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Brushstrokes Artwork - Here are some of the beautiful paintings art students are working on, still in progress these paintings take time... Delightful!
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Symmetry - Second grade students have been studying symmetry. We created symmetrical Ming Vases based on a lesson from Miriam at http://arteascuola.com/. First stude...
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Back in the Saddle! - I'm back in the saddle teaching "lots" of art lessons to "lots" of kids in a public school again, and it's feeling good! One of the local elementary schoo...
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The minis are here - Look what came to the art room today. Yea for us. Question is what apps do you all use in your art room. I would love to here. Thanks
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Saying Goodbye - A friend of mine called this an Irish Goodbye, the kind of leaving where you just sneak away (usually to avoid being dragged back in for one more round:) ...
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The Last Blog Post! - It's the last blog post of the year, and the last blog post for Mrs. Leban's Art Blog, as I'll be moving on to a new adventure in the computer room for nex...9 years ago
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for the birds...James John Audubon - It has been two years since I last did this lesson and we are doing it again right now which has made me pull up the older photos. This lesson is inspired ...
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#RHSforNepal - Social media can be used for good! - Last week my middle school students created and learned about the significance of Tibetan prayer flags. After becoming educated about the severity of th...
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Shape and Texture - Junior kinders made shape and texture pizza today. We taled about shapes used on pizza and we talked texture, both real and implied. Next the used yarn, ...
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Henna Hands - Fourth graders created these scratch art hands as part of a unit on the art of India. They looked at images of henna hands and henna designs for inspirati...9 years ago
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Collaborative Circle Weaving - Using cardboard looms all 6th-8th grade art students created two small circle weaving for a permanent collaborative installation in the library. Most of ...
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Watercolor Henna Hands - Fifth grade students are creating Henna Hands using watercolor and wax resist. We began this lesson by discussing the following questions: How do we dec...
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Class tree - This new variation on an well known project was created by the 7th graders with guidance of my colleague. More on the Dutch blog: http://tekenlesjes....
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Prompting Our Students to Write about Art - Reflection is a very important component of the creative process. As we look back on the work we have created, we find aspects of it that are sometimes sur...
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Draw a Sitting Dragon - *Here’s a tutorial for drawing a sitting dragon. A print friendly PDF may be downloaded HERE.* 1. Follow the steps on my handout to make the drawing shown....
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Apps in the Art Room - Recently I was lucky enough to purchase two ipad minis from Donors Choose. The parents at my school, as well as friends and family, made this purchase pos...
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Color Robots - Kindergarten Collage of Shapes - Kindergarten students created these fun collage robots while learning about shape and reviewing color. We started our project by using stamping diffe...
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Tunnel Book Fun with 8th grade - I wanted my 8th graders to create a dimensional tunnel book based on a favorite story or scene. They began by folding two side panels like an accordion....
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Construction Begins - Our 4th grade class has started construction on their Pop Art paper mache sculptures. We studied the work of Claus Oldenburg and then sketched out our i...
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art.abroad - *2013 has come and gone and I didn’t post a single entry.* I took many pictures of student work, of bulletin boards, of (fully clothed) life drawing with s...
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It's been a long, long, loonngg time! - I realize that it has been quite a few months since I have posted, I am not entirely sure where the time has gone! My school is bigger than ever (officiall...
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New Camtasia 8 book is out - New or intermediate user of Camtasia Studio and want a book to keep on hand to answer your technical questions? This is a great book for you. This book ...
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VAEA 2013 ~ Electives! In Elementary - I just attended the VAEA 2013 Professional Development Conference in Falls Church. It was only about 45 minutes away but I was able to get my school to pay...11 years ago
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International Dot Day Lesson Ideas - Our school is participating in International Dot Day this year! Students from all over the world come together on September 16th each year to celebrate t...
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I am computer-less!!!!! - It seems that I am extremely hard on my school issue HP laptop. I dropped it off with the techie wizards this morning and the message I got back from one o...11 years ago
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Art on the Move is Getting a NEW LOOK! - *Art on the Move is Under Construction! Please be patience while I figure out how to get this all working! *11 years ago
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Elements of Art Handout and The smARTteacher - I try my best to stay up to date on the best way to stay connected with other art teachers. I follow many teachers on Pinterest and look at lots of the...
