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Beth RiemerTeaching Portfolio

Elementary- Middle school Visual Art

6th grade

Drawing from observation

Exploring texture and value with charcoal

Students write their own short stories and tell them through shadow puppets shows.

Shadow Puppet stories

My 15 minutes of fame….

Inspired by ways people all over the word alter their identity

Mixed media altered identity self portraits

Figure drawing and sculpture

Watercolor Painting

Exchange your painting with a classmate. While looking carefully at your partner’s painting,write a postcard to someone describing this place you are “ visiting”.

7th and 8th grade

Using non-traditional art materials to explore line drawing Cassette Tape drawing!

Site Specific Tape drawingsStudents compare and contrast artwork by Keith Haring and Prehistoric Cave Drawings

before creating their own collaborative wall drawings with tape

Observational Drawing

Exploring light, space and form using chalk pastels and charcoal

1pt. perspective drawing

Exploring positive and negative space through collage

Negative Space ink studies of plants

Exploring foreground, middle ground and background when constructing these Tunnel Books

Painting

Using leftover paint to explore painting

SketchbookStudents build their own sketchbooks. First they carve a

linocut stamp and print custom cover paper. Then using a Japanese stab binding

technique, students bind their own custom sketchbooks.

Inside the sketchbooks…

Self Portraits

Masks and Hats

Students use a variety of materials to create a mask, face covering or head piece. Each student chooses a theme and

designs their work around that theme.

In the style of a D.O.T sign, create your own sign to communicate a social, political or a humorous message

Tape Figure Sculptures

Art for Social Justice

Mixed media artworks that speak to a political or social message

Sculptures that explore the concept of home

Home sculptures inspired by artwork by Do-Ho Suh and Andrea Zittel

Exploring scale in sculpture after studying artist Claes Oldenberg

Elementary School

Inspired by Indonesian shadow puppets, 1st and 2nd grade students explored a variety of mediums including painting, assemblage,

and the mechanics of puppet making.

Puppet making

Accordion Books

2nd grade students explored the art of bookmaking through telling the story of their dreams

Mythical Clay Creatures

Looking closely at the unique characteristics of animals, 1st grade students used various shapes,

patterns, and textures to create their own clay mythical creatures. Inspired after reading Eric Carle’s

book Dragons Dragons

ART SHOW