Creative Color Wheels (6th Grade)

Students used ONLY construction paper scissors and glue.

New Year New And Improved GARGOYLES!

It's only the beginning of these scary, adorable, strange creatures!

Some Recommended Apps to Download!

Students AND Parents,

Do you have a smart phone? Tablet? Ipad? Anything capable of downloading apps? Here are few I recommed adding to your device. 

1. Paper by FiftyThree 
Price: Free with optional in-app purchases Download: Paper by FiftyThree for iPad For kids with an artistic bent, Paper by FiftyThree is definitely worth a look. It's a simple drawing app that starts you with a blank sheet of digital paper on your iPad. Your imagination's the limit with this no-frills app — your kids will find themselves sketching, drawing, and taking notes to their heart's content. And if ever they feel like expanding their horizons, you can always choose to buy them new tools in-app.

2. Dictionary.com 
Price: Free for basic, $2.99 for ad-free, $4.99 for ad-free HD 
Download: Dictionary.com for iPhone and iPod touch, iPad 
This app, derived from the website of the same name, gives students access to almost 1 million word definitions and 90,000 synonyms and antonyms in the app's thesaurus section. The app also gives the origin and history of words, as well as example sentences so kids can see how unfamiliar words are used. There's also a Word of the Day feature, which is just what it sounds like — one random new word pops up in the app each day. With any luck, your student will be speaking like a broadcaster by the time he or she is old enough to drive.

3. Achieve (FREE)

Have goals for 2013? Monitor your progress. Very easy to use!

Happy Holidays!

Hope everyone is enjoying their winter break! The snow was a nice surprise!

URBANA LIBRARY FEATURES a selection of 6th Grade ART!

12 6th graders' SELF PORTRAITS are being showcased at the Urbana Library. I highly encourage you to stop by and take a look! I hear they have been quite the attraction! 

Strange? Wacky? Dreamlike? FINAL SURREALIST PIECES

"SURREALISM IN YOUR EYES"

You saw the rough draft collages. Look at what they turned into. I think I have some young Salvador Dali's in my classroom. The students used a variety of materials to create these masterpieces such as chalk pastel, markers, colored pencils, and drawing pencils. They learned how to shade, stipple, mix, and more!

*I'm still having issues rotating some images. I apologize.

7th Grade Illuminated Letters in Wax Resist

ILLUMINATED LETTERS (Wax Resist)

The wax resist technique is ideal for "Medieval" period artwork. Take a look.