Recycled Animals

Students listened to the story Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel and learned how art can be made from things we commonly throw away. Using egg cartons, toilet paper and paper towel tubes, students constructed an animal. After a little paint, some wiggly eyes and felt for ears and tails, these animals really come to life.

An Animal's Environment

Fourth grade students drew animals complete with that animal's environment.

One-Point Perspective

Fifth grade students learned the formula for drawing a road and two houses in one-point perspective. Each student had to show a season, time of day and type of weather in their work.

I Wanna Iguana

Fourth grade students listened to I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff. Students drew an iguana, outlined with permanent marker and painted with watercolor paint.

Warhol's Soup

Third grade students learned about the 50th anniversary of Andy Warhol's iconic Campbell's Soup silkscreens. Students brainstormed a list of possible "flavors" their soup could be, sketched a few cans, and then enlarged their favorite one.

Abstract Landscape

Third grade students printed lines with black acrylic paint using the edge of a piece of thin cardboard. Students then painted the landscape with watercolor paint.

Dinosaurs Dinosaurs

First grade students listened to Dinosaurs Dinosaurs by Byron Barton and used basic shapes to draw a dinosaur. Students also included a horizon line to create the earth and sky. Students then outlined their drawing with permanent marker and colored in their drawing using textured rubbing plates.

Vincent van-Gogh's Sunflowers

Second grade students listened to Laurence Anholt's van-Gogh and the Sunflowers. Students used construction paper to create a vase and the center of the sunflower. Then students used oil pastel to complete the petals and create a table for the vase to sit on.

Line Design

Kindergarten students drew six different lines with permanent marker; bumpy, straight, zig-zag, broken, curly and wavy lines. Students then painted in between and on top of their lines with tempera paint.