Welcome to Lines, Dots, and Doodles. This is the place for students, parents, and teachers to find out what has been going on in my art class. I have included pictures of my student's artwork and basic explanations of the projects. I hope when you leave this blog, you feel inspired to create. Feel free to browse this blog and borrow any of my art lessons.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Salmon, 4th Grade
Friday, May 20, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Bottle Caps Everywhere
More Falling Through Space
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Space, 1st Grade
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Space, 2nd Grade
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Starry Night, Kindergarten
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Annapolis Paintings, 4th Grade
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Shapes, Kindergarten
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Flowers, Pre-K
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Falling Through Space, 5th Grade
This is one of my favorite projects, and my fifth graders look forward to it every year. This lesson is a wonderful way to teach the concept of foreshortening. Quite a long time ago, I found this lesson on Oodles of Art, and I have used it many times since.
My students start by tracing their hands and feet. After this, they draw their head, neck, arms, and legs. I then have my students outline everything in black marker and color with oil pastels. Next, I have them cut the entire thing out, and glue it to large black paper. Stars and planets are drawn with oil pastels.
We really have to rush in order to get this project done, in our 75 minute art block. I usually warn my students that they will have to work harder in this one class than they ever have before. Most of them will work extra hard because they LOVE this project. For those of you who are fortunate enough see your students every week, you will want to dedicate several classes for this project.

I absolutely love the way these look when they are hung together!
I absolutely love the way these look when they are hung together!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunflowers, 1st grade
To begin this project, I gave each child a piece of brown construction paper. With a black crayon, I had my students draw their sunflower. Next, I had my students use their finger to paint the dots in the middle of the flower. (It's not often I let my students put their fingers in the paint, so they really enjoyed this). The flower pedals were done with a paint brush. For this part, they used two colors at once. They first put their paint brush in yellow, and then dipped it staight into the red. My students marveled when it turned orange on their paper. To finish, my students painted the stem green, and the sky blue. Some students chose to put a little white on top of the blue to lighten it up.
These paintings make me think of summer!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Covered Wagons, 2nd Grade
Cowboy Boots, 5th Grade
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