Bon Lin Elementary School
Bartlett, Tennessee
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Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
 
Keith Haring people (14 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
A fun art lesson inspired by Keith Haring's grafitti style art.
   
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Taped Name Scribbles (80 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
We taped our names, scribbled with markers over the tape and then peeled the tape off to show our names in bright white. ...
   
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Clay Trinket Boxes (62 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Sunset Sailboats (47 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Tempera color blended skies and texture paint scraped seas created a rich background for our cut paper sailboats.
   
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Sock Monkeys (17 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
We learned about the American/Canadian folk art of making sock monkeys and then designed and painted our own!
   
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Rainy Day (16 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Bartlett Art Show (17 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Bartlett Education Foundation Spring Art Contest 2013 in conjunction with Bartlett Station Spring Fair Craft Show. Hour ...
   
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Mister Seahorse (16 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle was the inspiration for these beautiful seahorses.
   
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Spring Bouquets (3 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Giraffes CAN Dance (4 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
We read Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae and learned that Gerald the Giraffe just needed a different song so he cou ...
   
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Shape Spray Designs (6 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Circle Weavings (46 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Shaping hangars for looms was the first step in this 4th grade weaving project. Then we wrapped our looms in yarn, stre ...
   
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Monoprints (12 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Students painted on a plastic sheet and then pulled a one-of-a-kind print.
   
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Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Scraping designs magically uncovered our colorful paintings that we had hidden behind a coat of wet black paint.
   
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Lion Roars (49 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Blue Dog Monoprints (21 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Blue Dogs (43 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Students painted George Rodrigue inspired dogs using an intermediate color mix of tempera paints with watercolor backgro ...
   
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Ladybugs (5 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Fantastic Felines (56 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
3rd graders were introduced to the art of Laurel Burch. We focused on her series of Fantastic Felines and then students ...
   
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Guitar Art (17 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Painting Fun (44 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Aboriginal Art (45 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Long ago the Aboriginal people of Australia began painting animals and people on rocks. 1st graders created a simple im ...
   
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1 Fish 2 Fish (50 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
After rhyming together during a reading of Dr. Suess' 1 Fish 2 Fish, students painted their own Suess inspired fish, cut ...
   
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The Squiggle (66 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
After listening to the story, The Squiggle, by Carole Lexa Shaefer students used a piece of yarn to create their own squ ...
   
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Cherry Blossoms (24 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Our prints were made with cardboard edges for branches, cork stamps for leaves and the base of liter bottles for our blo ...
   
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Art Rocks! (34 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
We focused on creating interesting composition with our guitars - some acoustic, some electric and added color using oil ...
   
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Multiplication Chart Art (21 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Practicing our math facts in art class inspired by Jasper Johns Numbers in Color, 1958–59
   
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Swedish Vikings (38 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
This art lesson was developed to depict aspects of Sweden, this year's honored country, for the Memphis in May children' ...
   
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Northern Sweden (44 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
This art lesson was developed to depict aspects of Sweden, this year's honored country, for the Memphis in May children' ...
   
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Swedish Maypole (50 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
This art lesson was developed to depict aspects of Sweden, this year's honored country, for the Memphis in May children' ...
   
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Pippi Longstocking (67 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
This art lesson was developed to depict aspects of Sweden, this year's honored country, for the Memphis in May children' ...
   
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Dala Horses (48 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
This art lesson was developed to depict aspects of Sweden, this year's honored country, for the Memphis in May children' ...
   
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Dala Roosters (46 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
This art lesson was developed to depict aspects of Sweden, this year's honored country, for the Memphis in May children' ...
   
 
Lucky Shamrocks (36 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Mar 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
After listening to the story: Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon by Gerald McDermott students created ...
   
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Name Bugs (8 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
The student's name written in cursive with a mirror image create the structure of these crazy creatures.
   
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Dots and Stripes (18 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Ruby Coral Fish (34 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Inspired by the art of contemporary Canadian painter, Sandra Silberzweig.
   
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At the Crossroads (31 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Students painted watercolor skies and personalized crossroads sign themed with messages of equality. Paper doll style p ...
   
 
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Students created a design of circles and lines and then colored and painted using a variety of skin tones. Their design ...
   
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Reaching Together (48 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Students worked together to trace their hands and forearms to simulate many arms reaching out toward a common goal. Stu ...
   
 
Eye Dropper Paintings (23 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Op Art Spheres (21 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Favorite Fall Art (130 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Kay Jamros
Students chose their favorite project from the 2012 fall semester
   
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Designer Alphabet (57 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
-a fun typography lesson!
   
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Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Love Lifts Me!
   
