West Plains Elementary School
West Plains, Missouri
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Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
 
May 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
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Free time (3 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
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Non-Objective Art (8 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students learn and look at Non-Objective art. Students choose a basic geometric shape-they will use only this shape. C ...
   
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Apr 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students used scrap paper, drew an instrument on their choice of colored construction paper, sheet music, tissue paper a ...
   
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Figure drawing (13 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students were shown how to do quick figure drawing and then change that into a drawing of a person doing an action.
   
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Space Shapes-1 (11 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students created an outer space scene including planets & stars. These were colored heavily with crayon. A black wash ...
   
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Asian Fan/Kimono (3 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students looked at Asian art, especially Plum blossoms. they chose which pattern they wanted to trace. After it was tr ...
   
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Eric Carle Landscape (6 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students watched thevideo: Eric Carle; Picture Writer. Students painted paper. The painted papers were used to create ...
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students folded small pieces of colored paper into triangles and arranged in a Radial Symmetrical pattern, while creatin ...
   
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4-American Gothic Parody (28 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students learned about Grant Wood and one of his most famous paintings, American Gothic. Students drew two characters/p ...
   
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House of Mood (copy) (8 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students looked at El Greco's "View of Toledo" and charles Burchfield "Painter of Mood". Color and mood was discussed. ...
   
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Weaving (copy) (14 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
After observing the video"weaving on a cardboard loom", students began weaving on their own cardboard loom.
   
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Cityscape (14 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students use a self-created cityscape stencil and oil pastels to rub off thus creating the lights of the city. Stars an ...
   
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Penguins in Antartica (6 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
The students watched a power point presentation on Antarctica penguins and a video from National geographic for kids. S ...
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students make a Cityscape using markers and then add a train in Rainbow order (we had to leave Indigo out).
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students made a pattern and traced all over their paper however they wanted. They painted the background with Cool colo ...
   
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Town House (5 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students chose a paper for the house color and turned it tall. Details of a house were discussed. Students used pencil ...
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students used crayons to create snowmen. Next students painted a snowy landscape and snow falling. Finally, students ...
   
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Symmetrical bugs (13 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Mary-Louise Tollenaar
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Georgia Okeefe Flowers (21 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Mary-Louise Tollenaar
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Rousseau's Jungle (10 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students observed art work by Rousseau and then completed a crayon/collage artwork of a jungle.
   
 
Ted harrison landscapes (16 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Mary-Louise Tollenaar
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Chinese New Year Dragon (17 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students created a Chinese New Year Dragon by using Symmetry to create the head, repetitive pattern for the body and Asy ...
   
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Pop Art Snowman (13 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students divided their paper into fourths by folding twice. A snowman was drawn large in the center of the paper. the ...
   
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Pinkalicious cupcake (26 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students mixed white and red fingerpaint to make pink. They were instructed to paint an oval or jellybean. the book Pi ...
   
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Cool Concentric Snowmen (33 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students were guided to draw concentric circles to create a Snowman using the Cool colors. those rings and circles were ...
   
 
Feb 2013, taught by Mary-Louise Tollenaar
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House of Mood (6 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
A power point presentation on Charles Burchfield & El Greco along with how art can show mood is given to the students. ...
   
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Paper Still Life (16 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students are guided to draw the fruits and then use the oil pastels to add dimension to them and make them appear real. ...
   
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Green Witch (19 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students study the color Green. Students create a face on the green paper and add facial features. When time is short, ...
   
 
Hands as Ghosts (9 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students traced hands on white, cut out & glued to black paper. Flip paper upside down so hands are upside-down. Use c ...
   
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I Saw a Number in Gold (8 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students were shown how to draw a skeleton number and then draw a block number by drawing around it. They were given a ...
   
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Bug Drawings (2 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students used how to draw bugs to draw a bug of their choice and add a habitat. The bug drawings were colored with colo ...
   
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Torn Ghosts (2 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students are to imagine ghosts playing tag through the trees. Students are given a gray paper for the background. A str ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
After watching the video of Where the Wild Things Are, students discussed Texture. Images of some of the wild things we ...
   
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Blue Fish (35 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
While studying the color Blu as a Primary color, students used a paper plate and painted it Blue. The next art session, ...
   
 
Really Red Watermelon (32 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students are given a 1/4th a paper plate. they are shown how to tear and glue the red, green and black paper on to make ...
   
 
Warm/Cool Landscape (28 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students were shown how to draw the landscape with hills and they had a choice of mountains or a tree, and the sun/moon ...
   
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Kandinsky Tree (20 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students observed Kandinsky's dots. We created the background using paint; blue for the sky and green for the ground. ...
   
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Bugs in a Jar (5 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students chose a jar. we finger printed for the bugs body. skinny markers were used to finish the bugs.
   
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Laurel Burch Owls (5 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students were shown the artwork of Laurel Burch. Our school wide theme is camping, when I saw the cats, I knew I could ...
   
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Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
After learning about Wayne Thiebaud, students made their own cake. The second part of this project was a weaving using ...
   
 
Color Wheel Snail (15 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
got this off the web...students traced a large circle for the snail's body, small circles for the color wheel circles an ...
   
 
Tissue painted Fall Leaf (13 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students were given leaf patterns to trace. We then "painted" tissue paper with glue onto our leaf paper. Next time we ...
   
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Yellow Sunflower (42 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Handprints around with yellow. Next time-we tore green paper to make the grass, stem and leaves. Then we glued the han ...
   
 
My Mondrian Tent (15 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
we used the pattern of a tent to create our Mondrian's this year since our school theme was camping.
   
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K-Line Design (28 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students follow teacher directions to draw different shapes and types of lines using certain colors. The next time they ...
   
 
Fall Reflection (10 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students used paint, fold and print technique to create Fall Reflection.
   
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Picasso Faces (19 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students observed the artwork of Pablo Picasso, paying particular attention to his "double faces". Students drew 3 face ...
   
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African Tribal Mask (19 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students studied African Tribal Mask. Students used a pattern to trace and then added designs to create their own Afric ...
   
 
Scarecrow (10 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students followed teacher guided directions to draw a scarecrow large and pumpkinsm, sunflowers or corn. Pencil lines w ...
   
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Jim Dine Hearts (16 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students made their own pattern for their hearts in the four parts of the paper. They painted the hearts, then painted ...
   
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Symmetrical Snowflakes (20 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students cut snowflakes in 3 sizes and layered them in the center. One more snowflake was cut in fourths to create the ...
   
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Me at 100 Years Old (22 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students started out making a Self-Portrait. Then we talked about the 100th day of school. And we can make our portrai ...
   
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Tints of Winter (17 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students painted the background in tints of blue or red. The next art time, students painted trees, animals, animal tra ...
   
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Self-Portraits (6 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students drew their self-portraits from observation and guided drawing.
   
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Sunset Silhoutte (16 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students were shown sunset silhouettes and were told what a silhouette is. The background sky was painted using sunset ...
   
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Bug's Eye View (19 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
Students drew form a "bug's eye view". Overlapping was discussed along with the movie "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids". Stud ...
   
 
Aug 2012, taught by Deanna Watkins
I used tasty Thiebauds and combined with a weaving project to create a picnic project for our school wide Camping theme. ...
   
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Non-Exhibit Artwork (2 artworks)
Dec 2012
   
Artwork Exhibits - last school year (July 2011 - June 2012)
Artwork Exhibits - 2 years ago (July 2010 - June 2011)
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847 artworks #107 #1740
276 fanclub members #66 #1052
61 comments #69 #1144
16 artist statements #65 #1196
  overall rank #77 #1336
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