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Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
 
Creative Compositions (20 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students were given the same directions to compose their picture..( draw a square, draw a circle inside the square, etc) ...
   
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Clowns (64 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students discussed foreground, middle ground and background and worked with overlapping and details in this project. We ...
   
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Floral Arrangements (68 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used glue and color sticks by Crayola (a woodless colored pencil) to create these beautiful arrangements.
   
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Plate Rubbings (38 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students talked about texture and created these compositions using textured plates.
   
 
Cartoons (38 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned how to draw some basic features for cartoons and discussed expressions at the same time.
   
 
Castles (55 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used either one point or two point perspective to create their castle drawings.
   
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Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used pictures and learned how to observe and record realistic underwater creatures. They were outlined in blac ...
   
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Basic Forms (63 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned how to shade the four basic forms, creating shadows, half-tones and highlights to make them appear thre ...
   
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Dalmations (68 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used white paper and black markers to create these adorable dogs.
   
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Sunsets (78 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used their color theory knowledge to paint these beautiful sunsets. Only the primary colors were used. Fan br ...
   
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Fish (66 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students created fish and painted scales in color wheel order. Additional papers and details were added by students in ...
   
 
Rain Ducks (66 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students drew ducks with rain gear in black sharpie, colored them heavily in crayon and used markers to draw the rain. ...
   
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Kindergarten Clowns (61 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students did a directed drawing with Ms. Welling, colored and cut out their clown portraits and used cut paper to decora ...
   
 
Color Wheel Theory (75 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned to mix all 12 colors on the color wheel using only the primary colors of red, yellow and blue. They al ...
   
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Cut Paper Crayons (67 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students created crayons using cut paper and construction paper crayons.
   
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Wavy Paper (65 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used a checkboard technique with concave and convex lines to create the illusion of wavy paper on a flat surfac ...
   
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6 Color Painting (68 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students drew a picture of their choice and divided it into six sections. In each section, students created tints, shad ...
   
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Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students read the book, "I'm The Best Artist in the Ocean" by Kevin Sherry. We painted our oceans with blues and greens ...
   
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Tissue Paper Painting (58 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used "bleeding" tissue paper to create these beautiful floral compositions. Circles were cut out and scrunced ...
   
 
Tooth Fairy (66 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students read the book Dear Tooth Fairy, by Alan Durant. They painted their own personal tooth fairies with paint and a ...
   
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Blue Dog (73 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students were exposed to the artwork of George Rodrigue and his "Blue Dog". Each student painted their blue dog based o ...
   
 
Starbursts (63 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students created a starburst effect using crayons and learning color wheel order along the way. How beautiful!
   
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Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students created 3 figures that showed movement and learned how hot colors advance and cool colors recede in a picture p ...
   
 
Apr 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned color wheel order while drawing these fun birds on a wire.
   
 
Warm/Cool Masks (67 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students designed masks in markers using either the cool colors of blue, green and violet, or the warm colors of yellow, ...
   
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Spring Birds (61 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students did a directed drawing using semi-circles to create their spring birds. The color work was done in crayon. Wh ...
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students overlapped 7 bottles and used watercolors to paint their bottles in color wheel order. Sharpies were used to o ...
   
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Analogous Birds (71 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students painted birds in watercolors using analogous colors. These are colors that are alike and are next to each othe ...
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned how hot colors advance and cool colors recede in a picture plane.
   
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Layered Landscapes (68 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used glue lines to seperate the layers of sky and land and construction paper crayons on black paper. We focus ...
   
 
Mondrian Madness (59 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students looked at art by artist Piet Mondrian and made observations about his work. He used the primary colors of red, ...
   
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12 Color Painting (63 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used only the primary colors of red, yellow and blue to mix all 12 colors on the color wheel. Outlining was do ...
   
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Color Wheel Order Sunset (43 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students picked a color and painted a sky in proper color wheel order. We learned the name of the color wheel as Roy. G ...
   
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Wang Yani Monkeys (63 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students looked at work by the young Chinese artist named Wang Yani. She began painting monkeys at age 3. We drew our ...
   