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African Collar Necklaces (22 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Collar necklaces of the Maasai culture in Kenya, Africa were the inspiration for our beautiful paper plate necklaces.
   
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Narrative Self Portraits (54 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Using contour line students drew a self portrait and traced it on to tissue paper. Our self portraits included narrativ ...
   
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Space Week Comets (23 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Chalk smudged outer space skies with star stickers created the background for our flourescent comet paint scrapes!
   
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Electric Prisms (48 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Sonia Delaunay created rhythm with color and repeating circles broken with lines in her 1914 Electric Prisms painting. ...
   
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Marble Trail Painting (22 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Rolling a marble through puddles of tempera in a cake pan was a fun way for preschool and Pre-K to paint!
   
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Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Students explored space and shape, two of the elements of design, in these great paper cut artworks. "Notan" is a Japan ...
   
 
Rainbow Bears (67 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We drew our school mascot using basic shapes, painted them with watercolors and then filled the background using the wid ...
   
 
Yarn Block Prints (22 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
We wrapped yarn around a wood block and used tempera paint to make these great prints!
   
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Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Students learned about the Chinese New Year which will begin on February 10th and will usher in the Year of the Snake!
   
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Tie-Dye Wet Wipes (21 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Snowflakes (9 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Sunset Snowmen (53 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Students created a beautiful sunset for their snowmen with watercolor paint.
   
 
Hot Cocoa (49 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
Students used a variety of lines, shapes and patterns to decorate a paper coffee mug. Fabric scraps created our tablecl ...
   
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Shape Penguins (49 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
After reading Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester students created their own unique cut paper penguins. We focused on cut ...
   
 
Winter Cardinals (50 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Students painted cardinals, a favorite winter bird, on a branch using tempera paint. To color the sky we used chalk and ...
   
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Jan 2013, taught by Karen Luellen
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Winter Log Cabins (70 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Puff Paint Snowmen (22 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Winter Pines (17 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Zentangle Style Designs (56 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We created these beautiful designs by using repeating patterns.
   
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Tree of Life (58 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Inspired by the decorative art of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1916).
   
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Torn Tissue Poinsettias (26 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Ornament Stencils (107 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Holiday Candles (5 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Nutcrackers (27 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Students designed and painted their own nutcracker after looking at several traditional nutcrackers. We noticed some thi ...
   
 
QTip Snowflakes (21 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Gingerbread Houses (43 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Elf Drawings (93 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Can you spot any of these watercolor techniques in our work? -masking -wax resist -toothbrush spatter -straw blowing -sp ...
   
 
Wise Owls (48 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Sand Paintings (6 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We drew and smeared our glue lines and then sprinkled colored sand to create these colorful creations.
   
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Colorful Turkeys (22 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Totem Poles (20 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We learned about the importance of totems in Native American culture and used stacked animals forms to create our totem ...
   
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Indian Blankets (66 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We learned meanings behind some Native American symbols and incorporated them in our colorful patterned blankets.
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Mondrian Animals (17 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
1st grade students learned about Piet Mondrian, an artist famous for his use of primary colors and gridded lines. Studen ...
   
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Mixed Media Poppies (15 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Poppies are a traditional flower to honor and remember our veterans. Students from Ms. Burgess' kindergarten class crea ...
   
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Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Students created interesting paint textures by rolling a paper towel glued on a empty tube in a tray of paint and then p ...
   
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Glue Line Pumpkins (48 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Our 4th grade student's pumpkin paintings demonstrate an understanding of contour lines, wet-on-wet techniques of waterc ...
   
 
Haunted Trees (12 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Halloween Bats (46 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We sponged on and around paper bats that we taped on our background paper. When we pulled off our taped paper pieces we ...
   
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Goofy Pumpkins (47 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We cut out our pumpkins from paper that we had painted with our own mixes of oranges and greens. Then we cut out silly ...
   
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WILD THING (51 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
After reading Maurice Sendak's book, Where the Wild Things Are, student's created their own Wild Thing colored with cray ...
   
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Marker Paint (19 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We found out how we can make our own magic paint by coloring with water base markers on dry paper and then pulling the m ...
   
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Chalk Landscapes (46 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Foreground, middle ground and background are key elements in our fall landscapes. Students used colored chalk to help c ...
   
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Cut line designs (45 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We painted a rainbow pattern on our paper after mixing our own secondary colors from primary red yellow and blue tempera ...
   
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Paint Scrape Birch (52 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Students used painted dipped poster board scraps to create the bark on our birch trees. Beautiful tempera painted skies ...
   
