The Demise of the Cotton Ball Bunny Sherry Snowden NAEA Conference – Seattle 2011
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The Demise of the Cotton Ball Bunny
Sherry SnowdenNAEA Conference – Seattle 2011
Things to consider when teaching art to wee ones…
• They know if you are having fun…and they expect to have fun…so it better be fun !
• Do not underestimate what they can do…
• Lead them to observe, they see much more than we see…
• They can express themselves better than we can…let their art do the talking…
• Scribbles are very important…they lead to great things…
Patterned Bunnies PK - 4
PK 4 Patterned Bunnies
A Beautiful Day to be a Bunny
PK - 3 & 4 Texture Collages
“This feels soft, this is squishy, this is fluffy”…
Give a child 2 straight pieces of pipe cleaner…what do you get ?
A “T” for Texture!
PK – 3Snow Flurry…
Drag tempera paint with a cardboard swatch onto a dark background
Cardboard and
tempera paint to stamp…Snowflakes
Textured Mittens from shapes/swatches of fabric on a Snow Flurry Background
Nocturnal Animals…Eyes in the NightPK 3 First Named Scribbles…
Nocturnal Animals…Eyes in the nightPK 3 First Named Scribbles…
A Great Day in PK 3 observing….
Tilford the
Great Dane
A Very BIG Dog !
The Eyes Have it….
So does the tongue…
“O” is for Octopus…and there is “Commotion in the Ocean” PK-4
Zoo Animals on Parade PK 4
Tigers, and alligators, and zebras, Oh. My!
“V” is for Vegetables PK 4Discussing and drawing shapes and colors of vegetables
observed in the classroom
Adding water to the water soluble oil pastels for a painters touch!
Snowmen at Night PK 4
Valuable Snowmen K &1st
Symmetry…K and 1st
Preparing papers Scumbling with a plastic card…
Trace around symmetrical shape onto backside of prepared paper, cut out shape.
Creating Special Heart Cards for Special People
Butterfly Studies K & 1st
Cropping with View Finders to observe details of shape, line, texture, color…
Coloring in with Oil Pastels
Results are Abstract Masterpieces
Directly Observing the Perfect Tree… K & 1st
Closely observing and drawing Trees…
Painting the trees in tempera, adding white for form…
Adding Highlights & snow in the forks of the tree
Variations of A Winter Tree
From a Sunny Day in the Texas Hill Country to a Cold Snowy Day…Brrrrrr
Direct Observation of “Paper-whites” K & 1st
Line…Shape…Color…Masterpiece!
A World of Color, Composition and Wonder…2nd & 3rd
Creating the Picture Plane
From Preliminary Sketches to Colorful Compositions from Bright Imaginations
An autumn leaf from grandma’s house becomes inspiration for
direct observation…5th Grade
Printing with Snap Blocks 5th Gr.
One Plate…Many Options
Very Specials Thanks to…
• Young artists at St. Stephens Episcopal School, Wimberley Texas, whom I adore!
• Eloiese Krabbenhoft at Texas State University-San Marcos who was so very kind to insure the monster-sized images were downsized.
• All my friends and colleagues at SSES and TSU campus communities who support my passion for teaching art in so many kind and generous ways.
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