Prompt:
Frozen in Time
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Jul 14
Summer Sketchbook Spectacular 2014: Day 11
Prompt:
Sit outside in the grass for five minutes. What did you see at the start…the middle…the end? Draw what you saw or something about the experience that inspired you.
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Jun 14
Summer Sketchbook Spectacular 2014: Day 10
Prompt:
Draw something that you find in a drawer.
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Jun 14
Summer Sketchbook Spectacular 2014: Day 8
Prompt:
Explore the color RED! How does it make you feel? What does it remind you of?
You can make something abstract, realistic, or a design. Bottom line, have fun!
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Jun 14
Summer Sketchbook Spectacular 2014: Day 7
Prompt:
Explore the color BLUE! How does it make you feel? What does it remind you of?
You can make something abstract, realistic, or a design. Bottom line, have fun!
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Jun 14
Summer Sketchbook Spectacular 2014: Day 6
Yesterday I had a chance to see the work of Sol LeWitt in person at Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA.
Prompt:
Look at the work of Sol LeWitt and then create a piece of art inspired by it. How does he use lines? How does he use color? What happens when you put one color next to different colors? Do they look the same? Do they look different? What happens when you layer colors in a pattern?
Here is a link to his work at Mass MoCA:
http://www.massmoca.org/lewitt/
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Jun 14
Summer Sketchbook Spectacular 2014: Day 5
Prompt:
Draw something from an ant’s point of view.
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Jun 14
Summer Sketchbook Spectacular 2014: Day 1
Prompt
“There are no mistakes, just happy accidents.” -Bob Ross
Using the 4.5”x6” mistake given to you last week or one that you have at home turn it into a “Happy Accident.” There is no right or wrong. Use your imagination and shape it into something else.
Example
Before: Mistake
After: Happy Accident!
P.S. If you don’t have a mistake lying around the house you could ask a family member or friend to do a quick squiggle make on a page and work from there. Have fun and happy summer!
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Apr 14
Dale Chihuly Inspired Sculptures: Part One
This week my second graders began to learn about American glassblower Dale Chihuly. We started the lesson by watching a few short videos on him, his work, and glassblowing as a medium.
Here are the links to those videos:
- Intro to Dale Chihuly by Plum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ETJhw9_B_X4
- Time Lapse of Fire and Water: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=hW18CBPGFT0
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Gathers (1990’s RISD):
- Through the Looking Glass @ the MFA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=fNVo3Vp5VOQ
- Through the Looking Glass @ MFA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=-FiB3AaQ3DI
- Dale at Cheekwood (Short Intro Modern Blowing)http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Bj0JrYJmO8U
Before watching the video everyone took out their sketchbooks. I asked the students, “Why would we want our sketchbooks out while we watch a video about an artist?”
Students answered:
“So we can draw artwork we like.”
“So we can draw what we are inspired by.”
“So we can write down a question.”
“So we can write down something he said.”
Lesson Vocabulary:
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Glassblowing
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Dale Chihuly
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Installation
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Sculpture
- 3D
- Form
- Inspiration
Teacher Resource:
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Mar 14
Making Hinges
This 2nd Grader has been working with two other boys in his class to create an “Army Base”. Here he is showing me how he created hinges for one of their doors using staples.
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Jan 14
Flag Art with a Tasty Twist
“As part of a promotion for the Sydney International Food Festival, the advertising agency WHYBIN\TBWA designed 18 national flags using foods each country is commonly associated with and that would also match the colors of the flag.”
–http://www.thisismarvelous.com
Wouldn’t showing these be great way to help make connections between Art and Social Studies?
Can you guess which countries these flags belong to?
Click the link below to see them all!
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Dec 13
Winter Fun in the CRES Studio, 2013
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- Shark with Snow Boarder
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- Collaboration
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- Snowman
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- Further exploration of Expressionist painting.
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- Textured paper, hole punched, and mounted.
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- Textured paper, hole punched, and mounted.
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- Creature
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- Bugs from observation.
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- Collage Center Exploration
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- Room Sign
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- Collage Center Discovery
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- Mask
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- Santa’s Sleds
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- Blocks
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- Minecraft
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- Minecraft
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- Minecraft
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- Log House
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- Architecture Through Blocks
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Dec 13
2nd Grade is falling in love with Collage!
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- “Ants”
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- This student textured her paper, hole punched it, and then mounted it on lavender paper to create contrast.
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- This student discovered she could create a pair of glasses by using an “L” and an “O” stencil.
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- Ava’s basketball man inspired Jamie’s baseball man.
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- “Parrot”
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- Meet Mr. and Mrs. Claus!
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- “Penguin”
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Dec 13
2nd Grade Expressionist Paintings, 2013
Students looked at the work of famous expressionists from the early 20th century. They were then asked to use complementary colors to create as many hues of a color as they can. They then embellished their paintings with it’s primary compliment.
When you mix complimentary colors together they make them neutral. When you put them next to each other they make each other stick out.
These are some great color videos that we watched before starting the paintings.
“Three Primary Colors”, OK Go
The Ballad of Red and Green
05
Nov 13
Buoy and Still-Life Group Drawings, 2013
This group drawing was created by some of our 4th graders. First students studied Chuck Close and his use of positive and negative space in his gridded portraits. Then students did several drawing exercises honing their skills with both looking at, and drawing using negative space. Finally, each student was given their own 3/4”x 3/4” photo to enlarge onto a 6”x6” square.
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Oct 13
Collaboration: Our Community, York, ME, Mrs. Peterson’s 2nd Grade
Our second graders have been studying what makes up a community in their classrooms. In art we have been talking about what it means to collaborate and be part of a community. The second graders in Mrs. Foster’s class did a fabulous job of brainstorming all of the amazing things that make up our community here in York, ME.
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Oct 13
Collaboration: Our Community, York, ME, Mrs. Foster’s 2nd Grade
Our second graders have been studying what makes up a community in their classrooms. In art we have been talking about what it means to collaborate and be part of a community. The second graders in Mrs. Foster’s class did a fabulous job of brainstorming all of the amazing things that make up our community here in York, ME.
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Oct 13
Fibers Center
This student is working on embroidering a head for his puppet in the Fibers Center.
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Sep 13
Begining of the Year Self-Portraits, 2013
Each year we start off with a beginning of the year self-portrait.
At the end of the year, students in the 4th grade do another self-portrait to see how much they’ve grown as artists.
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Sep 13
The Collage Center is Open!!!
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- Scraps of Color Paper
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- Penguin
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- Frog
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- Hard at Work
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- Artist Trading Card
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- Two Lips
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- Duck
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- Flower
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- Mr. Bubbles
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- The United States of America
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- Backpack
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- Collage Center
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- Collage Center
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- Collage Center
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- Collage How To
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- Collage How To
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Sep 13
Welcome Back 2013-2014!
The CRES Studio is ready for an another amazing school year!
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- Drawing Center
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- Fibers Center
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- What is an arm’s length?
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- CRES Studio
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- “There are no mistakes, just happy accidents.”
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- Noise-o-meter
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- Inspiration Station
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- Classroom Management
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- Portfolio Organization
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- “Don’t be a toad, write your name and class code.”
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- Glue Sponge
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- Creating Happiness in the Studio
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- Printmaking Center
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- Printmaking Center
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- Studio Care
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- Living Still-Life
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Sep 13
Day 74: September 2, 2013
Sketchbook Prompt:
Find objects in the room you are in that are made out of squares.
List, photograph, or draw them.