Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Valentines Day projects: HeART ART ART....


  • What can you make with 2 pipe cleaners and a round lollipop? 
  • Photograph your concoction on Artsonia and eat or give to someone.
  • Most Creative/unique will win a prize in each class.

 For the first 2 weeks in February we will be making art with hearts. There are circle, squares, triangles, stars and for 2 weeks heARTS.....in clay, painted and finally edible art candy wrapper.

ASSIGNMENT:
1. How do you mix different colors with just the primary colors? Experiment!
Draw a picture with just hearts. Fill the watercolor paper with hearts of different sizes and paint each heart a different color that you mix from red, yellow and blue.

2. Draw YOUR Valentine Candy bar wrapper, color, cut out, put the chocolate bar in the wrapper and photograph.
3.Clay heart coil coasters
candy bar wrappers Pinterest Board
heart art pinterest board
heart painting/drawing Pinterest Board




Sunday, January 04, 2015

The 10 "Best" in the Art Room

1. Memory project portraits sent to Paraguay, Nepal and Nicaragua orphans 
Nepal Portraits
Paraguay portraits
Nicaragua portraits

2. 7 new iPads through Donors Choose


3. 2 new art classes started:

4. mosaic started after 3 years of planning

5. National Junior Art Honor Society first year at Riverview
NJAHS page

6. The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) announces the selection of Mrs Baldauf/Riverview Middle to complete a pilot of a Model Cornerstone Assessment in the new media art standard for 8th grade.

7. 3 articles excepted to be published in School Arts Magazine
1. " 2 classrooms in 1"
2. "Graffiti Mosaic"
3.  "Clay Bowls"

8. Baldauf Blogart (digital classroom) started.

9. 600 art pieces in the Contra Costa County Fair 
10. Students photograph their own art creating a digital portfolio on Artsonia.