tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78296978653529119392024-03-13T14:16:17.194-04:00Mrs. Edwards' Art ClassMrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-30565454743456495972012-09-20T11:40:00.000-04:002012-09-20T11:40:18.083-04:00Cool Color Peacocks<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Oh Kindergarten... </strong></span><br />
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In K-5 art we have so much fun, make such messes, and learn soooo many lessons! We have been discussing the color wheel, rainbows, primary colors, secondary colors and such... and this week we talked about cool colors! We celebrated the colors Blue, Purple, and Green by making beautiful peacocks!<br />
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First the students flattened out coffee filters and colored circles with washable markers.</div>
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I encouraged them to do circles with several rings of varying shades of blues, greens, and purples.</div>
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I don't have a picture of this, but after we finished coloring with WASHABLE markers, we sprayed each coffee filter with a water bottle. Since they were washable, the colors ran and bled into eachother creating a beautiful tie-dye effect! So pretty and feathery!</div>
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We the made a face, beak and tummy on the peacock body. We assembled them with a touch of glue and our beautiful, cool-color peacocks were finished!!</div>
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What do you think of these fine feathered friends? We hope you enjoyed this fun activity! Thanks for reading!</div>
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Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-48567585427199104722012-09-20T11:26:00.004-04:002012-09-20T11:26:56.837-04:00"Light of the World" Candle Chalk Drawings<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Missions Conference is coming!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">It's important that elementary students learn the value of missions at a young age. Next week Grace Gospel Church will be hosting their 70th annual Missions Conference. Our school then invites the visiting missionaries to speak in the classrooms about their work on the mission field. </span><br />
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I like for the art students to create some artwork for the missionaries to see when they visit our halls. This year, we talked about a Christian's duty to be a shining light in a dark world. Matthew 5:14 says "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid." and 5:16 says "Let your light so <b>shine</b> before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." I used these verses as the basis for our art project.<br />
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Fourth and fifth grade students used chalk to sketch the form of a candle. They had to first draw out a cylinder, then add the lumps of melting wax, some black outlines, a wick and a burning flame to represent our responsibility to be that shining light!<br />
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Each student then chose a "light word" to title their candle drawing.</div>
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I love the glowing flame!</div>
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This is my Snoopy bulletin board that changes the "Happiness is..." quote with each new set of art work!</div>
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Well I hope you enjoyed our special reminders to be lights to the world! We loved making these! Thanks for reading! Come back for more art soon!</div>
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Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-39686129027671399102012-09-20T11:05:00.000-04:002012-09-20T11:06:52.035-04:00Out of this World Fun (Moon Sand Recipe!)<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Welcome back Art Friends! </strong></span><br />
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Things have been busy in art class at GCS! Students in 1st-5th grade are working diligently on comic books / story books. I will feature those as soon as the last details are finished! This week, second grade finished their comics, so for the remaining class time we played with Moon Sand!<br />
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You may be wondering what moon sand is... think of the consistency of wet sand that you can always build sand castles with, but without the water and without the gritty sand! Moon sand is very soft but not squishy like play-dough. If you still don't understand, look at some of the pictures and just trust me that it is verrrry fun to play with!<br />
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I placed the Moon Sand into some shallow trays and placed them on the floor with big table cloths underneath to catch any spills!</div>
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These boys loved feeling the soft sand, packing it together and throwing it down as "sand bombs" that exploded!! </div>
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I provided a few cups and bowls to create forms for the sand.</div>
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Everybody working away at molding, exploding, and squishing!</div>
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How enjoyable! Are you ready for the recipe!!?</div>
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Hope you enjoyed our out of this world experiences! Let me know if you try it! Thanks for reading!</div>
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Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-90589383908037826852012-08-29T11:45:00.000-04:002012-08-29T11:45:59.936-04:00Kindergarten Rainbow Hair <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Welcome Artists!!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><strong>Thoughts about K-5 Art...</strong></span><br />
I have a special place in my heart for Kindergarten. I did my student teaching with a group of the sweetest K-5 students! As much as I love these cuties, I have to say it is one of the most difficult art classes! There is so much that is new to them, that I often can easily get frustrated. Thankfully, for me, it's just easier (and way more rewarding) to laugh and pray in those times!! When I first started teaching art, my wonderful and perfect lesson plans for K-5 had to be thrown out the window. I started from scratch and got down to the very basic, and very FUN and exciting lessons for this group of kids. I realized this: <em><span style="color: #990000;">What's more important? Teaching the kids to recognize a VanGogh or Seurat painting when they see it? Or teaching them how to appreciate art and get excited about it!?</span></em> Obviously, at that age, most of them love art anyway... but I want to foster a love for art and desire to be creative in <strong>all</strong> of my students and it must start in that first year of art. That can't happen if I begin with lessons loaded with technicalities and projects too challenging to enjoy. If a student becomes frustrated to the point of giving up, I have failed as an art teacher! My goal now is to come up with lessons that "<em>secretly</em>" teach the principles and concepts of art that they will need later on! This way, students just see a really fun activity that leaves them craving for more!<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">Hence... rainbow hair!!! (The actual lesson)</span></strong><br />
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Again, starting with the basics, I get the students excited about color, about the rainbow, and about the absolute beauty of creation- God's masterpiece! We go over the color wheel which actually is slightly different than the rainbow. <br />
