at the latest, so this project came back at half size. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To begin, we collected leaves that hadn't turned yet (read: are still green and not crunchy). Next, we used papier mache' paste to glue them to paper. Each student got one 9 x 12 piece of paper, and one 6 x 9 piece of paper. I stacked the entire class together and put a book on top so they'd dry flat. Confession--I didn't try it before hand, so I had no real idea if this would work or not, but it did, with only minimal sticking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next time second graders came to art, they painted their papers, so their leaves acted as a resist. One page was painted blue, the other green or violet. Then the leaves were peeled off. This was super-duper messy, and the kids L. O. V. E. D. it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At some point, we read the book. If they were super fast cleaners and had extra minutes at the end of the class, or if they needed calming down. I also had a little/short video about why animals hibernate that I found (I think it was on TeacherTube). Students used 6 x 9 white paper to draw an animal who hibernates with pencil (they would later color their animal with oil pastel).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This worked well to keep everyone somewhat together, because they had something to work on as I was passing out papers for them to collage for their backgrounds. Their 9 x 12 painted paper was their base, and each student got a violet and green strip to add a hill with shadow, grass, rocks or similar items. They then cut the 6 x 9 paper, leaving a "halo" of paint around their leaves:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think teachers should also hibernate, I know I could use a very long nap!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-31296142436447009322018-10-25T13:12:00.001-07:002018-10-25T13:12:31.270-07:00Trying Tapigami<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the last conference I attended (a few weeks ago) I was introduced to <i>tapigami</i>. Which is art made using only masking tape. I showed my sixth graders a video from YouTube, gave them some tape and scissors and about 30 minutes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are by no means finished, we've just started. And it's part of a bigger unit on environment, so we'll be working on them for a while. When students are satisfied with their creations, they'll put a layer of Mod Podge on them to seal in the stickness. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're always looking for something new, right? So go google tapigami and have some fun!</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-65237193276309011632018-10-11T06:58:00.001-07:002018-10-11T06:58:38.512-07:00Wild Beast Landscapes<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My fifth graders started the year learning about fauvism, and we've been working smaller than normal (9 x 12 vs 12 x 18). Mostly because I know my Artome' show is in the spring and I want to be R.E.A.D.Y. this year (no desperate last minute gluing at 10 pm the night before it needs to be mailed, or at least LESS desperate last minute gluing). I'm also taking an online course for graduate credit to update/better use Schoology, which our district uses for online things rather than Google Classroom. It's really forced me to think about what students are doing, what leads to what, etc. All that being said, this is our last paper fauvism project (I still have a digital one for them to complete in my online fauvism folder, but that's more a leading-to-cubism assignment).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Student used ONE COLOR of Mr. Sketch markers to draw a simple landscape, and then traced their marker with glue:</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The biggest problem at this point was having a totally flat surface for drying (drying racks angle too much for some) and drying time (it's been super-duper rainy here).</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once they dried and their glue was all colorful (it pulls the marker out and changes the glue color) we used liquid tempera to paint them wild colors:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not everyone fully finished, so we might still add some oil pastel details. Or not. We'll see what this wild beast of an art teacher feels like doing this afternoon!</span></div>
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Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-49832905912335804262018-10-08T13:51:00.001-07:002018-10-08T13:51:04.903-07:00More Painting With Kindergarten<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ever have one of those years that a certain grade level is just rockin' the whole school thing? Kindergarten is that grade level for me this year. They're <i>listening</i>, they're <i>learning</i>, they're <i>engaged</i>. And we get oh-so-much-done because of it. Bonus: they're great little cleaners! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After painting we read Lois Ehlert's <u>Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf</u>. When they come back to art, we'll use regular tempera and our fingers to print fall leaves. Maybe I'll even remember to come back and update this post. Even though I didn't remember until just this second that I wanted to do these on 9 x 12 paper for our Artome' show in the spring. SIGH, it's just a whirlwind some days!