May 06, 2024
April 16, 2024
My Odd Anniversary: Nashville Tornado 1998
April 15, 2024
Fish Tanks/Perspective
I've been talking about overlapping and showing "space" in your work with my second graders. We created fish tanks that had a defined corner to create a bottom, side, and back to the tank. I was not looking for mastery as this is a new concept to them. I was just introducing the idea. We used watercolor pencils to finish the work.
YOU ARE GOING TO NOTICE IN SOME OF THE PICTURES THE VERTICAL LINE IS VERY CURVED. THAT IS BECAUSE THE PAPER CURLED WHEN IT DRIED & I DIDN'T FLATTEN IT OUT BEFORE SNAPPING THE PICTURE! ha ha
April 08, 2024
9th ANNUAL ART WITH MR. E SUMMER WORKSHOP
What are you creating?
The kids seem to LOVE dino nuggies! Don't know what they are? They make chicken nuggets in the shape of dinosaurs. Yes...it's a thing!! ha ha There are shirts, earrings, pushies, pillows...a whole dino nuggie industry! I've wanted to make my own pushies/pillows, but it took awhile to find a fabric I thought would work(Dollar Tree...imagine that!?!). I made a pattern to the size of the fabric, cut them out, sewed them together, and stuffed them. It went relatively quick, and I had a lot of fun doing it! A friend saw my post on facebook, and asked if I could make her class (she teaches EE/Special Ed) one. They like to hold something during share time. I gladly gave her one of the dino nuggies! Happy to know it will be loved & used in a school setting!
What are you creating?
April 02, 2024
Dandelion Dup
March 30, 2024
Sunday Devotional With Mr. E: The Narrative
This post was originally written Easter of 2016.
but I want to know how the
March 28, 2024
Not Just The Kids...
This made my heart so happy!! A few weeks ago I taught a lesson on the artist Romero Britto. A para-pro (someone who works with children that need extra assistance) loved the work I shared from Britto, and ordered a new phone case for herself. She had to share it with me!!
We are influencing more than the kids!
January 25, 2024
Gummy Bear Tints Lesson
January 14, 2024
Op Art/Line Design
January 12, 2024
Op Art Fun!
December 01, 2023
#turkeyaday23
I started creating a Turkey-A-Day back in 2016 (I think..possibly earlier?). Each year I change up how I create the turkeys. I've done a paper doll turkey with a different outfit each day, class picture turkeys from different decades, art turkeys, media turkeys.....a little bit of everything! This year I created a cityscape and placed a turkey in the city each day. It got kind of crazy, but it was also a whole lot of fun.
Here is the last day of #turkeyaday23!
November 03, 2023
Clay With Large Class Sizes
Class sizes have been an issue this year. I know that others have it worse, but a large class size is a large class size. Students do better in smaller classes...FACT! We have four 2nd grade classes all at 25 students each. We have four 4th grade classes now(as of a week ago), but my special area team voted to keep the old schedule to avoid having a split planning time(I did not vote to keep the old schedule), and have the three 4th grade classes at 31, 31, and 29 come to specials. It is a struggle to restructure lessons and manage supplies when classes are large. Just 5 to 10 more students than "normal" can really through the balance of a class off. I have managed to do the coil pot lesson with 2nd grade, but there is more of a "rush" on my end of things in prepping for before class & firing. I also feel like my flying through clay!!! How do you all handle large class sizes? What are your biggest classes?(I'm coming at this from an elementary perspective.)
November 01, 2023
Pumpkin-A-Day 2023
I have been doing this for awhile. During the month of October I create a pumpkin each day. The "theme" changes each year. This year I created a Turtle-Pumpkin every day. I mainly used alcohol markers. November I do #turkeyaday, and in February I do #heartaday. Consider joining the fun. Low pressure & lots of creativity!
October 20, 2023
Santa Fe, NM: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
If you are in Santa Fe, you have to go see the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Though it was extremely hard to find parking in the area & the museum was unusually loud (I'm use to people not talking loud in museums, but there were almost too many people in the museum when we were there!)...I still recommend going! I've never seen so many of her works in one place. I also really loved seeing her supplies they had on display. Be warned though...you have to have a certain "level" of membership in order for it to be reciprocal. Our Frist Museum membership did not help the price at all(know before you go).