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<li>Rainbow= "ROYGBIV" -this is a scientific breakdown of the color spectrum</li>
<li>Color wheel= Red ,Yellow, and Blue are primary; Orange, Green, and Purple are Secondary.. so basically we don't include indigo.. (which is basically blue, right?)</li>
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Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-72078499334935130182012-08-29T11:19:00.000-04:002012-08-29T11:19:52.961-04:00Friends in Motion!<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Gesture Drawing</strong><span style="font-size: small;"> is sketching the basic form of a body in motion. We try to do this lesson early in the year so students can use this technique in other projects. It really helps them learn how to draw people in another form other than standing up straight. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Students take turns freezing in cool poses as their classmates sketch their form. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The result is a "test-dummy" looking figure that we can color and add detail to at the end of class. The students seem to really love this assignment as it gets them moving and also gives them more practice with sketching!</span></div>
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Hope you enjoyed our Gesture Drawings! We love drawing our friends in motion!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Greetings to my 2012-2013 art students and parents!</span></h2>
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I'm so glad to be back in the blogging world! After a year-long break from blogging, I really missed it and wanted to get it going again! Plus, there is soooo much beautiful art to see! Enjoy the next few blog posts as I have blogging fever and want to show all that we've been doing! <br />
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At the beginning of the year, I have to remind my students of all the <a href="http://mrsedwardsartclass.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-school-year-new-look.html" target="_blank">classroom expectations</a>. I try not to bore them the whole time, so after a quick review, I get to the fun stuff as quickly as possible! This year as an opening activity, some classes listened to a few musical selections then drew scenes depicting what they thought was going on in the music. <br />
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This activity is good for a number of reasons:<br />
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<li>We learned that art should have a meaning and story to it. Not just scribbles and chaos!</li>
<li>We got our brains back to thinking creatively after a summer of no art class!</li>
<li>This helps our new students feel more comfortable with a stress-free lesson.</li>
<li>Studies show that listening to music aids in the creative processing when drawing!</li>
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<strong>Here are the selections as well as a few examples of Second Grade work!</strong><br />
1. Trumpet Concerto in C<br />
2. Op. 289 Persian March<br />
3. Everlasting Gobstoppers (from the soundtrack Willy Wonka{Mrs. Edwards' favorite movie!})<br />
4. The Entertainer<br />
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All the students did a super job and their work is being displayed in the classroom now! Thanks for reading and please visit again!<br />
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Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-74130314911382311222011-08-17T21:55:00.000-04:002012-08-29T10:35:22.811-04:00New School Year, New Look!<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">
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<i>Yes, you are in the right place! I have updated our art blog's look! Take a look around and let me know what you think! </i><br />
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School is back in session at GCS, and we are already having a blast in art class! We have been reviewing rules, expectations, routines, and beginning our newest art activity! We hope to get these featured on the site this week!<br />
If you aren't familiar with our classroom, take a look at our class policies and routines below!<br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i style="color: #134f5c;">Most of our rules can fit into one of these four categories:</i></b><br />
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<li><b>Be Kind!</b></li>
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<li>Don't make fun of others' art work.</li>
<li>Have a happy and cooperative attitude. </li>
<li>Don't talk while I am teaching or when a classmate is presenting.</li>
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<li><b>Be Careful!</b></li>
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<li>Don't run around the room like a crazy kid! </li>
<li>When working with certain supplies, we try as much as possible to keep our hands away from our face and clothes (to avoid blue/orange faces!!)</li>
<li>Watch out for others' art work to be sure you do not accidentally ruin their work.</li>
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<li><b>Be Creative!</b></li>
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<li>Most common phrase in our class is PLAN with your Pencil!</li>
<li>Do not mindlessly draw without a creative plan in mind. </li>
<li>Sketch out ideas before using permanent color.</li>
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<li><b>Be Original!</b></li>
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<li>Do your best to come up with an idea of you own</li>
<li>Never copy Mrs. Edwards' work or your neighbor's work. </li>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i style="color: #a64d79;">There are times when a student may be having a hard day... </i></b><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">we'll just leave it at that!! In such cases, they may be given a Warning (Level 1), a "W" (Level 2), or a Check (Level 3). A "W" stands for <u><i>wait.</i></u></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">If you receive a “W”, you must wait 5 minutes away from the art table while everyone else continues to work.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">I do reward excellent behavior though! </span></i></b>When a student shows kindness, self-control, willingness to follow directions, helpfulness, and creativity they are eligible for Art Star! Art Star is a highly-esteemed award that receives a very cool certificate and <span style="color: #bf9000;">CANDY</span>!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Gill Sans MT;">It is super important to me to conserve our supplies to the best of our ability! That's why we have a "no wasting" rule! If we are cutting up paper for an activity, I have the students place any leftover paper into our nicely color coded slots! They are doing a great job at this too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">When we come back after a break, I just assume students were stricken with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesia"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">amnesia</span></a> and quickly review rules and expectations!! So far so good! They really are a super bunch of kids! I am so blessed to have them in my art class and thank our Lord for giving me the opportunity to minister to them!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Please bare with me as I continue to update the blog a bit. Let me know of any glitches you may find. The comment section should be easier to access now, so please give some positive feedback to our students that I can read to them in our class! They love that! </span></span><br />