 
Trains (60 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used geometric shapes to create their train. We listed circles, squares, rectangles and triangles as geometric ...
   
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Grade 5 Color Wheels (64 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students painted 12 squares using only the primary colors of red, yellow and blue. They then designed a shape and cut o ...
   
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Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned color wheel order while painting their backgrounds. Each student began with 5 painted dots in the colo ...
   
 
Primary Paintings (62 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used only the primary colors of red, yellow and blue to create their paintings. Subject matter was their choic ...
   
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Mouse Paint (63 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned to mix orange, green and violet using only the primary colors of red, yellow and blue, then made cute m ...
   
 
Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used colored paper to create a symmetrical design.
   
 
Mini Heart Art (73 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students created a 4" x 4" collage using various materials from my "treasure" box of goodies.
   
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Roy G. Biv Lines (63 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned color wheel order by being introduced to Roy G. Biv. Each letter of the color wheel's name stands for ...
   
 
Penguins (62 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students experimented with paint and painted a colorful background for their cut paper penguins. They dressed them in w ...
   
 
Picasso Portraits (60 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students viewed work by artist Pablo Picasso and discussed the cubist style he used. Multiple views, such as the front ...
   
 
Klimt Inspired (64 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students viewed Gustav Klimt's "Tree of Life" for inspiration for these beautiful paintings.
   
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Checkboard Hearts (56 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used the heart and a checkboard pattern to create these interesting pieces.
   
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Feb 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used the heart as a theme to create bright bold and patterned pieces of work, much like the work of artist Laur ...
   
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Heart Flowers (57 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students stamped a border and repeated around that border three times with three different colors to make a beautiful fr ...
   
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Coffee Filter Hearts (65 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used folded coffee filters that were wet with a sponge and created a symmetrical design with markers. The desi ...
   
 
Painted Hearts (65 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
First graders were encouraged to experiment with paint and brushes when they painted these beautiful valentines!
   
 
Dine Hearts (62 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used tempera paint and analogous colors plus white to paint their hearts. Drybrushing, stippling, and blending ...
   
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Valentine Birds (71 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students were challenged to draw a bird using the heart shape as much as they could. They drew on white paper in pencil ...
   
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Chihuly Scupture (1 artwork)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used water bottles with the tops cut off and permanent markers to create these cool sculptures we hung from the ...
   
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Hot/Cool Hearts (62 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned that artists sometimes work in hot and cool colors. The hot colors of red, yellow and orange remind us ...
   
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Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students studied the style of Burton Morris and used the heart as a theme for their work. This work was made from paper ...
   
 
Log Cabins (64 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned how to draw two sides to a building. These log cabins were done in oil pastels, and students used whit ...
   
 
Raggedy Ann & Andy (70 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used various materials to collage their Ann & Andy dolls. Material was used for the clothing, yarn for the hai ...
   
 
Scrolled Snowflakes (73 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned the art of scrolling and manipulating 1" strips of paper to create their own unique snowflake. These l ...
   
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Clay Suns (65 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used clay to create their Aztec Suns. Eyes, noses and mouths were added three-dimensionally, and students used ...
   
 
Kindergarten Germs (62 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students looked at germs as seen enlarged under a microscope and notice beautiful free form shapes and beautiful colors. ...
   
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Worms Eye View of a Tree (57 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used black marker to create an unsual viewpoint of looking up at a tree. The snowflakes were done with white o ...
   
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Row of Trees (78 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
Students used a horizon line with a vanishing point to create this row of trees in pencil. Size and and placement of tr ...
   
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Jan 2013, taught by Linda Welling
To create this unusual viewpoint of our city, students began with drawing arrows. Each side of the arrow was dropped to ...
   
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Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students created an unusual viewpoint of their snowman using oil pastels.
   
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Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students drew a horizon line and a vanishing point on the horizon line to create this tree line road. It was drawn in b ...
   
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Snow People (58 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students sponged a small, medium and large circle with white tempera paint, then illustrated their snowman. They were e ...
   
