Coe Elementary Visual Arts Blog
Making Space – Collaboration
Hello! Last week I was contacted by Ms. Kaloper and shown a video from a really amazing artist and illustrator, Christian Robinson. Christian is doing a series entitled Making Space where he is focused on the intersection between art and our emotions. Art can offer a great outlet to express your thoughts and feelings. We…
Visual Arts Sculpture Lessons
Hello! I hope you are taking the time to enjoy some of these lessons! This week, I have paper sculpture lessons inspired by mentor artists Vincent Van Gogh and Laurie Simmons. Sculptures have been made for thousands of years. Sculptures are three-dimensional (3-D) objects. This means they have length, width and depth, rather than being…
Visual Art Lessons: Shapes
Hello Coe Cougars! This week, we will be focusing on shapes. and value. Shapes are everywhere. We see them all around us. We see them inside buildings. We see them in nature. We eveneat them for dinner! And we can make shapes too. There are geometric shapes, like the ones we use in math. Other…
Visual Arts Post 5/20/20
Hello! For this week, I have some videos and packets focused on observational drawing. If you want to get better at drawing, the best thing to practice is using your observational skills and draw what you see. This helps an artist increase their hand/eye coordination. Many artists practice observational drawing with things around their house,…
Creative Advantage Resources
Hello! I wanted to share with you some resources from our Creative Advantage Partners. As you may know, earlier this school year we had our 3rd through 5th grade students work with Massive Monkees in Mrs. Carreiro and Mr. Murray’s classes. This partnership was made possible by a grant from the Creative Advantage Initiative. We…
Visual Arts Post – 5/5/2020
Hello! I hope you are having a great week! I have a couple of videos and packets to post this week. The following two videos are from a Seattle Public School art teacher, Ms. Strand! This week’s lessons are on the element of art – Shape! Visual Art, Grades K-2, 3/23 – Shape Art and…
Visual Arts Update 5/1/20
Hello! May has come and the weather is starting to change! I personally like to go outside and draw on my deck. A little fresh air is very nice! I have another Boredom Buster Packet. It is fifteen pages of fun activities. I quite enjoyed coming up with the five unique aliens. Take a look…
Visual Arts Post – 4/21/20
Hello Students and Families! I hope you were able to enjoy the “Spring Break” we had last week. The great weather that we had could help when creating artwork! For this week, I have made two video lessons focusing on Balance and using unconventional materials. You can find the links to the two videos below. Visual…
Visual Arts Post – 4/6/20
Hello, Students and families! I hope this finds you well! I wanted to update you with some visual art resources that students can use. I have attached a visual art project based on line, shape, texture, and pattern. I also wanted to include some links to my videos on texture and on artist skills. Kinder…
Visual Art Update – 3/31/2020
Posted 3/31/2020 Hello! I hope all families are safe and doing well! I have been spending the last couple of weeks creating video content for the SPS broadcast and webpage. Please note that this is my first time doing this so, there will be a learning curve 😊. Starting next week, I will also have…
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