Elements
In second and third grade we have been learning about the seven art elements. They are shape, line, color, texture, value, form, and...
Watercolor Techniques
In fourth grade we are starting a watercolor project. Before the final piece, we learn five watercolor techniques. These include a...


Clay Challenge
Art Club students are ridiculously fun! We have members from grades 2 through 4 and they are all wildly creative. Club begins with me...


Jeffrey Gibson Inspired 3D Artwork
Third grade artists learned about the work of Jeffrey Gibson. He is a Colorado Native who has lived all over the world and is currently...


Contour Line
The fifth graders have been challenging their brains and their hands in order to create artwork without picking up their pencils. We work...


Bubbles!
In kindergarten we have been having way too much fun. We have been blowing bubbles that are mixed with food coloring and the resulting...
Tree Mural
The fifth graders have been hard at work helping me to complete the tree mural at the entrance of the school. This leadership tree will...


Kimmy Cantrell Inspired Faces
What makes flaws beautiful? This is exactly what Kimmy Cantrell hopes to answer through his beautifully flawed creamic faces. We talked...
Ripped Paper Collage
First and second graders have recently been learning about collage. They had the opportunity to choose their own color scheme and create...


Fruit and Vegetable Prints
We have been talking about different styles of printmaking and in order to dip our toes into this art technique, first and second graders...