</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-89451664084413691262018-09-28T13:42:00.000-07:002018-09-29T15:43:44.576-07:00Sometimes Keeping Things Pays Off<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Four years ago, I <a href="https://onehappyartteacher.blogspot.com/2014/10/you-know-youre-art-teacher-when.html" target="_blank">made gelatin plates</a> with my sixth graders. And it was a <b>disaster. </b>Of pretty epic proportions. So, of course I swore I'd never do it again. But <strike>being the hoarder</strike> being the art teacher that I am, I shoved them in a box. Today my sixth graders needed to Gelli print over some contour line drawings, and I only have five real Gelli plates, so I pulled them out of the box I'd shoved under a table, and you know what? Those homemade (school made???) ones still work! They were still in one piece, and there was really minimal shrinkage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Of course, they needed to be melted down, and I made a tiny disaster of that, but still!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Can't wait to get these (newly melted and then set back up) out with my students next week!</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-6324201382766269022018-09-26T13:22:00.000-07:002018-10-08T13:44:25.477-07:00Some Days There's Nothing Better<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have kindergarten last. Now, I know some art teachers don't like having kindergarten as their last class, <b>but I love it.</b> If I had my way (I'd win the lottery, but that's a totally different topic) I'd <i>always </i>have kindergarten last. After recess. Maybe I've just been doing this for too long and I've totally lost my mind, but having kindergarten last is where it's at.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These will be used for a <a href="https://onehappyartteacher.blogspot.com/2014/01/kindergarten-tackles-still-life.html" target="_blank">fruit still life</a> that we'll make next time, but for now, the sweet sweet scent of tempera paint fills my room.</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-65282302868399271662018-09-20T06:45:00.001-07:002018-09-20T06:45:31.444-07:00Hall Displays are Up and Running<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I love the "newness" of a new school year, I'm a typical artist/hoarder and dislike the blank blank walls. I try to get student work up as soon as I can (and I've already taken some things down and replaced with another grade level). Here's what the halls in my school look like now, on the sixth week of school:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More construction paper flips, and <br />some kindergarten Mondrian lines further down the hall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://onehappyartteacher.blogspot.com/2018/09/dairy-delight-dogs.html" target="_blank">Dairy Delight Dogs</a>, second grade</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been trying to keep up with kindergarten, and we're doing <a href="http://onehappyartteacher.blogspot.com/2014/10/art-detectives.html" target="_blank">color scheme giraffes</a>. When I was gluing them together to get ready to hang, I noticed this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know that I've ever seen a more prime example of a reason to <b>re-teach </b> a concept in my life. Good thing I've got six and half more years with them to get them to understand primary and secondary colors. </span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-86603441429960018662018-09-17T10:07:00.001-07:002018-09-17T10:07:58.362-07:00Kindergarten Inside Outside Texture Houses<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How do I make it through kindergarten every year? It's mid-September and I'm already wondering what to teach. Their attention spans are just <b>so short, </b>I feel like I'm always struggling to stay one step ahead of them. I'd written "Texture Neighborhood" in my planner and had my example out (draw houses and a street with marker, color with crayons and texture boards) but then I went to my other school and the art teacher there started showing me these houses that I had shared with art teachers in my district a few years ago. Which I'd totally forgotten about, so I just crossed out <strike>neighborhood </strike> and wrote "house" instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a fun one day lesson. Each student received a folded 12 x 18 manilla paper, then chose a 9 x 12 color for their roof (choices were gray, black or brown). Students had to fold those themselves, then use marker to draw one line from one corner to another (diagonally). When they cut the line, they had one large and two small triangles. They glued the large one on top to be the roof. Then they used marker to draw things like windows and doors. They could open their house and draw the inside:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then explained texture and showed them the magic of texture boards. It never ceases to amaze the kindergarten crowd! Here are some more quick photos I took while they were working:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why do they draw stick people? <br />I thought it wasn't a developmental thing at this age.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's always interesting to me the ones who don't really<br />understand the inside/outside concept.