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Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-19693572669474717972011-05-27T12:14:00.001-04:002011-05-27T12:17:20.719-04:00Summer Activities with Mrs. Edwards<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Hello again! </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><em><strong>Did you know that Grace Christian School is offering awesome summer camps this year?</strong></em></span> This is something new my husband and I are starting! I am so excited about our first summer camp coming up in just 1 week!<br />
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</div><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">June 6th-10th</span></strong> I will be conducting a <strong>Drama Camp</strong> for students in Kindergarten through 7th grade!<br />
This will truly be an unforgettable week as we work together at becoming wonderful actors and actresses! We are going to have so much fun performing, wearing costumes and makeup, filming commercials, and more! Throughout the week we will be practicing for our <strong>BIG SHOW</strong> which is our Friday performance in front of family and friends! If you are in the Huntington, WV area you are invited to attend this super-dee-duper camp! <br />
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<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><u><span style="color: #cc0000;">Campers must be registered the Friday before each camp begins.</span></u></strong></li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Each camper will receive a very "dramatic" t-shirt!</li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Awards and certificates will be given out at the BIG SHOW!</li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Each camper must bring his/her own daily snack and drink.</li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Dress code</em>- loose-fitting pants/jeans or knee-length shorts</li>
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</div><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Costs:</span></strong><br />
<ul><li>Non Day-Campers- $60</li>
<li>Registered Day Campers- $15</li>
</ul>I will be offering several other camps and in-depth details will be coming later, but here is a brief summer schedule of the camps.<br />
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<ul><li><strong>June 6th - 10th</strong> 9am-12pm: <span style="color: purple;">DRAMA CAMP</span></li>
<ul><li><em>Open to students K5-7th grade</em></li>
<li>Non Day-Campers- $60</li>
<li>Registered Day-Campers- $15</li>
</ul><li><strong>June 20th - 24th</strong> 9am-12pm: <span style="color: #e69138;">ART CAMP</span></li>
<ul><li><em>Open to students K5-3rd grade</em></li>
<li>Non Day-Campers- $60</li>
<li>Registered Day-Campers- $15</li>
</ul><li><strong>ALSO June 20th - 24th</strong> 9am-12pm: <span style="color: #0b5394;">SOCCER CAMP</span></li>
<ul><li><em>Open to students 4th-7th grade (boys <u>and</u> girls)</em></li>
<li>Non Day-Campers- $60</li>
<li>Registered Day-Campers- $15</li>
</ul><li><strong>July 11th - 15th</strong> 9am-12pm: <span style="color: #e69138;">ART CAMP II</span></li>
<ul><li><em>Open to students 4th - 7th grades</em></li>
<li>Non Day-Campers- $60</li>
<li>Registered Day-Campers- $15</li>
</ul><li><strong>ALSO July 11th-15th</strong> 9am-12pm: <span style="color: #0b5394;">SOCCER CAMP II</span></li>
<ul><li><em>Open to students K5-3rd grades (boys <u>and</u> girls)</em></li>
<li>Non Day-Campers- $60</li>
<li>Registered Day-Campers- $15</li>
</ul><li><strong>July 18th-22nd</strong> 10am-12pm: <span style="color: #a64d79;">CHEERLEADING CAMP</span></li>
<ul><li><em>Open to <u>girls</u> in rising 4th-7th grades</em></li>
<li>Non Day-Campers- $45</li>
<li>Registered Day-Campers- $10</li>
</ul><li><strong>ALSO July 18th-22nd 1-3pm:</strong> <span style="color: #38761d;">TECHNOLOGY CAMP</span></li>
<ul><li><em>Open to students 4th-7th grades</em></li>
<li>Non Day-Campers- $45</li>
<li>Registered Day-Campers- $10</li>
</ul></ul>Please note the time changes the week of July 18th-22nd. There is one camp in the morning and one camp in the afternoon (with a break in the middle for lunch!!). We hope you can make it out to these absolutely amazing camps! You will not regret it!Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-6032775248989853722011-05-26T22:07:00.003-04:002011-05-26T22:18:41.523-04:00The Beautiful and Shining Spring Art Show!!<div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hi Art Friends!!</span></b></div><br />
I finally got some time to update the blog! These past few weeks have been some crazy, crowded, and fun times! This week's post will feature the Spring Art Show held last Thursday night. It was an enchanting and beautiful time, and I really enjoyed watching the children run around and point out their artwork to their family. So sweet!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vBjr3er6E0E/Td8ETlEwCKI/AAAAAAAAAPs/L6ZTG2QmRSk/s1600/227097_10150200082193896_502998895_7057172_6435195_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vBjr3er6E0E/Td8ETlEwCKI/AAAAAAAAAPs/L6ZTG2QmRSk/s640/227097_10150200082193896_502998895_7057172_6435195_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> As you entered the lobby, these friendly (and symmetrical!) butterflies </div><div style="text-align: center;">greeted you swinging from the ceiling!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qvj9gcQBaeE/Td8EXku3E2I/AAAAAAAAAPw/u2aAgn3Tghs/s1600/228145_10150200082118896_502998895_7057170_95761_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qvj9gcQBaeE/Td8EXku3E2I/AAAAAAAAAPw/u2aAgn3Tghs/s1600/228145_10150200082118896_502998895_7057170_95761_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> One of the biggest sections of our gallery was our Self-Portrait Mural. This featured every elementary student and teacher. It was a breath-taking (and sometimes humorous) presentation of our talent!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7zXiUOOfTUE/Td8Eam8TPjI/AAAAAAAAAP0/EJX-9pH2g_k/s1600/230405_10150200082038896_502998895_7057168_1948849_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7zXiUOOfTUE/Td8Eam8TPjI/AAAAAAAAAP0/EJX-9pH2g_k/s640/230405_10150200082038896_502998895_7057168_1948849_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> These Mona Lisa Grid Designs were created by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade art classes. Each member of the class got a square of paper, and a square of the original painting. They had to copy exactly what was on the square as best as they could. Then we put all the squares together to reveal the final result! The famous beauty: The Mona Lisa!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--VhyGMr_j_A/Td8Ec-Z8u2I/AAAAAAAAAP4/RALIAEOOxEQ/s1600/230723_10150200082068896_502998895_7057169_4989794_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--VhyGMr_j_A/Td8Ec-Z8u2I/AAAAAAAAAP4/RALIAEOOxEQ/s640/230723_10150200082068896_502998895_7057169_4989794_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the most interesting exhibits was our gallery of clay pots. Each elementary student created and painted their very own pot. We used 3 different methods: Coil Pot, Pinch Pot, and Petal Pot. Several students mentioned that this was one of their very favorite lessons. I thought the results were stunning!</div><br />
I really hope you enjoyed this very small representation of our awesome Art Show! To those who were able to attend, I hope you loved it as much as I did!! I look forward to the next show coming in December!! Thanks for all your support!<br />
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We have been very busy creating some amazing looking artwork for our Spring Art Show!! Our Spring Art Show will be open the night of the elementary concert on <b>May 19 at 6:15</b>. We held our very first art show back in December the night of the Christmas concert. I hope to continue to have a Christmas and Spring art show every year too! The students and their families really enjoy looking around at all the wonderful art projects. For our first show, each class made a Christmas quilt that was displayed along with several samples of projects we had worked on during that semester.<br />
