More Autumn Joys

Landscape - Construction paper and oil pastel 1st grade
Squash and leaves - White glue dried on black construction paper and chalk

The leaves project came from Diane Callahan from Adrian Schools.

I took the lesson in another direction by making stencils of squash. I loved it when one of my third graders could tell me the names of all the different squashes.

Autumn Joy

"Starry Night" Crayon resist and collage DK - 1
"The Scream" Oil pastel on cardboard 4th grade
"Harvest Landscape" Black crayon DK - 1
"Fall Leaves" Marker on Styrofoam print
"Calaveras" Colored pencil and collage 2nd grade

Special thanks to:
Chris Krieger from St. Stephen's Lutheran School for the Starry Night lesson
Annie Morton from Adrian Schools for the Styrofoam plate printing lesson

The Landscape lesson came from a book.
"The Scream" and "Calavera's" were my invention.
Both of these projects dealt with "horizon line." "The Scream" also addressed "vanishing point."

Shadow Boxes

Shadow Boxes
Surf's Up - Austin Gilson
Africa - Andy Mikuski
I have to give special credit to Austin Gilson (Surf's Up!)
Austin figured out how to cut and seperate an image so that it would decorate both sides of the tin. It was inspired! Greatfully, inspiration is contagious. There was a mass infection of great ideas after Austin's breakout.

The Recycled Art Show

Cork Dolls and Shadow Boxes
Beauty Queen - Sierra Bloomer
Cool Guy - Adam Roseman
Cork Buddy - Dwight Thayer
Sea Princess - Karis Blaker
These are just a few of the clever projects made by my students which were entered into the Recycled Art Show. The show was at the Croswell Opera House and was sponsered by the Lenawee Soild Waste Dept.