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While they would've looked amazing up in the hallway, I've already filled my allotted space up. I let students take them home the same day they made them to brighten up their refrigerators at home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-74087297052652772522018-09-14T14:30:00.000-07:002018-09-14T14:30:17.213-07:00Faux Stained Glass in Fifth Grade<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a lesson I blogged about years ago, and you can read that post <a href="https://onehappyartteacher.blogspot.com/2015/02/some-beautiful-stained-glass-on-dreary.html" target="_blank">here</a>. My fifth graders are looking at/learning about Fauvism right now, and we did two little/quick Matisse lessons. One was a construction paper "flip," and the other was a stained glass lesson:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Several things were different this time as opposed to years ago. I learned that the pre-mixed black glue doesn't work for the peel off--it's too brittle. And, student attention span seems to be shorter than ever. (Or maybe I didn't give great directions????)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then we laid overhead transparency film on top and traced the design with Sharpie, then black glue:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I rescued this one from the trash, so that's why it's a little beat up.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, we added colored tissue paper with watered down glue:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really hope they all made them home in one piece and that they've got them up in their windows!</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-79693200189550959552018-09-12T11:26:00.001-07:002018-09-12T11:26:55.184-07:00Student Well Being<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Student well being </i>is a rather odd title for a post about a third grade clay project. Let me give you a little back story: last year, in September (the month we're in right now, as it were) a high school girl in our district committed suicide. With a firearm. In the school bathroom. It was shocking to our entire district and made every single one of us stop and think 'do I tell my students I care?' 'Do they all understand how important they are?' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my particular building, we had that student's youngest sister in fifth grade. In the spring of last year, the fifth grade teacher (of the sister) died. We also had another death last year (of another teacher's husband--it was so quick and unexpected). It was a rough year, and we all needed extra lovin'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With all of that backstory, if you're a regular blog reader of mine, you know that I never have a solid third grade clay project, and it's usually mid-May before I hurry up and have them make something out of clay. Last year I was overwhelmed with concern for my students and their emotional well being. I wanted something tangible for them to know and see that they are great for being themselves. So, we used clay and monofilament to make these wind-chime-like things:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had students brainstorm three words to describe themselves and write them in their sketchbooks. We then rolled out clay slabs and cut them into four pieces. We used those rubber texture things (what are those called???) on one side and alphabet pasta on the other. They had to have their name on the top piece, then their three words. I poked the holes as they turned them in, and fired them stacked, with their name on top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I even strung them together before I gave them back to the students. Then they used construction paper crayons and black cake tempera to add color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a project I hope they have hanging somewhere in their home to see. I do love them all (even the behavior challenges) and I don't <b>ever </b>want them to have tragic life endings. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Say good things to yourselves, friends, that positive self talk is important! And tell people good things too, the world can always use more niceness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-80691326153132682202018-09-10T08:00:00.000-07:002018-09-10T08:00:05.494-07:00I've Become The Glue Nazi<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year, I wrote about my <a href="http://onehappyartteacher.blogspot.com/2017/08/glue-glue-glue-what-to-do.html" target="_blank">upside down glue</a>. I love it and am never going back! Upside down glue is the way to go! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am <b>way over the slime craze</b>. I can't even deal. I had several glue bottles taken last year (I'm sure to make slime), and I'm <b>over it</b>. I wanted an organizational system so I could--at a glance--see what was missing. I decided to paint my glue bottles to match my tables:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This summer, I did some research and experiments and found that if I sanded the glue bottles with 150 grit sandpaper, then taped and painted them, I could use my E6000 glue to add the magnets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here they are hanging (I added color signs in rainbow order):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I won't say it's perfect, here's how it looked after kindergarten the other day:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But it's so easy to snap back into place, and it's a system I'm <i>loving.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-76231083697572258062018-09-07T14:23:00.000-07:002018-09-07T14:23:01.444-07:00Dairy Delight Dogs<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is a book that I've loved forever, ever since I bought it for my oldest daughter from a book order:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's a sweet little story about a dog who decides an ice cream parlor should be his home. I've wanted to use it in my art classroom for years, and decided this is the year! Reviewing neutral colors is part of our second grade curriculum, so it fit in nicely.