Fremont Troll

The kiddos and I checked out the Fremont troll under the bridge on Sat. The poor troll needs some tlc......and a manicure.
“To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”

Michelle Beschen - Some Fun Home Improvement

a few art lessons from school

This is my "Art History Mystery" board. Every month I display an unknown artist's work and ask several questions. When students are finished with their art work they can use the computer or take home the questions I have posted to find out the mystery-"who is this artist?"...and of course whichever little detectives figure out the mystery recieve a little treat at the end of the month.

This is my little piece I created along side my students in an after school workshop. Its the space needle made from "Found Objects." (cd/cone thingee...and the inside parts of an old clock)

2nd grade winter scenes.

Jackson Pollock after school workshop.

5/6th grade "Celtic Alphabet" project for our Festival of Peace and Light.

3rd Grade-Complimentary Colored Numbers! We studied the art of Jasper John's for this project.

2nd Grade-Abstract German Castles. Students created these in December for our festival of peace and light. Students used building blocks to construct a castle onto their paper. This project was one of my favorites-lots of color!!

4th Grade-Stained Glass Art Design on the back of cd's.

5/6th graders made paper mache guitars of their own design. I had several students in this class who play the guitar so I thought it would be fun to study the history of the guitar .(Dangerous Curves-The art of the Guitar from the Museum of Fine Art in Boston).

Hey Franki-I'm finally getting up some pics of some art lessons. I've got some more to post...I'm also going to try and get some of my favorite art teacher links up on "my favorites."

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

-Dr. Seuss

ATT: Chicago girlies.....midwest tshirt

Ok Franki, Andi and Jen...I found the tshirt! ...and I found a link with how to transfer an image with freezer paper..so we don't have to slap down twenty five bucke roos!

Freezer paper link: http://www.craftster.org/blog/?p=94 (check out the Madonna transfer)

http://gingerfied.blogspot.com/2006/04/freezer-paper-transferhow-to_16.html

Franki-thanks to you, I'm going a little crazy with freezer paper now....its all over the living room as I'm trying to make shirts for the kiddos birthdays.

I know well that happiness is in the little things. -John Ruskin