Monkey With Cymbals Card

A little monkey business

Polymer clay monkey

                    Student monkeys

Jumping Jack Scarecrow

Thanksgiving Finger Puppets

Polymer clay Leaf face

Polymer Clay Indian Corn

Indian corn Drawing

Student work Fall Trees in Oil Pastel

Fall Trees Oil Pastel

Examples of Fall trees created using Oil Pastells

Polymer Clay Angel Tree Topper

POLYMER DANCING SKELETON

Oil Pastel Pumpkin Lesson

Grant Wood Fall Landscape Lesson

Fall Watercolor Mum Lesson

Ceramic Fall Leaf Face Lesson

Student Work

CERAMIC MAN IN THE MOON LESSON

Student Work

Teacher Example

Ceramic Clay Witches Hat Luminaria

For the students, nothing beats working with ceramic clay.

Since I bring my lessons out to the schools and each lesson slot runs for one hour it can be a little tricky, but with a well-planned lesson and a well-organized approach everything goes smoothly

CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG “THE WIDOW’S BROOM”

In this lesson we read the wonderful children’s book

“THE WIDOW’S BROOM” by Chris Van Allsburg

to the students.

They then create a drawing of

the witches’ hat and broom using markers.

Student Work




Teacher Example

Polymer Clay Black Cat with Witches Hat

Children love working with clay

and can create some of the most wonderful work using simple shapes.

“Edward Gorey”

“Edward Gorey”
Black Cat with Witches Hat Lesson


In this lesson we talk about Edward Gorey’s art work

and students are shown examples of his work.

They then create a drawing of a Halloween cat

using a style reminiscent of the artists.

Papier-mâché Halloween Shaker Lesson


In our papier-mâché Halloween Shaker lesson we talk a little bit about the terms folk art, and primitive art.

The students create a Halloween shaker to scare off evil spirits on Halloween using papier-mâché, paint, construction paper, and ribbon.

"Cat Noir" Fall Poster Art Lesson

Theohile-Alexandre Stinlen's "Cat Noir" with it's black cat and bright orange background lends itself so well to a fall lesson.

So many of my students seem to be natural poster artists by the fact that they always want to write words all over they're drawings i.e. "this is my..." and I always seem to be telling them they can't, but with our poster lesson they finally got their chance.

In this lesson the students learn about the art of the poster. We talk about theohile-Alexandre Stinlen and they are shown some of his work along with other famous poster art.

Student Work

FALL IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR.

WITH THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR STARTING AND AUTUMN JUST AROUND THE CORNER I THOUGHT I'D POST SOME OF THE PAST FALL LESSONS I'VE DONE WITH MY STUDENTS.

FALL WATERCOLOR PENCIL LEAF LESSON

In our watercolor pencil fall leaf lesson, students are shown examples of leaf studies created by various artists and become aware of how to recognize the different drawing styles and media used by different artists. We talk about how artists often will do a series of drawings or a study of a subject, using the same media and style for each painting or drawing. The students then create two examples of a fall leaf using watercolor pencil and incorporating the same style in both.


EXAMPLES OF SOME OF MY STUDENTS WORK

TEACHER EXAMPLES FOR THE WATERCOLOR PENCIL LEAF LESSON

Calla Lily

My Art