Ol' Mama Squirrel

Upon visiting my local library, I came across this fantastic book by, David Ezra Stein.  It's about a super protective Mama sSquirrel and how she saves her family from intruders.  The best part, is that Mama Squirrel has a catch phrase, "CHOOK, CHOOK, CHOOK!" My students LOVED reciting it each time the page called for Mama Squirrel.  I thought this would be an awesome was to incorporate speech bubbles into our artwork as you can see from the photos below.

Laying down the backgroud for Mama Squirrel to live in.  This project was all about collage and making printed papers.  I found inspiration from this great website: Deep Space Sparkle

Galaxy Study

In conjunction with the 6th grade science curriculum, students embarked on making pictures of the solar system.  We had a lengthy discussion about making artwork the scientific way vs. an artistic way.  Should the pictures be true to what they had learned in science class, specifically the exact size and location of the planets in our galaxy or could they use elements of truth in their pictures and create a sci-fi fantasy.

As you can see, most chose the artistic version and the results are truly from another world!

Forsythia

SPRING IS HERE!!!!

Kindergarteners worked on these cheery Forsythia collages.  We painted a blue wash for a background, added a table, and then cut our a vase from wallpaper scraps.  Students then painted on the branches and upon drying, glued tissue paper squares for the blooms.  The finished product is such a happy welcome to spring!