Paper

If there is one word I would use to tell parents about what kids want in the art room it would be paper. Kids want paper - any kind of paper - xerox paper, envelopes, post it notes, newspaper, note cards - they will take any kind of paper and use what they have to create art. 

I have scraps of colored paper left over from lessons and they will take that paper and create the most amazing things when they have extra time in the art room - hats, paper cell phones, caves, animals, houses and just plain coloring and drawing - they love it. You don't have to spend a lot of money to provide hours of creativity for your child - paper, scissors, glue stick and crayons - they will take it from there. 

Starry Night Complete

Last week students finished their Starry Night paintings with a town, a tree and a sprinkle of glitter. 

 

Beautiful!

Starry Night

A classic! Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh created by the second graders of Tate Woods. Chalk, paint, oil pastel, makers, colored pencils and best of all - GLITTER! Many steps to this lesson and lots of learning. Here is the beginning - paint.

Next drawing, coloring, cutting, creating.

Not done yet. Final touches next week.

Lots of Lines

First graders met Mr. Dot. He's a friendly guy who lives in the art room and moves around from place to place each week.  He's also pretty good at teaching first graders how to make many kinds of lines.

Mr. Dot went for a walk on his paper zig zagging, jumping and skipping. As he walked along he showed students how to make lots of different kinds of lines. They used sharpies to draw their lines and used paint to complete their work.

September 15th in International Dot Day - we will listen to the story "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds and learn how a small dot can inspire and give confidence to any artist. Mr. Dot would be proud!

Lisle Lions in the Board Room

The art teachers in our district take turns each month hanging art in the Lisle School District board room. Tate Woods has September and January. Here are second grade Lisle Lions for September

 

Hundreds of Smiles

We began the school year at Tate Woods with the book "A Girl with a Cape" written by Amy Logan. It's a book about kindness and how we all can make someone else's day better by using kind words.

Students at Tate Woods created a smiling monochromatic selfie (now that's a big art word!) creating a wall with hundreds of smiles to greet our visitors. 

Students learned how to draw a portrait.

They used a small format - 4"x4".

They colored in one color.

And our selfies are displayed in color wheel order - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.

Everyone in the building had an opportunity to create a portrait.

And the smiles help to remind us to be kind to everyone.

Hundreds of Smiles 

(and there's room to add more because you can never have too many smiles)