Otter Art Room
Riverview Elementary
Welcome Riverview Otters!
This website is intended to help you "go deeper" with your art education. Each page has art lessons grouped according to grade level along with other opportunities for learning. Be sure to check out the Otter Art Gallery where you may post photos of your artwork.
Happy Creating!
Mrs. Remund
Contact me kremund@alpinedistrict.org
Mrs. R's Rules of Good Taste
Yes - to creativity
Yes - to your best effort
Yes - to expressing yourself
No - blood, guts or gore
No - weapons
No - potty anything
Materials
You will be able to complete all of my assignments with a piece of paper and a pencil. But feel free to use whatever medium you have around your home. Here are some ideas:
Drawing:
Blank Paper - any kind
No. 2 pencil - or other types of pencils if you have them.
Eraser
Ruler or other straight edge to help you draw straight lines (the side of a cereal box, a paper folded lengthwise, etc.)
Other utensils for drawing such as pens, sharpies, etc.
Crayons, colored pencils, or markers to add color to your drawings
Painting
Watercolor, tempera or acrylic paints
Cup or other container for water
Plate or plastic lid or other flat surface to use as a paint palette
Paintbrushes - or get creative and paint with a cotton swab, a straw, leaves, bubble wrap, plastic fork, or your fingers:)
Photography
Any available digital camera. For example: point & click camera, smart phone camera.
Collage
Backer board - could be a piece of cardboard, or a heavy sheet of paper or cardstock.
Elmer's glue, glue stick, or a glue gun (with parent permission)
String, pictures cut from old magazines or newspapers, colored paper, stuff from the recycle bin, stickers, other old stuff lying around the house that your parents say is OK to use;)
How to photograph your artwork
Do NOT photograph yourself with the artwork. Make sure your last name is NOT visible anywhere on the art or in the image. Personal security is important!
Find somewhere with as much natural light as possible. If needed, use your flash as well.
Try to get a straight shot. Stand directly above your artwork and take the shot looking down. Or use blue tape to stick it to a clear clean wall at eye-level for nice straight shot. Try to avoid letting your shadow fall on the artwork.
Zoom in so that only the artwork is in the frame of the picture.
Try to flatten out as many of the folds and creases as possible.
Don’t worry too much if there are ripped or missing bits around the edges, you can crop out problem areas and still have a good representation.
Save your edited image files in .png or .jpg format.
How to share your artwork
Take a photo of your artwork - only your artwork. Make sure your face and your last name are not visible in the photo. Visit the Otter Art Gallery page to post your artwork.