GREAT LINKS

[Andrea]

Hi,

 I am Andrea, owner of Andrea's Art Classes (not the Andrea from Kinderart..I am called Mrs.Andrea in class and am a fine artist Andrea's Art Gallery

and  am new to this newsgroup. You teachers are BRAVE!. I teach only 15 per week at 4 per class and in my art studio.I thought I would share some of my favorite links with you all

Best Wishes and Happy Teaching

Andrea King

California

 

 Here is a fabulous site called Art Chalkboard, information for teachers and students.

http://www.saumag.edu/art/studio/chalkboard.html

SANFORD Art PRODUCTS:

http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/teach/teach.html

 

Another favorite is Lynn Gross's site:

http://members.xoom.com/art1/art1.html

 

ART LESSON PLANS FOR ART TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS:

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/class/Museums/Teacher_Guide/Art/home.html

[DS]

Hi Andrea,

Thanks for all the great links. I looked through your web site. It is
great. The kids have done some fantastic work.

I teach K-8 art to over 400 kids per week. I would love to have smaller
classes. I have a degree in Elementary Ed. My principal needed someone
who liked to dabble with art to teach it to the kids. I teach at a
small Catholic school in Louisiana. I only teach Wed.-Fri., so it was a
great part time job for me!

I must say most times I feel very inadequate. The older kids aren't
ever happy with the things I plan for them to do. They would love to
get messy every time they visit...I don't even have a sink or 5 minutes
between classes to get prepared!

I try to find age appropriate activities for each group. I have spent a
fortune on books in the 3 years I have been at this. There is a lot I
would like for them to do but I don't have the budget! It is
challenging!

Welcome to the list!

:-)
Dorothy

[DS]

Hi Helen,

I really thought our kids would like the drawing lessons but found out quickly
they don't. I did put the 6th grade through a lesson in perspective & they
were amazed at the results. I plan on using that knowledge to further this
year.

I do a lot of crayon resist type stuff with the older kids. Next week I will
let them work on their initials, done in huge block letters, using line
designs with crayon & bright water colors for resist. It comes out really
nice! We mount them on black paper for display.

7th grade does a project using white glue on black paper with oil pastels.
8th grade uses black glue on white poster board with water colors. They get
two pieces of poster board & must cover one with abstract designs. On the
other piece, they make at least 6 single shapes that will be water colored &
cut out. We use 3 d-os to mount the shapes on top of the abstract. The black
glue serves as a sort of reservoir for the water colors. Some kids use bright
colors & some use pastel. This is a favorite with the parents & the
principal!!!

I would love to talk to you some more! Please feel free to e-mail me!

:-)
Dorothy

Take out the word "take out" when replying privately to this post!

[joe/helen wallau]

Hi. I'm Helen and I have taught art to middle school aged children in
Catholic schools for many years. Like you, I do not have a degree in art.
I have found that the older students like drawing lessons and working with
perspecitive.