This will be my last post for the school 2020-2021 year! Before we went virtual we were 2 days away from hanging up all of our art. As anyone who is an art teacher understands all the hard work had been done already: naming, framing, printing QR codes, planning workshops, collecting images for Greenscreen, creating... Continue Reading →
The last unit of the year is a Passion Project. Each grade level had a different amount of time on it, so the results and quality are varied. However, I am always AMAZED at the variety of work created when I offer this option. I try to give a Passion project every semester, but this... Continue Reading →
This was a virtual school unit. Since it was so close to the end of the year it wasn't possible to send art packets home. The hardest thing about virtual school art is not having access to the materials. Even though we have looked at food art, and shadows etc in the past. Since they... Continue Reading →
Back to virtual school again! This time it was very close to the end of the year so I was not giving art packets out, so I decided to show the students how awesome and creative they can be just with their Macs. We began by looking at Mosaics by watching these videos for inspiration.... Continue Reading →
This was an unplanned unit, because we went into virtual school. With the students at home I thought it would be a great opportunity to teach them 1pt perspective and 2pt perspective. The final task was going to be a perspective "out of my window, during virtual school" but we ended up back at school... Continue Reading →
As you might have noticed I am catching up on my blog slowly. This year seems to have been exceptionally busy so my blog fell behind. As we approach the end of the year I am trying to catch up. This post is actually supporting a previous post I wrote earlier. LINK In summary, the... Continue Reading →
During quarter 4, the grade 6 artists began with name art. They had a choice of 5 options which I put together on some interactive slides. A little like a choose your own art adventure. Here are 3 awesome examples. Then they followed the design process to create a " Creative candy holder". We turned... Continue Reading →
During quarter 3 (March) we were meant to be starting a sculpture unit based on the Sustainable Development Goals. However, our school went virtual so I decided to get the students ready for printmaking by looking at shadow art and the effects of positive and negative space. Since positive and negative space connects to the... Continue Reading →
You can view my adapted slides HERE to see the process. Since we were virtual last year, these grade 8 students did not get to experience clay so I thought I'd start from the beginning. Just to make sure they could model, roll coils, create slabs and join properly. To speed the process up I... Continue Reading →
