Danielle Robertson's ePortfolio

On my second last day in the classroom before Winter break I did an art activity with my students.  We talked about how we put up Christmas lights around the holidays.  I showed them pictures I had found off of the Internet of houses that were absolutely covered in Christmas lights.  We then made our own Christmas lights using thumbprints. After the students had created their lights, we went over the line with black glue to give a raised feeling to the artwork.  Interestingly, the upstairs grade three class also…read more

During my two week practicum we made shadow trees on a sunset background.  My students painted the background with water colours starting with yellow, then orange, then pink, then purple and ended with blue.  Once the paintings had dried we created trees with black pastels.  The students enjoyed this very much and it made a cool image.  In the future it might be cool to do a four piece image.  One image with a blue background, one with a pink background, one with an orange background, and one with a…read more

Last Thursday, when I was in my practicum my students were working on an art project.  It was a wreath of corn and leaves with seeds around the centre.  It was a great craft that was simple enough for a Grade 1 level, but was still a complex craft.  My school advisor had painted bubble wrap and the students placed sheets of paper onto the bubble wrap to make the “corn”.  After that had dried, and my SA had painted sheets of paper with green paint to make the leaves,…read more