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MFilmore@naschools.net
Adventures in the Art Room
Adventures in the Art Room
Please feel free to email me with any questions, comments or concerns.
MFilmore@naschools.net
18 Comments
Hi – can you tell me where you got the watercolor palettes that you used with the liquid watercolor?
Hi Kelley, I use regular plastic ice cube trays to contain the liquid watercolors. I get them from Dollar Tree ( 2 for a dollar).
Hi there! Do you have a blog post about teaching from a cart? I’ve taught in the regular classroom for 10 years and was just hired to teach art K-5. I may have to be on a cart and am trying to find any help I can get! Thank you!
Hi Teresa,
No unfortunately I never did post anything about being on a cart 🤦♀️ I should definitely soon though! If you have ANY questions at all about it please email me and I’ll help you out the best I can!! Some quick advice in the meantime;
1. Get a sturdy 3 tier cart on good wheels
2. If you can – try to load up the cart with materials you need for the first half of the day (or heck the entire day?!) then put away items during lunchtime break and put on next needed items
3. Have art folders (12×18” when folded) to store student artwork in for current projects with class lists / class and times of class taped to the front of folder on cart
4. Bring stackable water cups if painting but fill up cups only once you get to each class. Have kids help! Watercolors in grays are obviously easier than liquid tempers or other liquid paint. I’ve tried using old plastic egg cartons (total disaster on a cart)!
5. Paper plates and stackable closing containers are a must for many lessons
6. Get to each class 5 min early if possible to begin setting up (I’ve asked teachers if this was ok in the past and they are usually willing to let you slide in and set up early)
Keep art lessons more simple!!!! If at all possible and try not to get stressed about that!
Please let me know if you have ANY questions at all! Best of luck!!!!!! ❤️
Mollie
Hi! I was wondering if you have any posts about the first week of art class and procedures you go over with the class?
Hi Cheyenne,
Yes I do have 2 separate blog posts on this. If you go to the search box and type in “Art room rules and routines” (dated from August 22, 2017) that is always something I go over with Every class each year on the first day of art. I think it’s a good idea to have a refresher on what’s to be expected. I also have a blog post called “International Dot Day Art, Fun Videos, First day’s back in Art and More!” (September 15, 2017) which might be helpful too. In that blog post I talk about various quick/ fun easy engaging lessons for the first day of art.
For every first day back to art class I always do the following;
Have kids names written on index cards for 1st day of art seating. That way there’s no worry for them to wonder where they should sit, or who to sit next to, or cause anyone to feel left out. And it’s a time saver too. After they sit I go over the day’s agenda with them. First on the list is to share with them all the fun art lessons they’ll do throughout the year! I use PowerPoint and my projector to show them example student art work pics of each lesson (but tell them these art projects could change up a bit too throughout the year) I think showing them all the cool artwork from previous students gets them excited to create, and gives them an idea of what they’ll do!! It’s a quick slideshow – prob about 4 minutes or so total. So not a huge time taken out of the first day. Then we go over art room rules and expectations – then I show them / remind them of where things are in the art room, then we do a short art lesson – you can see what ones I taught in 2017 within that blog post- for this year, I decided (I think??!) to have ALL grades/ classes do the “What do YOU see?” drawing activity. It’s super fun, low stress, and a gets the creative juices flowing. After they finish I like to go around the room and do a share of what they did over the summer ( not mandatory to share though!! Only if they want to!) and what
their favorite art making material or tool is. If kids finish their drawings early, I have a ton of art books, or they can take a drawing prompt from my “what should I draw?” Jar and draw it on scrap paper or they can decorate their “name tags” that I
put on tables. The final thing I do is have kids clean up ( it’s just markers and crayons the first week) then we go over how they did as a class on their “STAR Chart”! Then line them up by table color at the art door!
I hope that helped you! Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions you might have!
Best
Mollie
Hi! Can I use some of your radial design printmaking images in a powerpoint for my students? Looks like a great project!
Absolutely!!
I love seeing the Primary Colors music video shared. Glad it was useful for your curriculum. It was such fun to film!
I love that video!! My kiddos want to watch it over and over too! So fun!!
Thanks so much for creating it! I know
a lot of other art educators out there use it in their classrooms as well!
Good Morning! Is there any chance I might use some of the photos of the student’s artwork for a lesson guide on abstract art for my students? Great lessons!
Sure!
Hello,
Would you please tell me how you created the student images for your abstract self-portrait activity, as well as, how you cut the images out?
Hi Ted,
So for the photos for the abstract self portrait project, I just had the kids pose and then I took a picture with my cell phone. I then changed all the photos into black-and-white images with high contrast on my computer. Then just printed them out on regular printer paper and cut them out with scissors myself. I hope that helps!
Hi I love so many of your lessons! Thanks so much for sharing them with all of us. Could you please email me a copy of the questions you used for the Abstract Self-Portrait Paintings?
Hi Celeste
Thank you so much! When I get to school tomorrow I’ll see if I can find the print out and send you the list of questions. In the meantime if you want them sooner, the questions are all on each child’s painting if you wanna just copy them down.
Thanks if you’re able to find them that would be terrific and save me some time. Otherwise I’ll just copy them from some of the children’s paintings. Appreciate it!!
Thanks again just went through the paintings and made a list of the questions. Very much looking forward to trying this project!
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