Art

HELLO FREEDOM FALCONS! LET'S MAKE SOME ART!

Please use this website to find art projects and art-related activities you can do at home. Below are links to possible art projects and activities. Feel free to explore each of the art projects before you choose one to do. Read the instructions clear to the end so you can experience the full art project. You are also invited to explore other artistic opportunities, such as under the heading, "Extra Activities." Also you could visit the student art gallery. It's fun to see the art that students have done and sent to me.

I've selected projects and activities that should require relatively few materials. Most projects require pencil or pen and paper. If you have other art materials at home, such as colored pencils, crayons, markers, or watercolor paint, you are welcome to add color to your art. You could also try painting with tea, chocolate milk, koolaid, juice or any other beverage.

We believe that participating in the arts is beneficial to student development and provides them with important pathways to connect with their imaginations and the rest of the world.

If you choose to participate in "at home specialty", I hope that you enjoy these activities

I plan on updating this site regularly with new content.

Enjoy!

Jan 14, 2022

It looks like we might be getting some sunshine! That's great! Because for this project you need sunshine to make shadows so you can trace them. See how shadows work at different times of the day to make different pictures. This also works if you have a spotlight or flashlight thet you cn focus on your toy. It's pretty fun. Go check out the "African Sunset Shadow Tracing"

May 3, 2021

This will be he last activity that I post for the year, but I hope you have lot of fun with it. Moms love flowers. So we are making mothers day flowers. I hope your mom loves them! Have the best end of the year!

April 12. 2021

Let's learn about the artise, Bridget Riley. She was part of the Op Art movement. She created 100's of awesone pictures that play with your eyes. Our project will make art like that.

March 29, 2021

Here's another fun Easter activity for you. I'd love to see what yours looks like! Sand me a picture.

March 22, 2021

Easter is coming up. Here's a silly project you can do to decorate your room with. Maybe you could play a game with your family to see if they can guess who your Easter Bunny in disguise really is.

March 8,2021

This week's project is completely different than anything we've done yet. You get to draw with yarn! I'd love to see what you come up with! Send me a picture to go in the gallery.

March 1, 2021

Feb. 22, 2021

I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Valentines Day and had a nice break for Presidents Day. Todays project is all about shading and color to create an optical illusion. I'd love to see how yours turns out. Mine turns out totally different every time I do it. It's really cool!

Feb. 8, 2021

This weeks project is all about Valentines Day. I hope you enjoy making this for someone you love!

Feb. 1, 2021

I hope you had as much fun as we did making our tiny clay food last week. This week's project is another fun one. It involves math and the X -Y axis, but it's so cool when it's finished. Don't be too intimidated with it. You'll love how it turns out! We're doing it with thread and sewing, but you can do it just using a ruler and making lines following the instructions. Enjoy!

Jan. 25, 2021

So here's the project the rest of the school is doing. We are making Tiny Clay Food! We'll be displaying our food show in the main kiva from Feb. 1 - 14. If you'd like to have yours in the show, just bring it to the office and they'll get it to me. I had so much fun making mine! I hope you have as much fun as I did.

Jan 11, 2021

Hi there. I hope you're enjoying the lessons here. You can go back to any of them and repeat them and get a totally different finished product. This week we're makng playdough. We will be using it in our next project too. So have fun with it until then.

Jan 4, 2021

Welcome back! I hope you had wonderful break and are ready to get back to doing school and art. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if 2 or more animals were combined to make one? This is your chance to play with that. Have fun choosing the animals you want to combine. Remember to write the story at the end of the project so we know what it's all about.

Dec 14, 2020

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I hope you all enjoy this little christmas card project. It was lots of fun for me. Have a great Christmas break and I'll be back in January with more.

Dec, 7, 2020

Wow! It's sure getting cold! This project will help you feel awesome about the cold and get you into the Christmas spirit!

Nov. 30, 2020

‘Tis the season for winter themes, and these winter paintings are perfect for your children. This is winter process art at its best. With no specific outcome intended, these winter beauties still make wonderfully sparkly keepsakes.

Nov. 16, 2020

This week we wil be looking at the art of Christopher Marley and the things he did with bugs. His art is pretty cool. Then we'll look at how to do Zentangles and make our own really cool bug art. Next week is Thanksgiving. I hope you enjoy your holiday.

Nov. 9, 2020

We are coming up on the holiday season. For this project you can choose whatever you're thankful for to to put in this project. You could make a notebook or a collage or just a picture. Think of things that make you happy.

Nov. 2, 2020

Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! Have you ever made a mistake something and you think it's ruined and want to throw it away? This project is all about that. How can you turn your oops into a happy accident? There's usually a way to make your mistake work for you. Try this out.

Oct. 26, 2020

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This week's project will be a fun one to add to your halloween festivities.I know my grandkids are going to love it!

Oct. 12, 2020

This activity starts out so simple and turns out so awesome! It's all simple lines, straight and curved. I'd love to see how it turns out for you. This will take you through fall break and I'll post another on Oct. 26. Please send me a picture. I hope you all have a wonderful fall break!!!

Oct 5, 2020

Have fun using your creativity to finish these pictures this week. You can use the same one more than once and come up with different pictures too.

Sept 28, 2020

In this weeks lesson we will be learning about value in art and shading. All you need is paper and pencil and imagination.

Sept 21, 2020

In this project we're going to explore color. Use whatever you have on hand at home to add to this collage.Have fun with this.

Sept 14,2020

This week we have been learning about a street artist named Thank You X. He does some pretty cool murals. We are making a school wide mural to fill the main kiva. If you want to be a part of the mural just do this project and bring it to the school. We're doing ours on white cardstock. Make sure to put your first name, last initial and classroom teacher's name on it. Turn it in to the office and they'll get it to me.

Sept 8, 2020

We're off to a great start. I hope your online learning is going super! This week we are learning about the element of art, SHAPE. You will be able to make a shape robot. I'd love to see what you do with this.

SHARE YOUR ART WITH ME!

If you do an art activity at home, please share! I would love to see what you make. Send me a picture of your artwork to my email: jgoss@alpinedistrict.org

Include your student's name and teacher's name. If sending from a student email, please CC a parent email address as well.

I'd love to share student art on this site! If you don't want your artwork shared, please specifically say so in your email.