Jackson Pollock Houses

Ages 4-6
Children first designed houses in their journals using templates made from recycled packaging. After they were exposed to Jackson Pollock and his painting style they came up to large boxes, leaned over, and splattered 3 tempera colors with a brush onto paper at bottom. Next class they placed the same templates on back of paper, traced, then cut them out. Purple paper strips were 'large wooden beams' that could be used to support the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd floors, the roof, or become a pillar. Last they drew in windows and other details. They had a blast while creating their architecture.

Sculpture with Wire

Ages 7-16

Students made different gesture drawings of their animal pictures inspired by Calder's wire sculptures. They were next told they were going to draw with wire to create the inside of the animal and not worry about the outline of the body. The animal had to be free standing. Beads were used for eyes.

Nature Houses, Grades 1-9

Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and Asian Gardens

ages 7-16, Mixed Media & Sculpture Class

Monet’s Bridge

--> Ages 4-12 learn about the Impressionist painting style of soft overlaying and blending of colors using watercolor and colored tissue papers.

VanGogh Tree Drawings, Grades 1-4

Clay Containers, Grades 1-9

Gaudi Inspired

age 16

Audubon Bird Illustrations, Grades 1-6

Grades 1-6 pencil and watercolor pencils

grade 6

grade 3

Matisse Flowers, age 5

Still Life Drawings, Grades 4-6

Calder Butterflies, ages 4-6

Ocean Rescue

first two are Kindergarten

Portraits, grades 1- 3

Third grade

Audubon Swans Pre-K to K

Tropical Quilt Grades 1-3

Students block and monoprinted on cotton fabric then painted their printing plates (below).

Grades 4-5, Star Sculptures

Grades 1-3, Tiffany Landscapes

Students made glue line landscape drawings on black paper. When dry they chose an analogous color group to blend in each glue line section (to represent stained glass) using chalk pastels. Glue lines represent the leading between glass pieces.

Grade 1, Miro People

After students were shown Miro's poster of "People and Dog with Sun", we brain stormed about the different shapes and ways to draw faces and bodies like Miro did. Next they drew their own upside and sideways people with Sharpie, made shape patterns on their bodies, and did crayon rubbing over burlap to create a texture similar to Miro's painting.

Crayon rubbing over burlap to create a textured background

Grade 4, Still Life Paintings

Watercolor and Sharpie marker

Grades 1-5, O'Keefe Still Life Landscapes

Oil pastels - Students drew their object first then imagined it within a landscape.

Grades 4-5, Nevelson Sculptures

Found object towers and structures were built and glued together to symbolize something about the student's personality. The part of my personality this sculpture represents:...

...bravery, courage, strength