Easel Elementary

I discovered this artist a few years ago.  He is one of my favorite discoveries.  Wayne Thiebaud (pronounced teebow) is an American painter.  He is most known for his colorful works of items such as cakes, pastries, ice cream cones, pies and landscapes.  He is associated with the pop art movement.  He was born November 15, 1920.  He currently lives in Mesa, Arizona. He is 99 years old. I made a video (thanks to Mr. Scarbrough for holding the camera) It's not great but I'll get better as I begin to create more video lessons. Enjoy. Leave comments so I can know what you like and what I need to do to make it easier to follow. Wayne Thiebaud Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI_QJ5D9Qm8#action=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1p65qog__Y#action=share Art Lesson: Gumball Machine Materials: Pencil Paper Markers, crayons, colored pencils stamp pad (if you have one) Top of a glue bottle paper A plate so you can trace a circle 1. Trace a circle onto

Just a little background information for all: I taught reading, math and science (among other subjects) to kindergarten through fifth grade for 31 years.  My dream job of being an art teacher came through four years ago.  So if you are good at math you can figure out that I have been teaching for 35 years.   31+4=35.  We can turn that into a word problem but I am here to focus on merging math, reading and science with art.  A lesson I taught a FAEA Conference this year focused on merging math with art.  The math standards covered are lines, angles, measurement and radial symmetry. Art standards: line, value, radial symmetry, complimentary color and blending. Optical Illusions: Day 1 & 2  MATERIALS White paper (measure and cut into a square) 5" x 5" works the best. pencil ruler black sharpie or black marker color markers Finished optical illusion using only black and white HINT: if you place your pencil where your first two lines intersect and then

Art Lessons There are many things you can do at home that don't require a lot of supplies.  We all buy food coloring and rarely use all of it.                                                                Recycled Art *New Crayon Creations: If you have old broken pieces of crayons you can make mixed crayons. Materials: crayons, muffin tin, sunshine Peal crayons and fill muffin tins with crayon pieces.  You can line muffin tins with cupcake liners.  Leave out in the sun and in an hour or so the crayons will melt. Move indoors and let cool.  You now have new crayons. *Water Bottle ideas Color water bottle with permanent markers to create a fish. Use the bottom of a water bottle or soda bottle to make prints.  The bottoms dipped into paint create pretty flowers. Go outside and draw your neighborhood. Make cards. Get out the side walk chalk and decorate for spring. Sunshine is a great for your health. Stuck inside: Go onto Viewpure.com ( This site cuts the commercia