The Very Hungry Caterpillar

 I recently shared a video I made for my online classes on how to create a “Very Hungry Caterpillar” collage using painted paper or construction paper. Check it out, share with your students, or make one yourself! :)

Dot Day Mural

Our first project this year was a collaborative mural using coffee filters and washable markers for Dot Day. We viewed The Dot on YouTube, which is a story by Peter H. Reynolds. 

Then we learned about analogous colors. Students colored a coffee filter using analogous washable markers. After we colored the coffee filters, we sprayed them with water. 

We watched this video about diffusion and discussed how our colors demonstrated diffusion. Not crazy about the stereotype at the end of the video, but it does a good job explaining diffusion and it's art-related, so you pick your battles, right? -_-

Students loved using the stage in our room to become the teacher as they reviewed each other on our vocabulary words: analogous and diffusion. 

Then all the dots were hung together as one huge artwork! This week we are using that mural as the first picture we upload to our Artsonia portfolios. So many amazing things happening in the art room this year, we are off to a great start! 

Check out the how-to video below if you want to try this on your own! ^_^

Sew a Softie Month!

July is Sew a Softie Month! Thanks to Coloured Buttons on Instagram for spreading the news. Check out their site here for lots of great sewing projects. You can view my video on how to sew soft sculptures on our YouTube channel here. Happy making, enjoy your summer!

Youth Art Month Challenge 2017!

Hello all! Last year for our YAM challenge, students created 10 themed artworks for a show. I was astonished at how many kids participated and I was very proud of my Guild artists! This year, our challenge is to choose 1 project from our YouTube channel to create. They are projects that we have done throughout the year and students are challenged to choose something they have not done from another grade. Can't wait to see what they come up with! Go find us on YouTube at youtube.com/artfromchaos!

This Artist Can

I recently posted a video on our YouTube channel for teachers to show how we start each class everyday. "This Artist Can" is our chant of the rules that we do before every class. Check it out and let me know if you use anything similar or how you make sure kiddos remember the rules of the art room. :)

Coming Soon!

A YouTube channel for Art From Chaos is in the works! I will post how-to videos so that our students can try out projects from other grades as well as informational videos on what we are studying. I have one video up so far; How to Create a Japanese Tea Cup from Clay. Check it out and come back for more soon!

ALSO so proud of my opening jingle and animation?! Thanks to husband for helping me work out the kinks.