 
Sponged Pointsettias (72 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used pre-cut sponges and tempera paint to create these beautiful pointsettias.
   
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Pine Trees (20 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students had fun using watercolor pencils to draw their pine trees!
   
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Treescape (42 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned about foreground, middleground and background in this lesson. They also learned to create depth by pla ...
   
 
Cardinals (52 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used red oil pastels to get a good likeness of a cardinal. They used white and black to highlight and shade th ...
   
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Stylized Trees (70 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used mixed media to create these beautiful stylized trees. Designs were drawn in black sharpie and trees were ...
   
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Santa Profiles (25 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned how to draw profiles and added their own backgrounds and images to their Santa profile.
   
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Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned the technique of wet on wet with watercolors to create their ornaments. The paper was wet with water f ...
   
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Mixed Media Angels (75 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used several different mediums and techniques to create their mixed media angels. Newspaper, markers to stamp, ...
   
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Shaded Ornaments (65 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students practiced their shading skills in this lesson. After designing their ornament, colored pencils were used to cr ...
   
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Close Up Santa (69 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students drew and painted a close up of Santa and used unusual lines to create texture in the beard and mustache. How f ...
   
 
Hand Painted Santas (65 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned how to mix various shades of red and green by adding black and white to their colors in this unusual vi ...
   
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Sponge Painted Santas (60 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used a sponge and learned how to "stipple". Santas beard and fur were sponged with white tempera paint and mar ...
   
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Torn Paper Santas (63 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students were allowed to only tear construction paper to create their Santa. Marker and construction paper crayons were ...
   
 
Pointsettas (21 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used watercolor pencils and water to create these beautiful pointsettas.
   
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Birch Trees (67 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned how to use size and placement on the page to create depth and distance in a picture plane. Larger tree ...
   
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Dancing Santas (34 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used leftover patterned scrapbook paper and cut only triangles to create an unusual dancing Santa. A cotton ba ...
   
 
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned about a viewpoint called "worm's eye view". This is when the eye is looking up. We created packages o ...
   
 
Winter Rabbit (61 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students cut a large gray circle from a square and illustrated a winter rabbit. Construction paper crayons were used to ...
   
 
Rudolph (60 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students will be doing a writing project in class as to why Rudolph's nose is the color it is. This was done with cut p ...
   
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Nutcracker (48 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students drew a partial view of the nutcracker and painted it in tempera. Texture was encouraged and drawn in with blac ...
   
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Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned about American painter George Caitlin who traveled with Clark in 1830 and painted over 500 Native Ameri ...
   
 
Stenciled Leaves (60 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students made their own leaf stencil by drawing half of a leaf on a folded piece of paper. Both the positive and negati ...
   
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Watching the Sunset (44 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used black sharpies and crayons to create a sunset scene with four Native Americans. They used Native American ...
   
 
Lines & Patterns (62 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students practiced repeating a line using different colors. They were encouraged to use as many different patterns as po ...
   
 
Bubblegum Machines (135 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students created their own version of a bubblegum machine and used markers and crayons to add color.
   
 
Scarecrows (45 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned about foreground, middleground and background in these free hand drawn scarecrow pictures. Things high ...
   
 
Apple Baskets (66 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students cut baskets and apples from construction paper and used crayons to "shade". They cast shadows on the apples an ...
   
 
Native American Pottery (71 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students created symmetrical pots by folding paper and drawing half of a vessel. They were designed with symbols from v ...
   
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Football Logos (67 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students made up their own football team with a city and a mascot. They created their own logos on the football helmet ...
   
 
Robots (246 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used simple shapes to create a complex image. Robots was our theme for this concept.
   
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Clay Wizards (74 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used white clay to sculpt a wizard. They learned how to weld and score clay. These were painted with acrylic ...
   
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Kindergarten Scarecrows (59 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students made these adorable scarecrows with cut paper, black marker, and construction paper crayons. Be sure to compli ...
   
 
Clay Birds (71 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students created a bird body out of clay and once fired, they were painted with acrylic paints and glazed with a glitter ...
   
