Now that Christmas is over, I can share the gifts we made this year. I grew up with the idea of making Christmas gifts for the ones you love. My Grandma was a sweet mid-western farm wife and every Christmas I could count on getting knitted hand clothes. My memories of Christmas and those hand … Continue reading Elementary Ceramic Clocks
Elementary Classes
Value Paintings and Polar Bears
We had fun creating winter value landscape paintings and drawing polar bears in the Tuesday Elementary Class this week. In the process, we learned about value. Value creates depth in a picture making the object look 3 D. We looked at photos of the moon at night and saw how the circle around the moon is … Continue reading Value Paintings and Polar Bears
Acrylic Pour Painting
As I explained to my students, I don't have a great appreciation for modern art. A lot of the time I just really don't get it. But I do have an appreciation for expressive art - art that tells a story, makes you feel something, shares someone's unique view of the world. I have had … Continue reading Acrylic Pour Painting
Grid Drawings – Elementary Art
Grid drawings by elementary art students.
Painted Papers and Zentangle Hands
For our first project of this year, (I am a little late posting this one) the Wednesday Elementary Art Class completed a two-step project of Zentangle Hands and Painted Papers. Color Lesson and Intro to Acrylic Paint: We completed the Background Papers for our Zentangle hands while learning about color and with a brief introduction … Continue reading Painted Papers and Zentangle Hands
Print Making – Elementary Art Classes
Elementary Art Lesson on Print Making
Fall Leaves Finger Painting
To celebrate Fall, the Wednesday Elementary Art Class completed a Fall Leaves Finger Painting. It was such a beautiful day that we set the easels up in the front yard. We used Daniel Smith Acrylic paint on Canvas Sheets. The backgrounds were painted with brushes - we drew a horizon line, painted the sky … Continue reading Fall Leaves Finger Painting
Summer Memory Catchers
It is a tradition for the youngest students to make Summer Memory Catchers out of glass during our first class of the year. Mount Rainier The students love working with glass and these will give them something to reflect upon during the rainy days of our Seattle winters. Sunset at the Beach The family … Continue reading Summer Memory Catchers
Off to a Great Start
Elementary Art Classes
Charcoal Still Life Drawings
We are on summer break. As one of our last projects, we worked on Still Life Drawings with Charcoal. I want the students to have fun and to learn the basics of art. This lesson let them do both, and they loved it. We started with drawing your classic sphere. This teaches value and depth. … Continue reading Charcoal Still Life Drawings
Picket Fence Art Studio 