6th grade Maps

6th Grade are putting the finishing touches on their maps! Credit for this lesson goes to my favorite place for lessons, Deep Space Sparkle! I even burned the edges a little to give them a worn effect! Check out how they turned out!!

Dinosaur fossil textures

Kindergarten moved to their next element of art, texture! We watched a short video about Texture and then a brief disscussion about fossils, what they were and how they become fossils. Then we talked about the different textures we would be using, clay, dinosaur bones, and paint. I gave them a piece of clay the size of a baseball on a paper plate they I had ready beforehand so it's easier to hand out. Then they wedged the clay or pounded it with their fists to about the size of a pancake. This was tricky for some students who pounded it to much so the clay was too thin. I gave them each a plastic dinosaur that they pressed into the clay. I ordered them off of amazon. I carved their initials on the back for them. Then after a fired them we painted them with a brown tempera wash and then I wiped the excess off with a sponge to reveal their skeletons!

6th Grade 1 point perspective farm landscapes

6th Grade did really well on their one point perspective farm scenes! We discussed foreground, middle ground and background. They drew their scarecrows first in the foreground, then drew their horizon line with the their vanishing point and added crop rows with a crop for the middle ground. A barn or some sort of building was added in the background. We used watercolor crayons for color.

Credit: http://afaithfulattempt.blogspot.com/2010/12/one-point-perspective-autumnal.html

Fifth Grade Self Portraits

Fifth Grade just finished up their contour line self portraits. I always start the beginning of the year off with the this project for the past couple of years. I have a love, not so loveing relationship with this project, it takes a long time, it's challenging for the students in many ways. But there are always a few students who really rock this project and enjoy the process! Here are a few awesome examples! You can find the lesson here: Selfies, Exactly where I want to be

 

About Me

Hello! Thank you so much for visiting the Ralls County Elementary Website! My name is Kelsey Gerveler and I have been a teacher at Ralls County since 2014 and started teaching in 2012. Is there seriously anything better than being an art teacher? I enjoy all types of art including painting and drawing, I also enjoy sewing and crafting for family and friends! 

1st grade 3-D Cubes

1st Graders are enjoying learning about the elements of art! Our next element, shape! We talked about 2D vs. 3D shapes and then we made a 3D cube using paper pieces. We're not finished assembling the lids of the cubes so for now they are under my table! 

5th Grade Water Color

5th Grade is kicking of their watercolor unit! We are learning and practicing different types of techniques that they can use in their artwork! Here is an example of one of theirs! Fun stuff!

Hannibal Courier Post Feature!

Check out the link below to take a video tour of the new art room and for the article with interviews from the teachers! Thanks Hannibal Courier Post for covering the opening of our new school!

Ralls County Elementary Video
Article

Back to School Night

It's finally time for back to school night! Right now the classroom looks ready, but I feel like I still have a million things to do! It was wonderful to see the community come out and see the new school! I was overwhelmed by how many students and parents came to see the art room! I am very proud of the new school and I know we have all been working really hard to get everything ready in time! I looking forward to an awesome school year!

View from the door

 View from the corner window

 I took me a long time collect all the colors for the new table caddies!

Thank you to Andrew Kiczek from Elementary Art Resources for the wood templates for my new sharpie holders!

Thanks School Girl Style for the paint chip curtain idea!

 "love my new cabinets" pose!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Unpacking Complete!!

Unpacking is officially finished!! Everything is put away and now I'm trying out table arrangements!! It feels good to have everything in it's new permanent place!

                                  

Unpacking!!

This week has begun the unpacking process for me! I have lots of art supplies since I combined rooms but that's a good problem to have! Now to figure out where to put everything!

Ralls County Elementary front!!

The name is proudly displayed now at Ralls County Elementary! Only a few more days until moving day!!

Moving Day!!!

A moving day date is finally set!! Officially getting really excited!!

Packing complete!

Rooms are all packed up and ready to move to the new art room! Shout out to my sister for helping me pack and keeping me organized! Let summer officially begin!

                 

Center Leadership Day 2016

Leadership Day 2016!

I was so proud of one of my fourth-grade girls, who presented her trifold poster about art class! She did such a wonderful job! I love at the end when she said: "the arts contribute to a well-rounded education." Couldn't have said it better myself!

Camouflage paintings

5th grade learned about a new contemporary artist today Liu Bolin. He creates artwork by painting himself into different backgrounds. So we gave it a try too!

Cabinets!!

So... the cabinets are put in and they are more beautiful than I imagined! Who gets this excited about cabinets and counters? The art teacher does!!

New school Preview!

Finally made it inside the new school! As you can see construction is still going on but it's looking awesome! More updates to come!

2nd grade Picasso portraits

2nd grade learned about the artist Pablo Picasso this week and played the game Roll a Picasso. Here is a link to the game on TPT! They turned out great!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Roll-a-Picasso-1823367

Art Room Construction-Floor

How amazing will it be to clean this floor in the art room every day? So shiny!