FRUSTRATED

I have given up on trying to move this blog onto my new account without losing followers and my place in cyber space. I am adding my art blog to my personal blog, but don't worry I plan on continuing to post about all of my projects! You will just also get to check out all of my at home projects:-) Or you can skip over them and just read my art projects!

I am upset, but trying to be optimistic.

Please don't give up on me- check out my new blog!

House of J's

What should I do???

I want to switch this blog into the same gmail account I had it on before all of this conversion stuff started to happen! For my other two blogs I just combined them by exporting both and giving them a new name. However, for this one I don't want to change the name and I want to keep all of my followers(138!!!!)!

Any blogger gurus who can help? Anyone who has a brilliant idea how to make the change without losing followers/name of blog?

Thanks for your help!!!

have to pass this on

Oreo Art

....and now for my FAVORITE oreo commercial EVER!

School's around the corner AND....

I STILL do not have a projector for my white board

I need a really cool project for the first day of school

my room needs to be arranged, because right now all of the tables and chairs are in one big pile in the middle of the room

I need to make a seating chart from the list of students I do not have

I need to create an application for my year book staff

I need to order supplies to get me through the first week of school, may to get me through the first month

my tables need a good scrubbing down

my cabinets need a good cleaning out

I need to bring my art books from home to put on my classroom book shelves

I need to find a better way to organize all of my art supplies

I need to create my syllabi and course pacing guide

I need to organize my lesson plans

I need to find more lesson plans

oh! but that is why I have all of you:-)

now, I can relax!

Hybrid Logos

My art II students did this as a short graphic design project. It took them about two 1.5 hr classes to do the whole thing. They had to come up with 3 sketches combining 3 current famous logos to create a new "hybrid."

Masks

Definitely a big hit! Students drew out a plan before they were allowed to start using a half mask template or a whole mask template ( I drew one of each on copy paper and students could choose) We used plastic molds and strips of plaster (you can order them through Blick) that were dipped into water and then smoother over the mold. Depending on the design students either did two layers on the same day if they didn't have any embellishments, or one layer and let it dry, then added wire for horns, beaks or whatever, and added another layer. After a few hours of drying the masks easily popped off the mold. ( I found it better to take them off before they dried completely.) Then students painted however they wished. If they used the neon tempera I had them put a gloss acrylic medium over it.

Art Songs

If you haven't come across this site...time to check it out! I am teaching a kindergarden prep art class this summer and wanted some cool songs for the kids. Found 'em!

http://www.songsforteaching.com/artappreciationsongs/

I think my favorite so far is the Picasso Polka by Greg Percy:

One eye looks straight ahead, the other to the right
My arm is where my leg should be
My pants are kinda tight
I don’t know what is wrong with me
I think Picasso painted me
It looks like I’ve been in a fight

CHORUS:
One eye is looking sideways, Picasso Polka
They other’s looking my way, Picasso Polka
I might be sort of Cubey, Picasso Polka
Maybe rose, maybe blue, Picasso polka

My head it once was round, but now it is a square
My elbow has three bends in it
My foot looks like a chair
I don’t know what is wrong you see
I guess Picasso painted me
It looks like I’ve been in a fight

CHORUS

My hair is kind of blue
My house is kind of blue
The sky is sort of blue
I’m thinkin he was blue
I don’t know what is wrong you see
I guess Picasso painted me
It looks like I’ve been in a fight

Art I Self-Portraits

I am sooooo excited to FINALY share these with you. It is one of the proudest moments I have had in teaching!!!   Here are some examples of my Art I acrylic self-portraits.

Did I mention how much I loooooove them!

Printmaking- Silk Screen Finals

Earlier I was so excited about this project I posted during the process. Well now the project is done and here are some samples!

Earlier I was so excited about this project I posted during the process. Well now the project is done and here are some samples!

ArtII Celebrity Paper Mosaic

After much hard work, here are the celebrity mosaics of my Art IIs this semester. I think next year, I will use a smaller format (these are 20x16inches)