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Spooky Portraits (64 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned about facial feature placement and expression while creating these spooky portraits.
   
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Clay Turtles (63 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students created turtles out of clay using the pinch pot method. Once fired, they were colored with construction paper ...
   
 
Medallions (60 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used the sole of their shoe to create a textured medallion out of clay. Once fired, color was added with marke ...
   
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Clay Lilies (61 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students looked at work by Monet and created lilies in clay. Once fired, they were painted with acrylic paint.
   
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Clay Tiki Masks (66 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students created tiki masks out of clay. Once fired, they were painted black and students used a metalllic acrylic to a ...
   
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Basquiat (69 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students looked at work by New York artist Basquiat. He was a homeless man who painted childlike images of New York Cit ...
   
 
Calaveras (250 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Calaveras are whimsical skulls that are decorated during the Mexican celebration of Day of the Dead Nov. 1-2. Students ...
   
 
One Point Perspective (77 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students drew squares and rectangles with a ruler and used one point perspective and a vanishing point to create a "bird ...
   
 
Folk Art Cats (45 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Folk art is traditional art made by people with no formal training, but whose style and craftsmanship has been handed do ...
   
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Raccoons (65 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
First graders did a directed drawing along with Ms. Welling illustrating a raccoon. Be sure to compliment your favorite ...
   
 
Snowy Owls (48 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used black watercolor marker to draw snowy owls and white tempera paint to paint them. Paintbrushes with short ...
   
 
Kindergarten Owls (39 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students did a directed drawing with Ms. Welling of an owl using basic shapes and lines. Crayon was used for the color ...
   
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Princess & the Pea (72 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students watched the story of the Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Anderson and talked about fairy tales. They cr ...
   
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Squirrels (65 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used construction paper to create a squirrel. The raindrop shape was cut for the head, body and tail. Student ...
   
 
Aboriginal Art (68 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students studied work by the Aboriginal people of Australia and used overwriter markers to create all of the patterns in ...
   
 
Franken Kids (45 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used paper and markers to create their Franken Kids. Be sure to compliment your favorite artist.
   
 
3D Masks (61 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students worked on cutting organic free flowing shapes for the facial features of their masks. The hair was manipulated ...
   
 
Sumi-e Painting (74 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Miss Wenzel taught the 5 basic strokes of Sumi-e painting in this lesson. Students were able to practice all the these ...
   
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Scarecrows (69 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students did a directed drawing with Miss Wenzel in this Welling lesson. Black crayon was used for the illustration and ...
   
 
Pop Cans (64 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students used real pop cans to work on their observation skills. They noticed that the top of the pop can is really an ...
   
 
Egyptian Portraits (76 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students studied the ancient civilization of Egypt and created a historical profile of themselves. A cartouche of their ...
   
 
Black Cats (63 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students painted black cats with tempera paint using a circle, a semi-circle and 4 rectangles. Textured was created to ...
   
 
Native American Pouches (73 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
In a lesson designed by student teacher, Miss Wenzel, students learned about the Osage and Missouria Indians that lived ...
   
 
Geometric Shapes & Lines (58 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Miss Wenzel taught kindergartners how to cut geometric shapes and they used repetitive lines with colored markers to fil ...
   
 
Shape Collage (48 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students learned to take simple shapes to create complex shapes. Miss Wenzel encouraged students to "see" simple shapes ...
   
 
Painted Pumpkins (63 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned how to mix orange and green in this lesson. Blue mixed with yellow created the greens and red plus yel ...
   
 
Printed Leaves (69 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Miss Wenzel taught a Ms. Welling printmaking lesson to 4th graders using leaves and white tempera paint. The vein side ...
   
 
Positive/Negative Spooks (67 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Second graders used a half sheet of black paper and drew one half of the ghost on it. To understand the concept of posi ...
   
 
A Hoot For Letters (68 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
In a lesson designed by Ms. Welling, students used recycled papers which included newsprint, lined manila paper that was ...
   
 
Scrap Jars (64 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Kindergartners practiced their cutting and gluing skills while filling their scrap jar with beautiful papers. This coll ...
   
