Monday, February 16, 2015

A Poem inspired by a Kindergartener


Don't Eat the Crayons!
By: Rachel Dillon

I love to teach art,
art class is so fun,
Except when art parts
became food for one.

“Don’t eat the crayons!”
I told Zack, on Monday.
With crayon in his teeth he told me, “OK.”

“Don’t eat your eraser,”
I told Zack on Tuesday.
He swallowed real hard and then asked to go play.

“Don’t lick the blue paint,”
I screeched on Wednesday.
Paint dripped down his chin which he then wiped away.

“Don’t taste the pastels,”
I begged Zack on Thursday.
He spat out three pieces much to my dismay.

Friday came along
and I was scared to teach art
I walked into class
slowly pushing my cart

And there at a table
sat Zack with a smile.
He gave me a paper
he pulled from a file.

It said, “To my favorite art teacher,
Art stuff tastes like gruel.
I’d rather make art,
cuz art is so cool.”
 

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Watercolor Resistance Art Lesson


Greetings!
It has been a while since I entered content on my blog. Crazy busy has sucked my time away. Here is a fun project that I found on Pinterest, of course, and have recreated several times with a variety of elementary school students.

I've attached a power point of the creation of this art lesson that lists Art Fundamentals covered and explained, like:

·    Perspective – What we can see and what we don’t

·    Resistance Watercolor Piece – How water rolls off substances like wax from a crayon.

·    Rule of Three – using three to create a visual balance

·    Variation of Shape and Horizon Line

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Cherry Blossom Painting

The student results from 
my last art workshop.
Acrylic Paintings from 2nd-6th






Crocker Art Museum Workshop


Thirsty Faith

By:  Rachel Allen Dillon


Finding light.
     The horses put all of their faith in their leader
                                    as she guides them to water in the desert.
          Warm ocher.
Thirsty blue.
           The shadows of the canyon wall are like looming
                                       and
                                             imprisoning traps.
            Thirsty.
                        Light.



- I wrote this yesterday when I was at a writer/art workshop at the Crocker Art Museum. It was inspired by the painting I saw in one of the exhibits.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Fifth Session of Summer Art Camp

Here are some student samples of some of the projects done over this week of camp.
4th Grader - Oil Pastels 
3rd Grader - Acrylic
4th Grader - Acrylic

1st Grader - Pencil

4th Grader - Crayon &
Watercolor

Kindergartner - Oil Pastel


3rd Grader - Collage

5th Grader -Watercolor
3rd Grader - Collage

Monday, September 1, 2014

Fourth Session of Art Camp

Here is a sample of camper's work for the fourth session.
1st Grader -
Watercolor Pencils
Kindergartner -
Watercolor Pencils
Fourth Grader - Acrylic Paint
& Watercolor


Fourth Grader - Watercolor

Sixth Grader - Acrylic


Fifth Grader -
Watercolors/Collage 
Third Grader -
Watercolor & Acrylics 
Sixth Grader -
Watercolor & Photo Paper


Third Session Camp Artwork

Here is a sample of the Third Session Camp Artwork:)
5th Grader Watercolor & Acrylic

5th Grader Acrylic

5th Grader Oil Pastel

4th Grader Watercolor & Crayon

5th Grader Oil Pastel

Watercolor and Acrylic

1st Grader Markers