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Since you are a dear and loved blog reader, I will fill you in on some of the exciting things you will see at the Spring Art Show. Last week and this week the students have made and will be painting clay pots. We learned about different techniques to create these pots and now we are going to paint beautiful designs on them! Another cool exhibit will be our wall of self-portraits. You will NOT want to miss this amazing display of each elementary student's self-portrait. You may also see some other famous GCS staff on the wall! Along with these two special exhibits, I will feature some of the exceptional pieces of artwork from weeks past that show all visitors what we have learned this semester.<br />
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I am looking definitely looking forward to the unveiling of our awesome clay pots and other artwork! Be sure to come to the BEST art show around!! Also, at 7:00 pm the elementary will put on a wonderful spring concert! It will be a fun and beautiful night for everyone!<br />
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I might put some sneak peeks of our pots on here since you are such a great group of blog-readers, so stay tuned for a special surprise later this week!! But you will have to come to the art show to see them in all of their glory!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Have a wonderful first week of May! (My birthday month!!)</div><div style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><b>Mrs. Edwards</b></i></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-52036901534360783052011-04-11T12:25:00.000-04:002011-04-11T12:25:15.484-04:00The Highly Coveted and Thought-Provoking Art of KINDERGARTEN!!<strong><span style="color: #674ea7;">Kindergarten art is anything but boring!</span></strong> We have learned so much this year! I wanted to share two fun projects that we have done recently. These projects can be used with children as young as two, so take notes if you are a stay-at-home parent who is interested in bringing some artful fun to your home!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em><strong>String Paintings</strong></em></span><br />
Everyone really enjoyed this colorful, unique, and hands-on project! To begin, I sat out several different colors of paper, and several colors of paints. I chose the quiestest, best-seated students to go first. Each child had to pick a color of paint and paper. Together, we <strong>dipped</strong> a very long string (about 2 feet) into a bowl of paint. We made sure the whole string was coated. Next we <strong>laid the string down</strong> in the pattern of our choice, being sure to include lots of loops! On top of the string designed paper, <strong>I placed</strong> one more colored paper followed by a heavy-duty piece of cardboard and a heavy-duty can of paint. Next the students had to <strong>pull with all their might</strong> to get the string out from between to two papers. Most students needed help pulling that stubborn string out, but it was well worth the beautiful result! When you unveil the two papers, you will find <strong>mirror reflections</strong> of the string designed pulled out in a manner that resembles a flower. Some looked different than flowers, but all were unique and abstract! We had such a good time laughing and cheering for each new piece of art that was formed that day! Here is a sampling of what we did:<br />
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On Clay Day, students had a blast experimenting with 3-D art. When I first passed out the clay, I had students quickly form whatever object I called out. It was a race to create a tooth, flower, snake, balloon, bowl, and other fun objects. Then I let the students create anything they wished. It wasn't long before one student discovered how to make a nice looking snail! Soon after, many of the students decided to present a friendly little snail to me. This project helped the kindergarten practice their fine motor skills as well as learn about form and shape. Take a look at the family of snails from this fun day!<br />
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</tbody></table> Well, I hope you enjoyed hearing about the wonderful artwork of our Kindergarteners! They have really grown in their art skills this year!Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-6486533771890593762011-04-11T12:03:00.000-04:002011-04-11T12:03:20.775-04:00Second Grade Sketches of the Human Eye<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(Note: Even though you are not viewing this until April 11, this post is actually from March 14, but Mrs. Edwards is sometimes "bloggically-challenged" and forgot to officially publish it!!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Welcome to the art blog featuring the best students in the world!</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s <strong>Second Grade’s</strong> turn to show you how to draw a realistic <strong>human eye</strong>! They created unbelievable sketches that included the following parts of the eye:<br />
Iris Pupil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Reflective Highlight Eyelids</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Eyelashes Eyebrows<br />
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Some of us decided to include wrinkles too! We also discussed that the eye can take on many different shapes depending on the <strong>expression on our face</strong>. Take a look at our beautifully and carefully drawn sketches of the human eye!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(There were 4 different eye expressions that the students were taught how to draw.)</span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great work, <strong><em>Alex</em></strong>!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qJEjgatTF64/TaMj5yaoMOI/AAAAAAAAAPU/9ZT5tObpaC4/s1600/ellen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qJEjgatTF64/TaMj5yaoMOI/AAAAAAAAAPU/9ZT5tObpaC4/s320/ellen.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Ellen's</em></strong> shading makes the eyes look very nice!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n8H4BkL15kM/TaMj6xDwDbI/AAAAAAAAAPY/AxUBBVZVt6I/s1600/mackenzie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n8H4BkL15kM/TaMj6xDwDbI/AAAAAAAAAPY/AxUBBVZVt6I/s320/mackenzie.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Mackenzi</em></strong> just about mastered the "closed eye"!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-heflYBB6xZg/TaMj8Ww8kTI/AAAAAAAAAPc/HONO1MzgCIw/s1600/micah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-heflYBB6xZg/TaMj8Ww8kTI/AAAAAAAAAPc/HONO1MzgCIw/s320/micah.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Micah's</em></strong> eyes look so real! </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">Didn't second grade do a wonderful job! Their quick learning and teachability is extremely... eye-opening! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mrs. Edwards</span></em></strong></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-33741849090009494662011-04-11T11:34:00.000-04:002011-04-11T11:34:39.633-04:00Good Point, Seurat! (Our Experimentation with Pointillism!)<em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Yes, there is more wonderful pieces of art to see!! </strong></span></em><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lXr5iidHrDg/TaMd3xJFMmI/AAAAAAAAAPM/Pn6dKX6GMcs/s1600/seurat-la_parade_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lXr5iidHrDg/TaMd3xJFMmI/AAAAAAAAAPM/Pn6dKX6GMcs/s320/seurat-la_parade_detail.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As we continued our study of famous artists, we took a look at a man named Georges Seurat. Art students have been learning all about pointillism! <strong>Pointillism is the art of making a bigger picture out of little dots</strong> (or points!) Did you know that French artist, Georges Seurat used pointillism to create the picture seen above? Did you know that GCS artists are almost as talented as Mr. Seurat?</div><ul><li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Students planned out a picture they could create using dots.</li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We used water colors and Q-Tips to make our colorful dots. </li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Students learned that dots closer together would create a darker shade, and the spaced out dots made lighter shades.</li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">No lines were allowed at all! Only dots!</li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">If you squint, you may be able to make out the object of our pointillism paintings!</li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uowRBbBxP_4/TaMd2II2u5I/AAAAAAAAAPI/rQgQqqhMVUI/s1600/rachel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uowRBbBxP_4/TaMd2II2u5I/AAAAAAAAAPI/rQgQqqhMVUI/s320/rachel.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This pointillism pie looks good enough to eat!<br />
