Artsonia

Our school is participating in Artsonia, an online art gallery! I will be taking pictures of all of the student's artwork, posting them on the Artsonia website, and then parents and family members can go online and view their students work! They can also have the artwork printed on different keepsake items such as keychains, t-shirts etc.! What's also awesome is that 20% of the proceeds go to our art program here at school! I am so excited to be a part of this awesome program and to see where it takes us! Visit our school page!
http://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=163305

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!