Sunny Day
Playing fetch (little dogs ARE fun!)
Family Pic
Family Feet
Dance!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Spring Break 2010
Digging to China.
Chilly, but having fun!
Sadie, the beach Yorkie.
Dad, get the ball.
Getting her tan on.Art is the best part of MY day
I am excited to be painting an actual art project for another teacher at my school. She found a tiny picture of two paintings of poppies and asked me to help her out. Well, I couldn't resist. I already love the project because they are huge, odd shaped paintings. Her husband crafted these amazingly strong frames and we stretched the canvas today (haven't done that in Y E A R S). I have put on the first layer of paint, and I can't wait to take pictures to post of the final product. Maybe I will be inspired to do some more painting this summer!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Woman's (or man's) best friend...
I just love talking about dogs perhaps this is why I have a blog soley based on my dog, and want to know about your furry friends. I personally love dogs, but if you are just obsessed about another pet I GUESS I could make an exception. Please send me an email with names, a story (if you'd like), and a pic (or more) of your furbaby and I will try and post one a week!
email: amy@awhittledesign.com
maybe one day sadie can be friends with your little friend
Friday, March 26, 2010
2nd Grade: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
I actually stole this idea from the art teacher at my mom's school when I was studying to be an art teacher (amazingly talented art teacher), which I believe she got it from The Incredible Art Department. We painted all sorts of different colored paper and then cut those up to make these beautiful collages based off of Eric Carle's Very Hungry Caterpillar. The kids loved every step of this, my only struggle was getting them to cut the details out rather than draw them with pencils, so I started to precut some things to give them ideas, and that helped.*Last year I did this with my third graders, and they did an awesome job in about 3-45 minute sessions.
4th grade: Vincent VanGogh's Cat Wanders into the Starry Night
My FAVORITE project ever. Students paint the sky using different shades and tones of blues (premixed) and add ripped up speckles of silver paper to emphasize the swirls or stars. Students then draw the cyprus tree on construction paper using crayons, and cut it out. They then glue cardboard to the back and then the students decide where to place it in their picture. I have them practice drawing cats in their sketchbooks using pictures from old calendars and then they draw their final cat on a construction paper using crayons. I do allow them to be funky, as I mention that I wouldn't think VanGogh's cat would be normal. They also glue cardboard to the back and then place these on their background. The collage turns out beautifully with the 3D element to it. Love the results.
* Original idea from School Arts Magazine
3rd Grade: Seascapes
After using a day to paint different types of papers we added textures with forks, and other objects. The next class each student chose two sheets from the "community" papers we made to create waves. The ripped the sheets to make "whitecaps" and glued them down except for the top part of the wave so that they could slide in boats, islands, and sea life behind the waves. I originally planned on watercoloring the sky, but got excited about how they were turning out I forgot!
* I got this idea from School Arts magazine
Finally in Florida!
After a long drive, we made it, now time to sleep so I can get to the beach in the morning!
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