<strong><em>By: Rachel- 6th Grade</em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgR53UGg4E8/TaMd1TeBYnI/AAAAAAAAAPE/CwMzcTjO8y8/s1600/noah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgR53UGg4E8/TaMd1TeBYnI/AAAAAAAAAPE/CwMzcTjO8y8/s320/noah.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice looking sunset!<br />
<strong><em>By: Noah- 5th Grade</em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-25EKVAkWtx8/TaMd0F16gMI/AAAAAAAAAPA/VxpkXeJXw_A/s1600/nathaniel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-25EKVAkWtx8/TaMd0F16gMI/AAAAAAAAAPA/VxpkXeJXw_A/s320/nathaniel.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A baseball complete with light source and shadow!<br />
<strong><em>By: Nathaniel- 5th Grade</em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DZAnnXa-6xo/TaMdy07Ks7I/AAAAAAAAAO8/4k_vqWt1HNg/s1600/bryan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DZAnnXa-6xo/TaMdy07Ks7I/AAAAAAAAAO8/4k_vqWt1HNg/s320/bryan.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two little apples hanging from a branch!<br />
<strong><em>By: Bryan- 4th Grade</em></strong></td></tr>
</tbody></table>We hope you enjoyed these creative pointillism pictures! We worked very hard on these! Come back soon for more art! <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mrs. Edwards</span></em></strong></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-55453341709237241702011-04-11T11:18:00.000-04:002011-04-11T11:18:28.784-04:00Vibrant Landscapes- Van Gogh Week<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><strong>Welcome back</strong></span> to the art blog featuring the most talented artists: GCS elementary art students! Make sure you catch up on everything we have been doing in art class for the past few weeks!!<br />
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We have been talking about the life and work of famous artists and this week we discussed the troubled, yet talented artist Vincent Van Gogh. We learned about his quite crazy personality, his missing ear, and also his posthumous fame. Although we think he was a great painter, we definitely do not want to act like him!! <br />
This week, art students in grades 1st-6th created beautiful landscapes using chalk pastels. These are sure to take your breath away! Here’s how we made these masterpieces: <br />
<ul><li>We learned that landscapes should show both the land and the sky.</li>
<li>Each student had to choose between a warm or cool set of colors.</li>
<li>We used Van Gogh’s technique of blustery, windy, and wavy lines to make the sky.</li>
<li>Next we used our finger to blend the colors together by slightly smearing the lines to create a windy or sandy effect.</li>
<li>Some students used dark construction paper to create the land with a foreground shadow while others used pastels to draw the land.</li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xms3aHW1XIc/TaMaGJ6-qsI/AAAAAAAAAOo/HVDaKLQ15WM/s1600/abby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xms3aHW1XIc/TaMaGJ6-qsI/AAAAAAAAAOo/HVDaKLQ15WM/s320/abby.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a pretty city-scape in cool colors!<br />
<strong><em>By: Abby- 6th Grade</em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--jWNQMLk9iI/TaMaHKupnWI/AAAAAAAAAOs/_sFpyjbfs6g/s1600/bryan1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--jWNQMLk9iI/TaMaHKupnWI/AAAAAAAAAOs/_sFpyjbfs6g/s320/bryan1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This warm-colored desert looks nice and sandy!<br />
<strong><em>By: Bryan- 4th Grade</em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WTWFELN3ozo/TaMaI-2KjbI/AAAAAAAAAOw/EXAwKmK6g_4/s1600/lena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WTWFELN3ozo/TaMaI-2KjbI/AAAAAAAAAOw/EXAwKmK6g_4/s320/lena.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I would love to visit this warm-colored beach!<br />
<strong><em>By: Lena- 2nd Grade</em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bIw-fIOKZT0/TaMaKMZKIcI/AAAAAAAAAO0/wgPaG6M8I9Y/s1600/dana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bIw-fIOKZT0/TaMaKMZKIcI/AAAAAAAAAO0/wgPaG6M8I9Y/s320/dana.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This night-time landscape is eerily beautiful!<br />
<strong><em>By: Dana- 4th grade</em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ylDIRbxqRog/TaMaLrEKOzI/AAAAAAAAAO4/fPbgRy1yKNQ/s1600/lilly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ylDIRbxqRog/TaMaLrEKOzI/AAAAAAAAAO4/fPbgRy1yKNQ/s320/lilly.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This cool color landscape reminds me of a breezy night!<br />
<strong><em>By: Lilly- 2nd Grade</em></strong></td></tr>
</tbody></table>We hope you enjoyed these vibrant landscapes! Come back for many more pieces of artwork!!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>Mrs. Edwards</em></strong></span></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-70420591138774152462011-03-08T21:06:00.001-05:002011-04-11T18:27:03.897-04:00Bold and Beautiful Flowers in the style of Georgia O'Keeffe<div style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome Art Friends!</span></i></div>We keep having this little glimpses of spring recently! I absolutely love the breezy weather, bright colors, and green goodness of spring! God is such a wonderful Creator to have given us these gifts of beauty! Can't wait til spring is here to stay!!<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5HhlhlgdKzE/TXbf8i5P5dI/AAAAAAAAAOE/D7w3N3y6AI0/s1600/redpoppy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5HhlhlgdKzE/TXbf8i5P5dI/AAAAAAAAAOE/D7w3N3y6AI0/s200/redpoppy.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Red Poppy" by Georgia O'Keeffe</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Last week art students created breath-taking <b>watercolor paintings</b> of huge and colorful flowers. We learned about artist, <b>Geogia O'Keeffe</b> who is famous for her <a href="http://www.georgiaokeefe.com/art.shtml">larger-than-life flowers</a>. She used a variety of colors and sometimes abstract designs to make unique and exciting pieces of art. We painted lovely flowers with petals bursting off the page, and I have to say I love the results! Enjoy!