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About Pixels and Paintbrushes - Pixels and Paintbrushes is the technology and art blog from Karen Bosch from 2010 – 2013. We are planning the archive the posts from those years at this s...11 years ago
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Dance and Theatre Credentials – Coming Back??? - Let’s hope this will come to fruition – California with dance and theatre credentials to identify qualified teachers! Just had to share the link to a recen...11 years ago
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New Etsy Site! - *Eleven Skies Studio * FINALLY I have it up and running! My long awaited etsy shop. I have dreamed about getting it going for years and now I finally hav...
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Visiting Dryden Elementary Art Program with Tricia Fuglestad - On Friday, March 22nd, I had the rare opportunity to leave my classroom and go visit another. Our school art program is in year one of the three year curr...
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Google Reader! WAAAAHHH! - Apparently, I am a day late on the news, but I just read when I checked google reader that it will be shutting down as of July 1st! HOW are you planning to...
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Update - It's been awhile but I figured I should probably update this to reflect what I've been up to recently. Just after getting married in 2011, my wife was told...
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I've Moved! - Hi, this is Anna and I am so excited to tell you that Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education is now hosted on Wordpress. Just click here! Please c...12 years ago
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The art room is no more... and I am no longer the art teacher... - The art room is now an empty shell. It will house in 2013, 2 Year 1 classes and the art room will be relocated. Over the past 23 years of my teaching c...
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First Grade, Lesson 2: Line Review - This lesson is a lot of work in the beginning, but is visually stunning in the end. The students are reviewing the art element: Line. Additionally, they ar...12 years ago
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This blog is no longer active, yet will remain open - This blog is no longer active, yet, will remain open for archival purposes. I wanted the images and adventures over the years to be availab...12 years ago
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Thank you.... - Saying goodbye to FACA… Three weeks after turning in my resignation to The Falcon Academy of Creative Arts, words can’t begin to express all that I will ...12 years ago
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Integrating Music & Art - It began with a single idea...to teach the art of Romare Bearden to my fourth graders. As I researched Romare's life, a major theme bega...
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Clay - Pinch Pots & Colored Clay - *The children make pinch pots and decorate them with colored clay using one of two methods: adding it to the already pinched pots as shown above; or addi...
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4th Grade Monet Lily Ponds - I love Claude Monet. I love teaching students about him and his art work. I came up with the idea to paint a Monet lily pond from an inspiring post fr...
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isn't is surreal? - I cannot imagine how it is March already. This year is just blowing by and with so many things happening, changing and being busy there does not seem to b...
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Hello, again. - Well, I have been really busy with my new life after college. And I've finally gotten around to updating my blog. Shame on me for not keeping up with it. A...
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Hello there! - Remember me? Thank you so much for your inquiries. I have had numerous e-mails wondering where I have been! You all are very kind to ask. I recently took a...13 years ago
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5th Grade: Figure Drawing–Structure - In class today I decided to prepare 5th grade for a painting project that will focus on having figures in their picture. The website below was a great...
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“Woman in a Hat” - 2nd Graders did observational drawings based on the Picasso print “Woman in a Hat with Pompoms and a Printed Blouse” They did not draw with pencil first. T...13 years ago
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Welcome Naramata Folk! Bienvienue! - As you can see, I have not updated this blog in a long while.. since about last year's trip to Naramata, actually! However, I wanted to give you a brief p...
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Here's a video about Artsonia....FYI - Thanks to Brunswick Acres Art. I grabbed this video off of their awesome website.
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Kindergarten - Playing with Primaries - The kindergartners love painting! This week they really practiced washing their brushes well between colors. While they've had fun mixing paints in the pas...
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FRUSTRATED - I have given up on trying to move this blog onto my new account without losing followers and my place in cyber space. I am adding my art blog to my persona...
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White House.Gov Showcases Videos on Arts Education Champions - As part of the Obama Administration's Champions of Change, Winning the Future Across America initiative, a series of videos have been posted on Whitehouse....13 years ago
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migrated to www.danchina.net - Please note this blog has been moved to www.danchina.net . All the contents here have been transferred so please revise any links.Filed under: Uncategorized13 years ago
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Farewell :'( - This has been quite the journey as my first year teaching. The kids are amazing and I couldn't have ask for a better group. Although they weren't always pr...
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