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To begin, students used their sketchbooks to draw things (with crayon) that were neutral in color. They brainstormed and shared and drew. Then I gave each student a 12 x 18 white paper and had them write their name in the corner with crayon. While they were writing, I gave each student a single half-sheet of newspaper. We drew large bumps with our crayon on our newspaper (for a dog body), cut them out and glued them onto our white paper. Next we drew large rounded edged triangles on our newspaper (for the head) and cut them out and glued them on. Finally, we drew small rounded-edge triangles (two of them, for ears), cut them out and glued them on. Once everything was glued down, it was time to paint the background. Students got paint shirts on and we reviewed correct painting techniques. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I gave each table yellow, turquoise and pink, giving students the choice of mixing colors for the background or painting one solid color straight from the bottle. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Two classes had enough time to read Lisa Campbell Ernst's charming book at this point, before art was over for the day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The next time students came to art, they got paint shirts on immediately and reviewed correct painting techniques again before painting their dogs:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> At this point, the personality of their painting style and dogs really started coming through! The last class got to read the book at this point (and laughed at all the appropriate places).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The only thing left to do was to use oil pastel for details and give each one of our dogs their own ice cream cones. For the past few years my sixth graders have made their own sketchbooks using cereal boxes, and I had lots of leftover pieces I put to use for making the ice cream cone. Students used patterns I made to trace cone shapes on the brown side of the old cereal boxes and used oil pastel to add details:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finally, students used Model Magic and Cloud Clay to make the "famous vanilla-chocolate swirl." I don't know what happens with Cloud Clay sometimes, but this is what my light brown looked like when I opened it:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These are going to look ah-mazing in the hall!</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-70037241963109189502018-09-05T15:41:00.000-07:002018-09-05T15:41:15.925-07:00Yarn Bombing Update<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spent many moments this summer crocheting and adding to the tree in my front yard:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's like a project that I can't just be done with. Also, it appears that I'm terrified of heights <i>only if</i> it doesn't involve being on a rickety ladder on a hill while sewing crocheted circles to a tree. While on that ladder, I feel comfortable leaning very far and balancing on that step that says Don't Step Here Or You Can Lose Your Balance, even when my neighbor yells, "Maybe climbing the tree would be easier?!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's always a piece that needs replacing, friends. There's always a little farther I can reach up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe it's a life-long project?</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-30183879228711564622018-09-03T13:36:00.000-07:002018-09-03T13:36:10.689-07:00Mini Modern Selfie Tins<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, blogging world, it's been so long! The last school year was so hectic with so many classes and so much going on, that blogging got pushed to the back burner. The new year has started, and it's a fresh slate, but first, a project leftover from last year's sixth graders:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a project that I was <b>sure </b>I'd blogged about, but I went a lookin' I apparently had not. My original idea was for students to create a snapshot of themselves at this particular moment in time. Thanks to having the perfect art teacher husband, I had plenty of Altoid tins--some the regular size, more of the mini size (which I ended up liking better). To begin, I had each student choose a tin, and trace it four times in their sketchbooks to have a space to try out ideas (one for the top of the lid, one for the underside of the lid, then inside and finally the bottom). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the drawing our of their ideas, they had to show them to me and then get a new paper (which caused some complaining). Students used pencil, then watercolor pencils for coloring. Once all the drawing and coloring was done, they cut them one at a time and used Mod-Podge to attach the paper to the tin. After some serious begging on my part, my principal kindly bought ArtResin for my classes (which is on the spendy side, but pretty darn amazing). While she was debating on the purchase, my backup plan was Mod Podge covering all of it, but I don't think it would have worked as well.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one had Mod Podge, and it remained pretty cloudy.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I had all this "stuff" from years of being an art teacher, years of collecting for "this would be cool" that got put to good use:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cotton balls for clouds, cut up feathers for grass.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, students added glitter and beads and other items, then we mixed small batches of ArtResin and carefully poured it in to 'set' the items in place. These are so amazing, and I hope students (or their parents) keep them forever for a snapshot of them at age 11 or 12.</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-74679493240993138492018-04-26T14:08:00.000-07:002018-04-26T14:08:30.028-07:00I Love This Clay Project<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know about you, but I'm always looking for new clay projects. And in 18 years of teaching (HOW did THAT happen????) I've never done fifth grade the same way twice. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With my fifth graders this year, I decided to look at some modern ceramic artists and found Christy Keeney and Liz Scrine--two working British artists. Go ahead and look them up, their work is ah-maze-ing! I also had some designer <a href="https://www.dickblick.com/products/mayco-designer-silkscreens/?clickTracking=true&wmcp=pla&wmcid=items&wmckw=32704-1007&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8YXXBRDXARIsAMzsQuWEbmCLHzAOW-h1ZedTaW8Rgck1r2wfFSfUCDz7kk5uOD8sGjGq_2QaAlOtEALw_wcB#" target="_blank">silkscreens from Mayco</a> that I really wanted to try out (I like the bugs best, but my students liked them all).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our first step was to design and build a slab person, <strike>here some of them are after firing</strike> (apparently I was too excited about the next step to take any photos of that). So here's some photos of them after we silkscreen'ed on them:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's very obvious that she was inspired by Christy Keeney's work.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This student has done NOTHING all year,<br />ceramics may be 'his thing.'</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The process for this is pretty simple, you draw around the image and cut it out (larger than your outline). Then USE TAPE ('cause that wet-it-and-it-will-stick that it says on the directions totally does not work) to attach the silkscreen (smooth side down) onto the bisque fired clay. Next, mix a small amount of glaze (we used Stroke & Coat) with the silkscreen medium powder (it's about $4/container and I forgot I had some and ordered two more, so it's obvious that I now have enough for the next 150 years) and use your finger to smoosh it through the silkscreen. I did this at one table with small groups of students as they were working on another project, then put them immediately in the kiln for a second firing. When done correctly, the detail is awesome!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, after they were all fired again, we used tempera block paint to paint them:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is a silkscreen'ed ladybug under the rainbow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just love this one, even though she missed silkscreening.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's Hillary Clinton.<br />Because of course it is.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-59456944307212181832018-04-03T08:42:00.000-07:002018-04-03T08:42:06.417-07:00Silkscreen 101<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my second year silkscreening shirts with my sixth graders, and I think I've worked out some of the bugs from last year (though I still have a way to go). Disclaimer: this is what I do and it works for me, but it's not what I learned in college, it's more jerry-rigging things I have around the house. With that in mind, let's get started!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The larger one was purchased from Nasco,<br />the smaller ones I'm borrowing from a friend.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had to clean mine out from last year. The kits of emulsion that you purchase come with screen clean-out, but of course I didn't remember that so I just used bleach and a scrub brush. And yes, my bathtub is baby blue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step two, coat the screens:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just follow the directions on the bottle, mixing the stuff from<br />the small bottle into the large bottle.<br />Have a magnifying glass handy to read the directions if you're over 40 like me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pour a healthy amount.<br />I do all of this step in my basement bathroom,<br />and I do it with the light on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spread it around evenly.<br />This is where I had my biggest problems when I began--<br />in college we use a scoop coater, and I don't have one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I found out the squeegee works nearly as well.<br />(Though honestly it's not as even, or it's harder to make even)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step three, shoot the screens:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do this step on top of my washing machine with a simple light from Home Depot clipped to a shelf. I use glass out of a thrift store frame, and a black blanket from my couch. <i>Make sure you lay it on the screen backwards or it will print backwards. </i>Through trial and error, I found 45 minutes works the best for me. At the end of the 45 minutes, I quickly pull off the glass and transparency image (more about that in a minute) and run the screen upstairs to wash out with the sprayer at my kitchen sink. I couldn't take a photo of that because time is of the essence here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, for the transparency image part: I have my students turn in their ideas to me electronically (my district uses Schoology) and then students vote. Once an image or quote is chosen, I have learned to make adjustments (all those fonts they like can be quite distracting!). I then have them printed twice on transparency, and it is VITAL that you tape them together <b>exactly right</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the screens are washed out (with the non-exposed emulsion--ie what was under the black sections of the transparencies dropped out) and they've dried you are ready to print.