Art Classroom: Decorating Your Art Bulletin Boards

I'm in love with all of these bulletin board ideas!!!

Art Classroom: Awesome Photography Store

I would love to introduce the Photojojo Store! 

Photojojo is a awesome photography/videography store for everyone.

Love taking photographs on your iPhone, check out all of the neat things Photojojo offers. 

If you haven't heard of Photojojo I would like to introduce you:

Canon Camera Lens Mugs

Muku Shutter Remote for iPhone and Android Phones

The Handleband Bike Mount

The Pocket Spotlight

Hope you guys love Photojojo as much as I do!

Toy Camera: Holga Time!

(All of the photographs above were taken by me!)
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What Is a Holga Camera? 

The Holga is a medium format 120 film camera, made in Hong Kong, known for its low-fidelity aesthetic.

The Holga's low-cost construction and simple meniscus lens often yields pictures that display vignetting, blur, light leaks, and other distortions. 

Where Can I Get a Holga?

The Holga camera store of course! Check out this awesome online store that specialized in selling Holga cameras. www.holgacamera.com

Why Do I Love My Holga Camera?

You never know what exactly your image is going to look like! I love that level of surprise and anticipation. Besides the fact that I love all things that deal with film. Holga is a great camera for a beginner wanted to explore film or someone more advanced wanting to have the Holga vignetting, blur, light leaks, and other distortions.

Photo: Holga

This Kid Has The Coolest Lunches!

I came across this article a while back and feel in love with the story.
This kid has one of the coolest dads ever.
All it took was a sharpie and his amazing imagination.

Photo Credit: Lunch

Christmas Art Posters: Art Classroom

My favorite Christmas art posters to decorate your classroom with!

Thank you The Art of Education

Classic Paintings with a Sense of Familiarity

Can you name these famous celebrities and famous pieces of art?

The website Worth 100 had a contest of "Modern Renaissance" to see who could manipulate a digital replicate of a famous painting with a celebrities face.  How do you think they did?

Photo Credit: Painting

Second Grade Self-Portrait: Art Classroom

Second grade self-portraits is one of my favorite lessons to teach. Having students study different aspects of there face in a mirror truly is a new self discovery adventure for them.

They realize the details they have that make them unique such as freckles, birthmarks, and even missing teeth. I then have a step by step drawing example for each student to watch and try themselves.

It was amazing to see how similar the drawings looked like each student. Success! After the drawings were finished and everything filled with color students were proudly showing each other their artwork.

In this art lesson we discuss geometry, symmetry, asymmetry, and anatomy.

Here are a few examples:

                                                   

Items you need:
Compact Mirror
Pencil
Eraser
Crayons
8 1/2 x 11 Drawing Paper
Pattern of a Large Oval

This is a wonderful fun lesson to have in the art classroom and at home!