 
Jasper Johns Alphabets (67 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
First graders viewed artwork by American artist Jasper Johns and learned that he uses lots of numbers and letters in his ...
   
 
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
After viewing some of Vincent Van Gogh's sunflower paintings, students used elmers glue to draw their flowers. They wer ...
   
 
Rose Windows (63 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
In this lesson, developed by student teacher Miss Wenzel, students learned about stained glass windows in cathedrals dur ...
   
 
Oil Pastel Trees (65 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Second graders used oil pastels to create a fall tree. This lesson, adapted and taught by Miss Wenzel, focused on creat ...
   
 
Fall Forest (60 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students drew and cut out a tree, using it for a template to do a rubbing with black crayons. They used overlapping to ...
   
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Pastel Pumpkins (65 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
This is a Ms. Welling lesson taught by student teacher Miss Wenzel. Students were shown a simple way to draw pumpkins i ...
   
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Painted Styrofoam Print (70 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
As an extension of the printmaking unit, students used metallic paint to add color to the stryrofoam printing plate.
   
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Tree Styrofoam Print (68 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students viewed various trees from around the world and looked at realistic and stylized trees in art. They drew into s ...
   
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Ghost Prints (41 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
These are the "ghost" prints that were created when the monoprint was pulled. These were left untouched. This lesson w ...
   
 
Monoprints (60 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students spread tempera paint on a paper and used a q-tip to draw a face that showed emotion into the paint. Another pi ...
   
 
Cherry Blossoms (4 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
These cherry blossoms were printed with pink tempera using the bottom of a pop bottle. A fun recycling project!
   
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Haring Kids (72 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Linda Welling
After viewing artwork by artist Keith Haring, students created their own figure showing movement. Haring's style is one ...
   
 
Collaged Suns (51 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students studied the warm and cool colors and used only the warm colors of red, yellow and oranges to collage their sun ...
   
 
Sep 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used dippity dye paper and crayons to create a symmetrical butterfly. Once colored, they were accordian folded ...
   
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Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
We read a story about a monster who came to school and illustrated our monster using a black marker. Kindergartners did ...
   
 
Split Line Design (78 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used a 6" x 9" colored rectangle and cut it diagonally using an interesting line. Once seperated, they were gl ...
   
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Mona Lisa Parodies (66 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used a copy of the Mona Lisa to create a parody. We viewed many works that were created as parodies. An art p ...
   
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Portrait Study (19 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students viewed work by French artist Henri Matisse and learned how to draw facial features realistically. They used co ...
   
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Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students looked at work by French artist Henri Matisse. They noticed his unusual use of color and how he was known as ...
   
 
Scrap Jars (7 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Student Teacher: Rachael Wenzel
Students practiced their cutting and tearing skills as well as learning how to put things "inside" the jar. Fun papers, ...
   
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Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Contour line designs were created on these magazine faces by using an eraser to rub out line designs that went around th ...
   
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Line Landscape (64 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Kindergartners viewed artwork by Vincent Van Gogh and noticed his use of lines in his landscape paintings. We used mark ...
   
 
Quartered Circles (136 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students used markers and crayons to layer designs on their 6" x 6" square. Repetition and layering was emphasized on t ...
   
 
Circles Galore (7 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students learned about circles while using various items to print with. We used neon paint on black paper and overlappe ...
   
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Vasarely Spheres (67 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Do these spheres look like they are coming off the page? Students studied the optical artwork of artist Victor Vasarely ...
   
 
Peace (53 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Students designed a composition of decorated peace signs taking into account variety in size and pattern as well as over ...
   
 
Picasso Guitars (75 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Linda Welling
At the end of the school year last year we looked at the artwork "The Guitarist" by Pablo Picasso. It was one of his pi ...
   
 
Xcaret (76 artworks)
Jul 2012, taught by Linda Welling
This gallery is my photography from my recent visit to Xcaret, one of the most beautiful stretches of water in the Carib ...
   
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Jul 2012, taught by Linda Welling
Some of my own artwork, work for others, and examples for new student projects.
   
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