Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Everyone! Wishing you a blessed and prosperous New Year!
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James Rizzi Clay Birds
As promised, I have included a video tutorial of my art projects. This project is inspired by James Rizzi's Birds. My fifth grade students have been begging to do more clay and so here's there first clay project of the year. Stay tuned for student art work. My u J ames Rizzi was born in 1950 in Brooklyn. He studied art in Florida (Gainesville), where he started experimenting with printing, painting and sculpting. Rizzi’s work often shows his birthplace New York. His paintings look sometimes childishly native, with many the bright colors. Students at work Love how this one is turning out! Can't wait to see more! Supplies needed: Clay Rolling Pin or something to make clay flat 4.5 x 4.5 inch template square toothpicks Water dish Clay or non-clay tools ...
Where have you been?
Boy, has it been a while since I have blogged! Please forgive me...life has been busy. For some of you who do not know, I'm not only a full time K-8 art teacher, but I am a business owner, traveling art content leader for my school, and outreach art instructor. I travel and participate as an art vendor and I participate in art shows throughout the year so my mind goes from one place to the other. This year I have traveled to New York to facilitate an art teacher workshop with some amazing art teachers and I have helped coach over 20 new art teachers during our professional develop training. Whew!! It's been a ride! Well, I haven't totally left the seen, I'm preparing a few lessons to share on my blog and on YouTube. I have decided to share my classroom video tutorials with you. I love making videos to show my students how to create our art projects. I do have an Elmo in my room that displays what I demo on to the whiteboard, but it gets difficult trying ...