Karen Anderson-Practicum for Elementary Art - 2002

The Communion Class from Faith Lutheran Church, was invited to design and make their first communion

cup out of clay

Busy as Santa’s Workshop!!

The glazing was the most fun for the kids as they began to see

what they had imagined ,come

alive

The students put a lot of thought into

the purpose for creating the cup.

Nelson County Art Camp

The students made paper sculptures to

match the artwork of the sculptor Alberto

Giocometti They also learned about pastels

and viewed the artwork of Wolf Kahn

Multicultural Mural

Using their own drawings, students drew and painted scenes from the early west depicting positive interaction between the Native Americans and Settlers.

Free to Be Me Tree/ I gotta be me “batik” butterfly

Students viewed pictures of butterflies and

discussed how people like butterflies have many differences, but each is beautiful and unique. They made their own

butterfly in wax resist, then displayed them with

their photo

Carandache Prints

Students learned about how prints are made and used nature’s patterns as motivation

Carandache Prints

The younger students learned to make the prints also. I showed them a dollar bill and explained about prints

The students were able to complete the printing process by themselves

Wire Sculpture

Students learned about Alexander Calder’s Mobiles, then made their own

Hats Of Respect

Students were shown different hats that people in helping professions wear.

Qualities that the students respect of these professionals were also discussed. The

students made their own hats of respect

More Hats Of Respect

Mosaic/Oil Pastel Vases

Students learned about mosaics and using arbitrary colors to design and paint their own still life

Ceramic Coil Pots

Ceramic Coil Pots

And they lived happily everafter