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u71ilyxbgMM/TXbcSMO6LCI/AAAAAAAAANo/SjRUqgA6jJA/s1600/download-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u71ilyxbgMM/TXbcSMO6LCI/AAAAAAAAANo/SjRUqgA6jJA/s320/download-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Josh- 6th Grade</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pO0TP_dvOWk/TXbcVOUrgWI/AAAAAAAAAN0/geeTuAtvUjk/s1600/download-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pO0TP_dvOWk/TXbcVOUrgWI/AAAAAAAAAN0/geeTuAtvUjk/s320/download-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Reagan- 1st Grade</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oCrxAdxHmZ0/TXbcWWFZA-I/AAAAAAAAAN4/D8nQi9CatfU/s1600/download-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oCrxAdxHmZ0/TXbcWWFZA-I/AAAAAAAAAN4/D8nQi9CatfU/s320/download-5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Lindsey- 3rd Grade</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0kzlHSu9L3A/TXbcX0-3B8I/AAAAAAAAAN8/TLcZcfKd73Y/s1600/download-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0kzlHSu9L3A/TXbcX0-3B8I/AAAAAAAAAN8/TLcZcfKd73Y/s320/download-6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Cameron- 4th Grade</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wRCag2oUEFY/TXbcZOLmznI/AAAAAAAAAOA/_zV1xovLacc/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wRCag2oUEFY/TXbcZOLmznI/AAAAAAAAAOA/_zV1xovLacc/s320/download.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Brynne- 6th Grade</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FCl88jQwbCE/TXbcUKabyOI/AAAAAAAAANw/joYxzeJxfNI/s1600/download-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FCl88jQwbCE/TXbcUKabyOI/AAAAAAAAANw/joYxzeJxfNI/s320/download-3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Zach- 3rd Grade</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, I hope you enjoyed these sweet and happy flower paintings! Thanks for stopping by! Please remember to pray for the GCS High School students who will be participating in a Fine Arts Competition this Friday! I will try to post pictures of some of their art submissions next week! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Mrs. Edwards</b></i></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-41259525630674882312011-02-28T18:40:00.000-05:002011-02-28T18:40:02.058-05:00Videography- Filming CommercialsWelcome back after a long break! You will love what we have in store for you today!<br />
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Art students at GCS had a blast last week filming creative commercials for various items picked out by me!<br />
Students used their knowledge of advertisement, character placement, and creative marketing to create a quality commercial for their product or service. They had to include a product name, phone number, and use for the product.<br />
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Take a look at some of these great commercials! I think we have some future actors/marketing gurus!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzOv_bjXowmu8aUJwpoM9IQm5uSDTwCa5t-OZ_lUm_7UG0x5v7QVJF6YoloZDn1_qD08M_8uPFSJ2rsMQHvTw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">2nd Graders Lily, Tyler, Mackenzie, and Jonny tell us about the <i><b>Umbrella 5000</b></i>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxRqWK-g-99KnnvenopjnGg-XIUPufAumGQUPITa4uzbjlrHdGodvSlWQkgPswiINseYG1aUPtNV1YfpA9Vng' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">3rd Graders Cassie, Hannah, Zach, and Jenna show off the <i><b>Super Duper Sweeper</b></i>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGZE_OwKm3DbE3wW5bZM5bxUJBJA-zWFb2k3WvkXEFht5rgRD8l4-zrDlCFULYuVRN-4mVnCWC2eoj1R_-9w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">4th Graders Bryan, Dana, Moses, and Tyler are selling the <i><b>Stainless Steel Super Bowl</b></i>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope you enjoyed this small sampling of our commercials! Our big goal was teamwork in coming up with a great idea that everyone could agree on and be involved with! I am so proud of their hard work!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Make sure you check back later to see what we are working on this week! You will love our masterpieces!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Mrs. Edwards</b></i></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-53060558072345934952011-02-15T21:09:00.000-05:002011-02-15T21:09:28.600-05:00Photography Week Reminder!<div style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Hi sweet readers!</i></b></span></div><br />
Did you remember to check out our on-the-side blog, <a href="http://www.abunchofphotographers.blogspot.com/">www.aBunchofPhotographers.blogspot.com</a> ??<br />
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If you forgot, here is a quick recap:<br />
<b>Day 1- </b>Our theme was "<i style="color: #990000;">Show Your Love</i>" - find you mom, dog, grandpa, buddy, or sweetheart and snap a picture!<br />
<b>Day 2- </b>Our theme was "<i style="color: #38761d;">Capturing the Wonder</i>" - Take a picture featuring the amazing creation of our God!<br />
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There is still time for you to catch up and submit pictures from Day 1 and 2!! Plus, the photography fun lasts all week! E-mail all submissions to me at <a href="mailto:happyedwards77@gmail.com">happyedwards77@gmail.com</a> <br />
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Also, get timely updates about what we are doing in art class by following me on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/MrsEdwardsArt" style="color: blue;">@MrsEdwardsArt</a>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-24262214131319726612011-02-11T18:34:00.000-05:002011-02-11T18:34:43.291-05:00Calling All Photographers!<b style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">COMING NEXT WEEK!!</span></span></b><br />
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<strong>Starting Monday, February 14</strong>, all teachers and students and parents and anybody remotely related to Grace Christian School will begin our wonderfully exciting photography week!<br />
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Read more about this on our brand new on-the-side blog!!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.abunchofphotographers.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">www.aBunchofPhotographers.blogspot.com</span></b></span></a></div><br />
This is something you will not want to miss! Because you are a valuable reader of our Art Class blog, you are among the very first to learn about this one of a kind event!<br />
Thanks for visiting, and be sure to check out this photo blog everyday next week!!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Mrs. Edwards</b></i></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-33681415814153320252011-02-11T18:24:00.000-05:002011-02-11T18:24:09.262-05:00A Valentine Culinary Experience!<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Welcome Faithful Readers and Brand New Visitors!</span><br />
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I have been waiting all week to share the exciting things we have been doing in art this week!! I wanted to celebrate Valentine's Day with each class, so this week was full of parties! I still wanted to incorporate a small addition to our study of possible careers in art. I chose to discuss the field of Culinary Arts!<br />
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We got to decorate cookies with lots (and I mean <b><u>LOTS</u></b>) of icing, sprinkles, colored sugar, and other things that will cause parents to shudder!! Before decorating, we played some awesome games and posed with our buddies in the Heart Photo Booth. Over all, it was an absolute blast! This is definitely going down in the top five most memorable weeks of art class! I<br />
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Now for a look at some of the fun we had:<br />
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If you're in the area, make sure you stop by the "Hall of Frame" to see even more pictures of the GCS art students having Valentine Fun!! Next week has even more great things in store! I hope everyone has a happy Valentine Weekend!<br />
<div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Love to all!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mrs. Edwards</span></b></i></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-445188518269298402011-02-04T17:06:00.000-05:002011-02-04T17:06:46.280-05:00Craft vs. Art and Our Adventures as Craft Artists!<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>Welcome Friends!</b></span> <br />