 
Bottle Line Designs (36 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Students learned about still life arrangements as subject matter in art. We looked at a National Gallery of Art web pag ...
   
 
Picasso Roosters (69 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We learned about the famous Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and painted our own roosters inspired by a 1938 Picasso rooster ...
   
 
Action Prints (25 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
This year's theme is: Have 2 Ways Out
   
 
Cookie Monster (48 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We used basic shapes and drew Cookie Monster in a draw-with-me lesson. We colored Cookie Monster with crayons and then ...
   
 
Balloon Bounce Painting (23 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Art From Home (7 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Great Wave Print Sequence (211 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Students created relief prints in a sequence of a wave coming in, breaking and calming. Prints were inspired by The Gre ...
   
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Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We created our own Memphis version of Van Gogh's Starry Night. Rhythm and movement were achieved with directional line ...
   
 
Audubon Peacock Study (52 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
John Audubon and his painted study of North American birds were our inspiration as we focused on the national bird of In ...
   
 
Our Rainbow World (50 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We learned how to mix orange, green and purple from primary colored paints as we prepared paper swatches to collage on t ...
   
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Paint Fold Butterflies (49 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We pushed a caterpillar of paint from the fold of our paper out to the corners to make beautiful butterflies! This art ...
   
 
The Northern Lights (65 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
After reading Aurora: A Tale of the Northern Lights by Mindy Dwyer, students created a Northern Lights landscape with ch ...
   
 
Texture Rubbings (24 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Shape Stencil Painting (26 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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New in the Art Room! (1 artwork)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Grades 3-5 participated in a cooperative group effort to create a rainbow wall hanging for above our sink. There are 93 ...
   
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Toothbrush Painting (25 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
No paintbrushes in this lesson - just toothbrushes!
   
 
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Delta Fair Entries (12 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We are excited to present the Bon Lin artists who will be representing our school with their student artwork at the DELT ...
   
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Enrichment Time Art (59 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Popsicle Stick Painting (23 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We squirted paint on paper and then covered it with wax paper. Students used the side of a popsicle stick to spread the ...
   
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3D Paper Snake (27 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Let's Explore Line (47 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
While reading Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, students spotted the types of lines Harold used in his a ...
   
 
Wild About Shapes (52 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Students learned about the element of art - shape, and the difference between geometric and organic shapes. We used lot ...
   
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Crazy Color Wheels (66 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
Students learned how mixing two of the primary colors red, yellow or blue together create secondary colors and then they ...
   
 
Circle Bears (6 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We learned about our school mascot, plus our school colors, and then we glued circles together to make our own Bon Lin B ...
   
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Panda Drawings (33 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
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Paint Experiments (10 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Karen Luellen
We experimented and moved our paint with brushes, sponge dotters and air!
   
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Artwork Exhibits - last school year (July 2011 - June 2012)
Artwork Exhibits - 2 years ago (July 2010 - June 2011)
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for this school year ... state nation
4790 artworks #4 #114
602 fanclub members #5 #269
319 comments #1 #173
196 artist statements #6 #257
  overall rank #1 #83
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School Awards & Honors
  2011-2012 Leadership Award
Ranked #1 in Tennessee (#58 in the nation) for overall participation among all schools
  2011-2012 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #3 in Tennessee (#81 in the nation) for art published among all schools
  2011-2012 Fan Clubs Award
Ranked #5 in Tennessee (#251 in the nation) for fan club signups among all schools
  2011-2012 Comments Award
Ranked #1 in Tennessee (#82 in the nation) for comments posted among all schools
  2011-2012 Statements Award
Ranked #6 in Tennessee (#203 in the nation) for artist statements collected among all schools
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Student Hall of Fame
Shown are five randomly-selected students who have entered the Hall of Fame this year.
 Danielle5306
awarded on 10/31/2012
 Roman459
awarded on 1/28/2013
 Savannah3841
awarded on 11/13/2012
 Sayler5
awarded on 12/13/2012
 Justin10023
awarded on 11/19/2012
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Recent visitor comments ...
Wow Connor!! This lion looks so real. He looks like he could talk to me. You did a really wonderful job on this lion. I hope you named him because he looks like a friend. Love you Connor and miss you bunches. Ms. Cathy -- Cathy
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You ARE painting fun! I love your artwork, Savannah. Grammy -- Nancy
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Roarrrrrr! This lion is looking hungry. I love your artwork. -- Nancy
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Recent artist statements ...
I liked doing because of the Northern Lights.
written by Jazmin247
It came from my heart. I love the winter so thats why i made the snowflake.
written by Kayla8454
I liked how we outlined it with glue. Also liked the water colors looked.
written by Kennedy1579
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