Throw Kindness Like Confetti Bulletin Board

Just a simple placeholder bulletin board while I get some artwork ready!

I love using inspirational quotes.

Bulletin Board Dump

Here are a few of the bulletin boards I have created so far this year!

I hope that these help to inspire you in your own creations :) 

Artist Map Bulletin Board

In my art room I have the following bulletin board to use as a reference when I introduce a new artist to my students.

My students absolutely love it! They are often shouting out 'I can see him on the map, wow he's close/far!' It helps them make connections to the artists by seeing where they are from, when they lived, and what they look like.

The map is always growing as I add new lessons with new artists. Currently I have 15 different artist cards created (only 14 are hung up this year). If you would like to implement this map into your own classroom I have put the download file on my TpT.

My cards are also color coded by grade level learning about them. The colors are the same as the 'I Can' statements for each grade level. K-Yellow, 1-Orange, 2-Blue, 3-Green.

Some artists are discussed in more than one grade level, but I haven't figured out a great way to change the border color so it still appears cohesive. I'll figure it out eventually!

Wayne Thiebaud Bulletin Board

This is officially the last board I needed to set up for the art show!

Time is running short and I'm starting to feel the crunch of getting the rest of the art matted, labeled, and hung on the walls. I hope the rest of you who host your art shows in March are doing well!

My first, second, and third graders all do a project inspired by Wayne Thiebaud. We discuss shapes vs. forms and how to create the illusion of form by adding light and dark to our object. On this board I only hung up the first grade ice cream cones and second grade cupcakes. Third graders had created popsicles, for your own reference. Enjoy!

The title.

At the top of this photo you'll notice a small blurb I wrote about Thiebaud as well as posted some of his artwork.

The whole board, this thing is massive!

Youth Art Month Bulletin Boards

As all of us art educators know March is Youth Art Month, and I host my school's art show during this month. I like to make a display to make sure parents, students, and staff members know about YAM. Here are my displays!

I realized after I took this photo that the paintbrush and clay tool were reversed. Forgot to take a new picture after I corrected the error. You get the idea, it's the logo.

I saw this idea on a Facebook group I am in-as the month progresses you uncover one more day, one more fact about why arts education is important. I decided to add some artists born in March and an example of their artwork on the right hand side.

Theodor Seuss Geisel - March 2nd

Piet Mondrian - March 7th

George Rodrigue - March 13th

Vincent van Gogh - March 30th

Kinder Fantasy Unit

Lets talk Kindergarten!

A few weeks ago we started out Royal Self Portraits. This project is a favorite all around - students, staff, and parents! The original idea is from Patty at Deep Space Sparkle. On day one we do a directed drawing, talking about our faces and all the different parts on them. Day two is painting. Previously I have used tempera cakes and had the students mix their own skin color. I love the variety they come up with, but this year I tried something a bit easier on myself. I ordered SAX Versa Tempera paint in a multicultural set and put out a range of colors for the students to pick from. I much prefer the liquid tempera look to the tempera cakes of the past years. To each their own, though!

Here are some of my students working hard on day two:

   

Day three we got to add fun glitter and jewels to our crowns!

After completing our Royal self portraits we had to give them somewhere to live. It was time for our shape castles. Again the original idea is from Deep Space Sparkle and I modified it to my needs. On day one, we talked all about different shapes when doing this directed drawing in oil pastel. On day two we went over how to use watercolor paint and students got to see the magic relationship between the two media. Gosh I love the Kinder innocence.

Here is the bulletin board I just finished putting up today:

Kindergarten Kandinsky Circles

I discussed Kandinsky's Concentric Circles painting with my seven kindergarten classes. They were given a piece of 12x18 paper that I pre-folded into thirds. Students were guided and aided in folding their papers 'hotdog' style to create 6 sections. They used black pastel to trace along the fold lines and then moved onto many colors to create their circles, one in each square. When they finished filling in each square with enough pastel, students used tempera cakes to fill in the 'triangle' shaped corners.

As an extension I had students create individual circles on 6x6 paper and cut them out. I used these to create the buds on tree next to the bulletin board I was planning. Here is the final result:

In 2014...

Starting this month I obtained another bulletin board! This one is located right across the hall from my classroom, which is nice since all the other ones are across the school.

I wanted to make this bulletin board something fun to look at, without student artwork. And since it's a new year I wanted to incorporate that in some way. 

I've always loved the left vs. right brain conflict and the Mercedes Benz ads from awhile ago (Google it!) so I went with it. After some googling/pinning of my own for inspiration I came up with this!

Left brain logic.

Right brain creativity.

The clock and brain are the only things hand drawn by me. In the coming years hopefully I'll be able to add more to this idea!

Winter Bulletin Board

I had posted my fall bulletin board a few months ago, and in December I changed it to a winter theme. 'It's Snow Secret: GES has amazing artists!'

The board has projects from Kindergarten, Second, and Third grades.

Kindergarteners did the finger painted Christmas lights, second grade did the snowmen having an introduction to value and shading, and third grade did the landscapes using tints and shades.

I'm going to try harder to remember to take pictures during the actual art making process instead of just the finished displays. It will make for a much more educational blog, don't ya think?

If you'd like to know more about an individual project leave a comment below and I'd be happy to help!

Fall Bulletin Board: Pumpkins and Owls

Here are pictures of my completed fall themed bulletin board. It contains Owls from my first graders (idea borrowed from here) and Pumpkins from my second graders. The owls were created by using circle tracers, chalk pastels, white and black liquid tempera paint, sponges, and paint brushes! The pumpkins were created with chalk pastels.

I created this handout to guide my second graders after the demonstration. I'll scan in the sheet soon and add a downloadable version!

Here are some pictures of the finished bulletin board. I've received a lot of compliments so far :)

Kandinsky and Mondrian Bulletin Boards

My second graders' first project of the year was with the artist Wassily Kandinsky. They learned about his abstract compositions and the geometric and organic shapes he used in his compositions. They drew out their own Kandinsky inspired compositions using pencil, traced over their design with Sharpie and then used watercolors to fill in all the white spaces. Here are some pictures of the bulletin board I created to display these pieces:

My first graders' second project of the year was inspired by the artist Piet Mondrian. We talked about his use of vertical and horizontal lines that created squares and rectangles which he then colored with primary colors and black. We also talked about what abstract art is and how his paintings apply. My first graders practiced using rulers to draw their lines and then Sharpie'd over them. They used markers to color in the squares/rectangles. Here are some pictures of the bulletin board for this project:

Art Room Update

So far I have been quite busy prepping for tomorrow, the first day of school (!), and haven't had a time to jump on here and give an update on the status of my art room. Unfortunately I only have one completely finished board area due to our school's laminator being on the fritz (ahhh).

I do have first period plan tomorrow and the laminator was up and running this afternoon, so my stuff should be done and ready for me to hang up before my first class. I'll do a picture heavy post once everything is exactly how I want it. I can't wait to show all of you :)

For now, here is a teaser: