We All Love a Variety
So, I found this really cool artist I wanted to share with my students. His name is Romero Britto. He's a Brazilian born artist who...
FIELD TRIP! DMA
Since I work at a school that is located at the center of the Arts District in Downtown Dallas, I take advantage of the nearby museums...
Emphaizing My Better Half
Ahhhh! This week was fun! We discussed Emphasis as a Principle of Design. What made it fun was that the students had to draw themselves....
Field Trip! Nasher Sculpture Center
This field trip was amazing! I scheduled a docent tour for the current exhibit, Doris Salcedo: Plegaria Muda. Plegaria Muda consists of...
Ghanian Kente Cloth Art Project
Since we are going over the Priciples of Design this 9 weeks, I wanted to include some hands on, multicultral lessons and activities for...
Onomatopoeia Art
We started by talking about what onomatopoeia are, then we spend some time looking at some comic books, and some artwork by Litchenstein....
O'Keeffe Wannabe
As one of the lessons on Color Theory, we created a piece using tertiary colors in the style of Georgia O'Keeffe. The students really...
Ugly Sock Dolls
In October I signed up on DonorsChoose.org for a project I wanted to do with my Advanced Art Class. I wanted to teach them how to sew,...
FIELD TRIP! DMA
I truely enjoy taking my students to the museums in Dallas. They are all walking distance from school, so no extra transportation is...
Monochromatic Self Portraits
The students used their school pictures to create monochromatic self portraits. They were pretty hesitant at first, they couldnt get over...