Week 5 of our study on Careers in art led us to the <b>Craft Artist. </b>For those interested only in their child's artwork, feel free to skip down to heading <b>Our Adventures as Craft Artists. </b>For those with some extra time or interest in my viewpoint on crafts, read on!<br />
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I generally do not teach crafts, because they often float away from the ideas and elements of art. We have all seen the Sunday School <a href="http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/mpilgrim2.html"><span style="color: blue;">cut and paste activities</span></a> that have pre-designed pieces that are basically glued together. While there is nothing wrong with these types of crafts in certain situations, I try to stay away from these in art class. I prefer to teach students how to take the basic elements of art and create their <i>own</i> work out of their <i>own</i> ideas. The problem with the 'cut and paste activities" used as an art lesson is: it does not allow for individual creativity! The whole point of art class is for students to learn skills that will help them come up with a design that is unique to them! Gluing together a print-out of a pilgrim is not exactly unique... especially when every other student is cutting out that same pilgrim! There is such a thing as a artfully-crafted craft! That's where Craft Artists come in! Here is a great explanation of a craft artist from <a href="http://www.degreefinders.com/education-articles/careers/how-to-become-a-craft-artist.html"><span style="color: blue;">this site</span></a>:<br />
<blockquote>"Craft artists create a wide range of objects typically by hand. They strive to create unique art pieces such as clothing, jewelry, pottery, mosaics, candles, furniture, quilts, stained glass, and tapestries. They work with a variety of materials such as wood, ceramics, metal, glass, paper, and textiles. ... Many craft artists also employ fine art methods including painting and printing to improve the appearance of their creations. Some craft artists use recycled objects to create their art. Craft artists often display and sell their creations at craft shows, fairs, studios, galleries, museums, and retail outlets."</blockquote><b><i><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our Adventures as Craft Artists</span></i></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">So as you can see, craft artists take their skills to create a handmade item that is unique! Art students at GCS did just that by creating <b>funny and sweet Valentine Cards</b> out of construction paper, glue, wooden sticks, string, and markers. Students had to create a self-designed Valentine centered around hearts. They also had to include a funny or sweet message that creatively captioned the picture. Your heart will melt when you read these mushy, lovey Valentines!!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUx1iTdvKPI/AAAAAAAAAKw/t7gj3hGhf2M/s1600/2011-02-04+15.27.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUx1iTdvKPI/AAAAAAAAAKw/t7gj3hGhf2M/s320/2011-02-04+15.27.12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Message: "Puppy Love- Puppies are cute!"</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>By: Brianna</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUx1jvpIjtI/AAAAAAAAAK0/iwZ5WxY7oSg/s1600/2011-02-04+15.27.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUx1jvpIjtI/AAAAAAAAAK0/iwZ5WxY7oSg/s320/2011-02-04+15.27.24.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Message: "I've caught the Love Bug"</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>By: Rachel</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUx1lZOullI/AAAAAAAAAK4/JManBQ0qMTw/s1600/2011-02-04+15.28.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUx1lZOullI/AAAAAAAAAK4/JManBQ0qMTw/s320/2011-02-04+15.28.01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Message: "I love you beary much!"</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>By: Hannah C.</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUx3doyCmsI/AAAAAAAAAK8/k_Y0J-wr4ds/s1600/heart-flower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUx3doyCmsI/AAAAAAAAAK8/k_Y0J-wr4ds/s1600/heart-flower.jpg" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b> </b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, sweet students, your love really <i>grows</i> on me! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm really looking forward to our Valentine parties next week!! Make sure you read our blog to see all the fun that we have!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Mrs. Edwards</b></i></span></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-17203300629529325722011-02-01T15:36:00.001-05:002011-02-04T15:00:50.429-05:005th and 6th grade Font Designs!<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Welcome back!</span><br />
Did you already read about the graphic designs of <a href="http://mrsedwardsartclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/1st-2nd-and-3rd-grade-advertisements.html">1st-3rd</a> grade and <a href="http://mrsedwardsartclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/kindergarten-logo-design.html">Kindergarten</a>? Make sure you check those out to hear what we have been learning about the career of a graphic designer!!<br />
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5th and 6th grade art students learned about fonts, creative lettering, and how to design a unique font (and come up with a great name for it!) Since, good design includes consistency in theme throughout the whole alphabet, students were required to write out the entire alphabet (upper and lower case) in their new font. They also had to write out the famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_quick_brown_fox_jumps_over_the_lazy_dog">pangram</a>: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" to test the font in sentence format!<br />
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Take a look at these potential future fonts!! <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUheLTAWOGI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/QUKjaRazj5U/s1600/daniel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUheLTAWOGI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/QUKjaRazj5U/s320/daniel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>By: Daniel- 5th Grade</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Name of Font: <em>Spikes</em></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUheMo1lG9I/AAAAAAAAAKU/pFwfG5HAVkA/s1600/mason.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUheMo1lG9I/AAAAAAAAAKU/pFwfG5HAVkA/s320/mason.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>By: Mason- 6th Grade</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Name of Font: <em>Ropes</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Mason is new to our 6th grade class and is doing a great job in art!</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUheNXKPQ6I/AAAAAAAAAKY/YAaSzn2D9H0/s1600/morgan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUheNXKPQ6I/AAAAAAAAAKY/YAaSzn2D9H0/s320/morgan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>By: Morgan- 6th Grade</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Name of Font: <em>Leaf Letters</em></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUheN9BhINI/AAAAAAAAAKc/Kx9v6_eVlbs/s1600/noah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUheN9BhINI/AAAAAAAAAKc/Kx9v6_eVlbs/s320/noah.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>By: Noah- 5th Grade</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Name of Font: <em>Hairy Letters</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Congratulations on designing your own font, students! Keep up the great work!!<br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>Mrs. Edwards</em></strong></span></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-23009758571244707752011-02-01T14:22:00.001-05:002011-02-04T15:01:17.760-05:001st, 2nd, and 3rd grade Advertisements<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But wait!</span><br />
