5th Grade is working on creating clay creatures.  They are using many different clay techniques that they have learned during each year at Anderson.  We are using the pinch pot method, scoring and slipping, handbuilding and slab construction. Clay is always a favorite with any grade and one of my favorites as well.  The pieces featured here are in progress and are at the greenware stage.  Stay tuned to see the awesome final results during the next few weeks.

4th Grade Creates Concentric Circle Cooperative Paintings

My 4th grade students have just begun their circle paintings.  They are creating paintings with concentric circles and then they will be able to add collage elements on top.  When they are finished we will cut the paintings into 1/4 and share our art with others to create a new painting for each student to take home.  Stay tuned for the awesome results!!! I found this awesome lesson (and altered it a bit for our purposes) on http://pamelaholderman.blogspot.com/2011/04/going-around-in-circles.html

Youth Art Month Video 2012

Youth Art Month

The annual Youth Art Month Show is this Thursday at the CATE Center in Frisco.  There will be amazing works of art displayed from all the elementary schools in FISD.  If you have a student who has art in the show you recieved an invitaion last Friday or today.  Anderson's viewing time is from 7-8pm on Thursday evening.  I will be there to give your student their YAM certificate.  If you are unable to attend I will give your student their certificate at School and all the art from the YAM show will be displayed during open house at Anderson. Can't wait to see all my awesome artists I am so proud of all of you!!

PTA Reflections

3rd Grade Polar Bears with Norhtern Lights

I found this awesome lesson on a fellow art teacher blog. http://marymaking.blogspot.com/2011/12/polar-bears-with-northern-lights.html

It is such a great lesson on working with chalk, learning about the Northern Lights and drawing Polar Bears.  My students really enjoyed the final project and were so proud of their art.  I can't wait to show some of these off in our annual Youth Art Month Show in February.

Happy New Year Anderson Artists and Families

Well, I can not believe it is 2012 already!!!!!  You know what they say time flies when you are having fun. 

The Frisco ISD Youth Art Month Show is fast approaching and I am looking for awesome pieces of art that are created in class at Anderson so make sure you are working hard and being creative in art.  I can only choose the 40-50 most outstanding pieces from over 700 students so my job is super hard.

The deadline to purchase a yearbook is also looming.  Please make sure you order yours during the month of January to ensure your student gets a copy.  You won't want to miss it because the yearbook staff has been hard at work creating an awesome yearbook.