Artsonia After School Art Club: Paint a Peacock with Me!

I spent some time this summer making more videos... but this time not for my awesome YouTube Channel... but for Artsonia's.

My first video was the one I sent in as the "audition" I guess... and you had to introduce yourself and it seemed weird.  I talk in weird voices and make faces all the time to a group of kids and never have to watch myself doing it.  The project is good though.  I wanted to teach a nice simple concept, and I wanted to make sure that I was catering to kids doing art at home.  It works. And I'm hilarious.  It's also the only one that has a cool soundtrack, because they told us not to add music to the rest ☹️




The videos get more and more embarrassing after this one! My daughters are looking into the witness protection program.  I can't wait till they publish more. 😶😃

Artist Statements: A brainstorming worksheet and easy Artsonia upload.

Fifth grade just finished up their Imagine a Building lesson.  They studied and discussed several examples of architecture and were charged with designing their own unique structure.
At the completion of the project each student filled out an Artists Statement worksheet in their sketchbooks.  This worksheet was designed to get students thinking and talking about their art.  It's one of the Common Core Standards!
I uploaded the photos to Artsonia.  During centers time, students used the student computer to enter their statements.  I was so impressed with some of the things they said about their process and work.  We will definitely be doing this more often.