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the printing part you only need a squeegee and screen printing ink for fabric. I allow my students to bring their shirts in any time, and after they've printed them, they dry in my room. Then I send them home for heat setting with <a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/17LGbvdyjzpN_RgJKyzRbeFHxUBJ0uc_jzK9wwUDSgRs/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">this document</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep on bein' awesome, art teacher friends!</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-76774139199218740232018-03-09T13:25:00.000-08:002018-03-09T13:25:28.011-08:00Eight A Day<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It seems like I haven't been a' bloggin' forever. And I haven't written anything in <i>months. </i>We've been doing so many amazing new projects, friends (if you're in Missouri, you should TOTALLY COME to my presentation at Spring Conference)! It's just that I teach eight classes a day. Eight different grade levels (that's K-6 + adaptive, three different sections of adaptive). About 500 students, every three days. It's a whirlwind, and the art show was Tuesday night (first year doing Artome') and I'm just trying so hard to focus on the important things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So I haven't forgotten you, blog readers, I'm just working. Lots.</span><br />
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Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-38871742656335858702018-01-03T12:55:00.001-08:002018-01-03T12:55:06.991-08:00Mini Sketchbooks Just For Fun<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before Christmas I used leftover paper from our <a href="https://onehappyartteacher.blogspot.com/2014/01/just-little-leftover-christmas-in.html" target="_blank">calendar project</a> to make mini sketchbooks for all of my second graders (around 80 or so).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I cut the calendars to [roughly] 6 x 6, the remaining copy paper is in HUGE stacks. This year I just used my long-arm stapler and made these quick little books for them to have something to draw in the last day before break, rather than start a new project. It worked well UNTIL I got a wicked sinus infection and missed the Tuesday before break. So my second graders that I had today got to draw in them (and take them home) after doing a warm colored painting today (that will be used as a background for some cool-colored buildings later). They were thrilled:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After painting, they really only had 5-7 minutes (which stretched to 10-12 when I totally lost track of time), but it was time well spent!</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-78935024826254513832018-01-02T13:24:00.001-08:002018-01-02T13:24:35.527-08:00Is It Procrastination? Or Perfectionism?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teachers in my district reported back today for meetings and work time. I spent my time changing out hallway displays (which needed to happen) and avoiding doing the things I need to do for our artist of the month program (choosing/hanging/writing the letters--all still needs to happen before I can leave today). I took down first grade landscapes and put up <a href="https://onehappyartteacher.blogspot.com/2012/11/owls.html" target="_blank">first grade owls</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We did our owls similarly to previous years, except our backgrounds were warm-colored-crayon leaf rubbings with black paint over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had decided to do a cute little Leader In Me connection on this board because it's the one that every child who rides a bus sees (all 700-800 of them). The spacing of the letters drove me NUTS, so switched some around, leaving a gap, so I had to go find another owl from another class to fill the void:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Much better! Now, what can I find to avoid doing the artist of the month stuff that needs to be done in the next 45 minutes??? Wait! That one on the far right needs to be adjusted. . . can someone else do artist of the month for me this month????</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-4351008755538497012017-12-11T11:28:00.000-08:002018-01-03T12:56:57.664-08:00Where Have I Been All This Time?<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I keep deciding to blog, what to blog . . . <i>but I'm so busy</i>. I've had more to prepare for my classes lately, more knitting/crocheting to do for my yarn bombing, I'm trying to finish a quilt I started 16 years ago (because it seems so important to finish it <b>right now</b>, this second).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So what are my students up to? Sixth grade finished some cityscapes and are working on a new project inspired by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVJOQG_bpQM" target="_blank">this artist</a>, fifth grade is starting some printmaking Andy Warhol inspired soup cans, fourth grade is working on Thomas Hart Benton style murals, third grade is working on radial symmetry,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm frantically trying to keep a healthy work/home balance (who does that well? Unicorns? Because everyone I know is always trying to do it better).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So I guess all this to say, I'm still around. Still teaching, just not blogging as much as I probably should.</span></div>
Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-84654785749211013242017-11-15T13:42:00.000-08:002017-11-16T13:04:42.023-08:00About That Yarn Bombing. . . <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A few weeks ago I wrote about being inspired to do a yarn bombing after seeing <a href="https://onehappyartteacher.blogspot.com/2017/10/are-you-member-of-your-state-art.html" target="_blank">what happened at fall conference</a>. I kind of wonder what I was thinking, because I thought I'd be able to go home and get it all done. Um, knitting enough to cover a tree takes a while???? And crochet may be faster <i>if you know how to crochet</i> (which I did not). I also didn't have that much actual yarn at home, so it's a work in progress:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The upper branch zig-zag piece was a donation from someone's relative.<br />
A chain-smoking relative, so it never made it out of the box,<br />
PERFECT for outdoor art.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the crochet circles--they all look like the cups of bras,<br />
because I was in the learning-to-crochet-from-YouTube stage,<br />
many mistakes are/were made.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've learned so much. For example, there needs to be some cohesiveness in color or form or something to make it look intentional, and not like you're just some loon knitting a tree. The loon label may still be up for debate (about me) with my neighbors. Also, to keep momentum going, you must have something to knit or crochet with you at all times:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In my purse at all times for long lines and church.<br />
(I tell myself I listen better while my hands are busy)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The plan (for now) is to add more crochet'd circles and another knitted scarf-like piece or two around the trunk. It really does add some cheer to my street on gray days (and we've had a lot lately!). I'm hoping for lots of knitting time this winter [read: snow days]. And because I blogged about it to the entire internet, maybe I'll feel some pressure to get it all covered. Either way, look for an update in a few <strike>weeks</strike>, <strike>months</strike>, years.</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-89673578567856639092017-11-10T14:01:00.002-08:002017-11-10T14:01:45.521-08:00Nightmare! Then, Not So Much<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you seen that project that has students making ancient-Greek-style vases out of paper and then putting them on paper columns? I don't remember where I saw it, but I thought it would be fun and easy for my students (HA!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first class to make the columns STRUGGLED, it was awful. I needed octopus arms to help them all, and I, unfortunately, don't have octopus arms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obviously, that wasn't working, so I made a how to video for the folding part:</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was <b>easier</b> with the remaining two groups, but still challenging. Here's a comparison to the first students (these students had the benefit of the video):</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think everyone but one student got theirs folded and glued.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the vase part, students designed their own (folded the paper, drew and cut them out). They did their design with pencil, traced with ultra-fine Sharpie and used colored pencils:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do like the contrast of the dark blue with tan better than the gray on light blue. But after all we went through to get them done, I don't know that this is an every year sort of project.</span></div>
Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-19922155012514656942017-10-25T09:17:00.000-07:002017-10-25T09:17:01.887-07:00An Update on Money and Glue<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fourth grade ancient coins, done and painted!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They're ah-mazing! The sound they make is so satisfying and old-coin-y. That's the official term (I know because I just made it up). I wrote about our <a href="http://onehappyartteacher.blogspot.com/2017/10/why-yes-we-are-making-money.html" target="_blank">first steps to this project</a> earlier this year. After firing, we used metallic tempera block paint to paint them, and acrylic gloss medium (plain and platinum for extra sparkle) to seal them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now a glue update. Guys, <a href="http://onehappyartteacher.blogspot.com/2017/08/glue-glue-glue-what-to-do.html" target="_blank">upside down glue</a> is AMAZING. I'm never going back! Some unexpected bonuses: it's very easy to see when glues need to be filled, and it's relieved some of my heavy sighing about filling all glue bottles at once (because I can just quickly look and fill the 3 or 4 that need filling). Students are really into checking to make sure glues are closed, taking better care of the nozzles and bottles. I have almost <b>no one</b> telling me glues are empty when really they just need to be opened. I have had to re-glue some magnets a few times, but not often. Life changing, this upside down glue!