Past projects 4
Exploring Art & Emotions Through Creative Color and Clay
Funded Nov 11, 2024I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude for your generosity in funding our classroom art supplies. My students and I were thrilled to receive the materials, and their excitement was contagious! When the supplies arrived, the room buzzed with energy as students eagerly unpacked the boxes, amazed by the variety of tools and materials they now have access to.
We have already put these resources to great use! One of our recent projects involved exploring organic shapes and perspective using new liquid watercolors. Students were able to practice layering techniques with the liquid watercolor and finding organic shapes using the paint markers. Seeing their confidence grow as they worked with these materials has been truly rewarding.
Looking ahead, we are diving into a cross-curricular art and Math project, where students will create pop art artworks inspired by artists Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley With the supplies you've provided, they can incorporate different textures, colors, and techniques, pushing their creativity even further.
Your support has made an incredible impact on my students' learning experience. Thank you for believing in the power of art education and for giving my students the tools they need to explore, create, and grow!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Baugh
Creative Little Artists
Funded Nov 30, 2021The students were excited to see the paper and bleeding tissue paper we received from your generous donations. We used them for several projects this year. My students love step by step drawing and are really good at it. My 1st graders drew a picture of Mirabella from the Disney movie Encanto. They did an excellent job. Kindergarteners used the bleeding tissue paper to make artwork using a resist. They drew on their paper with a white crayon and then the students wet their paper and laid the bleeding tissue in different colors over the whole paper. This was a good way to teach the kids Color Theory, how to mix primary colors to get all the colors of the color wheel or rainbow. My second grade class drew vases of flower and colored them with the bleeding tissue. We are doing mystery paintings the next few weeks. Students will draw a drawing writing their names on the back with white crayons. I will mix up their papers and hand them back out. No one will know what it is a picture of or whose they will be painting with the tissue paper until it is revealed at the end of class. We still have several weeks left in school to do many more projects. We are so grateful for for the supplies your donations provided.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Baugh
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 6 other donors.Welcome to the Art of Three Dimensions!
Funded Aug 22, 2021Thanks you for donating the model Magic clay. Grades 2-5 were able to make their own dragon eye while learning about 3 dimensions and texture in art.
They were excited to see the materials they would use. They colored their clay with Crayola markers, before following instructions in building their dragon eye. Once assembled they added details and texture with markers and toothpicks.
They were so excited when they finished and couldn't wait to take them home!
I can't thank you enough for supporting my students with this project.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Baugh
Creativity StARTS Here
Funded Jan 24, 2020Just before school closed due to epidemic we had just received our supplies and started our projects. Unfortunately, the kids didn't get to finish due to the shutdown.
In the pictures you will see two of the projects we had started. The 3rd grades were working on a cut paper collage picture based on a book written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan called, "Beautiful Blackbird". Ashley Bryan's adaptation of a tale from the Ila-speaking people of Zambia resonates both with rhythm and the tale's universal meanings—appreciating one's heritage and discovering the beauty within.
The kindergarteners were painting a still life of flowers based on the artwork and a picture book biography of the remarkable folk artist Clementine Hunter. "Art From Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter " written by Kathy whitehead and illustrated by Shane Evans.
Almost all of my students do not have any art supplies, not even crayons or coloring books. So, they were excited like gifts at Christmas when they saw the supplies and they couldn't wait to begin! They were so engaged in the lessons, there was total silence, other than a few giggles and a few "look Mrs. Baugh!". I hated that school closed, because they were having so much fun and so was I! Thank you so much for your donations!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Baugh