Welcome to our blog! This site showcases the processes and products of 7th and 8th grade art students at Becker Middle School.

woah! plastic chicken wire and weaving...hallway display

J.W. Killam Family Tree Year two~ Each student traced his/her hand and selected one color to decorate the hand with symbols that represent themselves or a design. Students used colored pencils, markers, and crayons. To view year one and the making of the tree, click here.

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So this story of Winter Mural Collaborativity begins with a simple request from my amazing music teacherin' friend: to create a piece for the winter program. The making of this beast involved multiple grade levels with one incident of two classes working simultaneously and another where third grade created alongside kindergarten "buddies". Confused yet? Not as much as my art teacherin' friend Jennifer's daughter was when she popped by for a visit. "I just don't understand why this is on the…

collaborative painted stick art project

The past few months my students have been making feathers for a group mural. This idea was inspired by my friend and celebrity in the art community, Cassie Stephens! Head on over to her blog and check out her magical art teacher'n treasures at Cassie Stephen's Blog!! Her original inspo was international street artist, Kelsey Montague. Her inspiring murals challenge people to ask the question "What Lifts you" "What makes your heart Soar?" My students are going to be writing about their…

Our Recycled Art By Julia, 5th grade In the art room we collected styrofoam packaging peanuts to be used for an Earth Day project. We decided to create a mosaic of a tree using peanuts as our “tiles”. A bunch of kids helped out to mix tempera paint and create lots of colors to brush on the peanuts. After decorating all the peanuts in different colors we used Elmer’s glue and spread it all over the also-recycled cardboard. Following the sketch lines we created the giant tree to symbolize…

So this story of Winter Mural Collaborativity begins with a simple request from my amazing music teacherin' friend: to create a piece for the winter program. The making of this beast involved multiple grade levels with one incident of two classes working simultaneously and another where third grade created alongside kindergarten "buddies". Confused yet? Not as much as my art teacherin' friend Jennifer's daughter was when she popped by for a visit. "I just don't understand why this is on the…

Hi, kidz! Welcome to the second installment of postings from my school-wide collaborative series (btw, I've decided "school-wide collaborative" is just too much work for my mouth. Hence forth, it wil

Forsale Lander

Do you remember the scene in the Princess Diaries where Mia vents her frustrations by throwing darts at paint-filled balloons with her artist mother, making the canvas run with bright, Play-Doh type colours? Wouldnt you just love to do that, to not think and just make a mess?

Welcome to the Club Creative Studio Two-Cent Tuesday post. Today I will feature a few ideas I learned about via Pinterest using a low-cost supplies. Each of the projects that I will highlight toda…

An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.