</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-40104552252888139782017-10-23T07:22:00.000-07:002017-10-23T07:22:10.663-07:00About Me Books To Share At Parent Teacher Conferences<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started fifth grade off a little differently this year, which was both good and bad. Good because it made me think about each step along the way more than usual. Bad because later I went to grab their sketchbooks and realized we never started them (I hadn't even copied them). But it's all working out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We started the first art class with some brainstorming about themselves. What do they like? What questions (about anything) do they have? What are their goals. Then each student got a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">piece of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12 x 12" white paper that we folded into fourths. They drew some things like right now in two squares diagonal from each other, and free painted in the other two squares:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next page in this project was their names, drawn block style, and colored with neon crayons (again, the 12 x 12 paper was folded into fourths):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The final page was a 12 x 12 piece of construction paper we collaged with goals for our future. One fourth was for home goals, one for goals with friends/relationships, one for goals for school/academic, and the final one was personal goals. About half way through I was really wishing I had a broader selection of magazines, because the going got rough there for a while finding images that fit student goals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So at the end it's a neat little 6 x 6 bundle, and we added a cover with marker. Here's a video of it unfolding (thanks to a co-teacher for being the model):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did give them to the fifth grade teachers to hand back during parent teacher conferences because I couldn't figure out a good way to display them. My goal was for them to have a little snapshot of themselves as fifth graders for their future (and also to get them thinking about their future goals, Leader in Me style).</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751479327085913988.post-51983029568700443132017-10-19T06:52:00.001-07:002017-10-19T06:52:12.665-07:00Friday the 13th Art Teacher PD<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last Friday all of our district art teachers were given the wonderful opportunity to visit the Thomas Hart Benton Home in Kansas City. Friends, it was amazing and awesome and smells like old books in there. This was not my first visit, so I just enjoyed the experience rather than taking pictures (because I took them on my first visit and it's a museum--so </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">duh, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nothing changes). I was sure I'd blogged about it before, but I can't find it (maybe it's time to organize my blog a little better???). I also looked for all my photos on my work computer, my camera and my phone and couldn't find them (I'll look for them on my home computer later, and I pinky promise if I find them I'll add them). Until then, some Benton facts, in no particular order: Thomas Hart Benton was born in 1889 in Neosho, MO. He was married to Rita, and they had two children (their daughter is still living). Benton was only 5'2 3/4" (there's a life size cut out of him on the walkway to his house). They were able to pay cash (!) for their beautiful home from his earnings painting murals ($6000 in I think 1939). He taught painting at the Kansas City Art Institute. One of his students is non other than Jackson Pollock. Benton had a reputation as a hard drinker, but in reality, every drink (bourbon and water) was cut with more and more water each time to give the impression he was drinking you under the table. He started painting most days at 6am. He died in 1975 of a massive heart attack in his studio before signing his last painting. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're in the KC metro area, consider a visit to the Thomas Hart Benton Home. You can learn more about it <a href="https://mostateparks.com/park/thomas-hart-benton-home-and-studio-state-historic-site" target="_blank">here</a>. The staff was so easy to work with and were so generous with their time. All 19 of us (elementary art teachers from my district) were impressed with the knowledge and enthusiasm of our tour guide.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of us outside Benton's home and studio.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selfie with the man himself.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I photobombed one of our newest teachers<br />(you're so welcome, Mia!)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I found this quote from Benton that I added to the bottom of our agenda for our day:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, palatino, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"><i>"The artist's life is the best life... if you can get through the first forty years." </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gives me some hope for a full-time art career of my own someday.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now you can go sniff some old books to feel like you were there!</span>Aimee Fresiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791248121755770231noreply@blogger.com0