There is more to graphic design week! Hopefully you already read about <a href="http://mrsedwardsartclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/kindergarten-logo-design.html">Kindergarten's wonderful creations!</a> If not, check back to read all about how we learned what it means to be a graphic designer!<br />
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Art students in grades 1st, 2nd, and 3rd experimented with designing advertisements. What were we advertising? Only the best school in the world: Grace Christian School! Woo!! Go Soldiers!<br />
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Oh.. I guess I'll let the advertisements speak for themselves.... <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhbvxYhWmI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/CkU6v39DxuE/s1600/anthony.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhbvxYhWmI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/CkU6v39DxuE/s320/anthony.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>By: Anthony- 2nd Grade</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nice school house! I agree! You <em><strong>will</strong></em> love it here!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhbxH4E9EI/AAAAAAAAAKA/GClb813pAD0/s1600/cassie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhbxH4E9EI/AAAAAAAAAKA/GClb813pAD0/s320/cassie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>By: Cassie- 3rd Grade</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Bible was a common design feature! We love learning about God's Word!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhbxx-n3sI/AAAAAAAAAKE/XP2Ijmk7mqE/s1600/grant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhbxx-n3sI/AAAAAAAAAKE/XP2Ijmk7mqE/s320/grant.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>By: Grant- 1st Grade</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">GCS has it all! </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhby8PMXxI/AAAAAAAAAKI/yu-05EsCmFw/s1600/mackenzie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhby8PMXxI/AAAAAAAAAKI/yu-05EsCmFw/s320/mackenzie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>By: Mackenzie- 2nd Grade</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wow! What a nice design of our mascot, the Soldier!</div><br />
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Well, I really hope you enjoyed these students' attractive advertising! Stay tuned for 5th and 6th grade's artwork from graphic design week!!<br />
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<div align="center"><strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mrs. Edwards</span></em></strong></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-72719987333150469272011-02-01T14:10:00.001-05:002011-02-04T15:00:17.211-05:00Kindergarten Logo Design<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Welcome Friends!</span><br />
As we continued our study of different careers in the world of art, we came upon the job of a graphic designer! Most graphic designers do their work on a computer, but plenty of sketchwork is done on real paper. That is why everything you will see from this week is not digitally created. Plus- getting the computer to do what we want it to do is sometimes a very hard and frustrating thing!! I prefer to skip the frustration of the computer for elementary students and get those great ideas out on paper!!<br />
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Kindergarten has learned what a logo is, how to design something that promotes your product (this includes pictures and colors that relate to the product), and how to make some creative lettering for the whole thing! So what were making logos for? Grace Christian School of course!!!<br />
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Take a look at these nice samples of student-designed logos! Pretty impressive! <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhZo7rpuwI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/tm84HbLLyC4/s1600/r+mckenzie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhZo7rpuwI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/tm84HbLLyC4/s320/r+mckenzie.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>By: Mckenzie - Kindergarten</em></strong></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhZp1Dy21I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/Z_EotqDhA2k/s1600/abigail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUhZp1Dy21I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/Z_EotqDhA2k/s320/abigail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>By: Abigail- Kindergarten</em></strong></div>Nice work girls! I love the creative letters and snazzy blue and gold color choices!! Go Soldiers!<br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong><em>Mrs. <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Edwards</span></em></strong></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"></span></span></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-4880143266257849322011-01-28T18:01:00.000-05:002011-01-28T18:01:14.163-05:00More Snow!<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">Hello everyone!</span><br />
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Well, it seems that Friday updates are going to start turning into Monday updates if we keep having all these snow days!! I would love to share what we have been doing this week, but it wouldn't be the same without pictures! So stay tuned to see the artwork from this week show up on Monday! (or whenever I can get back to school!)<br />
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So what did I do on this snow day? Well, my husband and I ventured out after lunch today and the roads seemed pretty clear. We met my sister and two nieces at the Huntington Mall for some good deals! I saw several students there shopping too!! Hope you guys found something good! I think we will enjoy some Mexican food here in a bit, then come home to relax with Netflix or Mario Kart Wii! Two of our favorite snow day activities! I hope everyone had a happy and safe snow day! See you Monday!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>Mrs. Edwards</em></strong></span></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829697865352911939.post-46699181463109516642011-01-26T10:04:00.003-05:002011-01-26T10:07:03.070-05:00Sixth Grade Pattern Designs<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Hello again!!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During Fashion Design week, <strong>6th grade art students</strong> took on the job of designing a new and exciting pattern! We learned that fashion design is not intended for clothes only. We created beautiful patterns for many items such as wallpaper, bedspreads, and lawn chairs! The possibilities are endless! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the nicely planned designs!</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUA2wFqokeI/AAAAAAAAAJs/SCT-aKVeTBY/s1600/morgan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_obt1VCxsdgc/TUA2wFqokeI/AAAAAAAAAJs/SCT-aKVeTBY/s1600/morgan.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>Designed by: Morgan</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Possible use: "purse"</div><br />
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</div>Great work 6th grade! I love your creativity!<br />
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As for this week... let's hope the snow stays away for now! I would really love for every class to have art this week! Thanks for visiting!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mrs. Edwards</span></em></strong></div>Mrs. Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001880687048403015noreply@blogger.com0