3rd grade Bridgescapes

After our work with atmospheric perspective in our Birds of Georgia project, we examined another type of perspective with size and placement changes. "Bridges of the world" was our inspiration, and in our thumbnails we practiced horizon line placement and size changes as the bridge moves away from us in space. On our final copies, color choices create a time of day or a feeling of the weather. Blendable oil pastels are a great choice for this step, and I encouraged the kids to be brave and bold with their colors.

My thumbnails page is available on Teachers pay Teachers - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-Knights-Smartest-Artists

Needle & Thread club update, March 2015

My after-school-clubbers have been quite productive lately and are having lots of fun to boot. Here are some shots of our recent plushy project and our old school potholder weavings:

Celebrating YAM with a TpT sale!

March is Youth Art Month and I am throwing a 20% off sale for the next four days at Teachers pay Teachers - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-Knights-Smartest-Artists
The sale begins on Thursday, March 5 and runs through Sunday, March 8.

New item alert! I know that many art classes, including mine, begin loom weaving in the spring, so I have cleaned up and updated my weaving handout and uploaded it to my online store. If you need a handout with a little weaving history, vocab, examples, discussion points, and sketching space, check it out! I have all my students keep this weaving handout with their cardboard looms in a large baggie from week to week.