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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Welcome to the new school year!

I am thrilled to be starting my third year at Jackson Middle School. I am also looking forward to a year filled with challenges and excitement.
This year, we will focus on:

Developing Craft
Engaging and Persisting
Envisioning
Expression
Observation
Reflection
Exploration
Understanding the Art World

If you have any questions or concerns about any part of the school year please reach out to me either during my conference period, by email at cpenam@neisd.net, or by phone at 210.356.4400

Please note that it is important that you arrive on time and ready to learn as we will have a lot of exciting material to cover each day.

I look forward to getting to know you better and helping you achieve all of your education goals for the year.

Let's work together to make this the Best Year Ever!

Studio habits slideshow from walleriusz

Monday, May 23, 2016

Create-A-Plant

For this assignment, I asked my 6th grade students to pretend they were botanists who had recently discovered a new, never before been seen plant.

The students had to document their findings and include the following key pieces of information:

plant's name

plant's basic needs

how the plant's needs are met

where the plant lives

a colored illustration of the plant in it's natural habitat

an illustration showing the principal parts of the plant's anatomy (text features like labels, captions, maps, bold words, subheading, and more)

Then the student's had to create a paper mache' model of the plant using a plastic bottle, cardboard, and masking tape. Below are the student's examples:

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Night Gallery 2016

We are cordially inviting you, your family and friends to attend the

NEISD SECONDARY STUDENT

ART EXHIBIT

Night Gallery 2016

Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Littleton Gym

Blossom Athletic Center
Free Admission !

This year we are inviting the visitors to this popular show to become actively engaged by indicating their personal art preferences. To show your appreciation, red dots my be purchased and placed on student artworks.

Come and enjoy the outstanding artwork created by our students, and express "The People's Choice" by becoming actively involved in the exhibit. All of the North East ISD middle schools and high schools will be represented.

This is no charge for this event. We hope to see you there!

Thursday, April 14, 2016

PInch Pot Animals

6th grade Art I students were asked to model clay with control to create pinch pot animals. They built upon previous knowledge of working with clay in order to craft an original three-dimensional artwork.

The students chose whether they wanted to use glaze for their pinch pot or acrylic paint.

Materials:
sketchbook
pencil
clay
tools for working with clay
glaze

Examples of student work:

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Making Abstract Ceramic Masks

For this project I challenged my grade 6 Art I students to design an abstract mask based on the Kimmy Cantrell's artwork. The student's faced the challenge head on and did an amazing job!

Objective:

To explore the amazing creations of sculptor, Kimmy Cantrell
To look and brainstorm at what features make Cantrell's artwork unique.
To create a colorful mask using clay based on a sketch that the students designed.
Use acrylic paint to finish the mask

Examples of students artwork:

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