A great beginning site for origami is http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/origami_for_kids.htm
Have some fun, check it out 
lowes kids workshop
May 14, 2012 by Michelle Saunders · No Comments · Art, workshops
Looking for some summer fun….Lowes’ Build and Grow Clinics are free to the public and occur every other Saturday at 10am. Registration opens a few weeks before each clinic’s date. Check out Lowes web site http://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com for more info.
August 18, 2011 by Michelle Saunders · No Comments · Uncategorized
Create your own sock monkey find directions at….
http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=1104
Wish List
August 18, 2011 by Michelle Saunders · No Comments · Uncategorized
WISH LIST
Through out the year we use various “junk” items.
If you have and can donate any of the following, it is much appreciated. Thank you!!!
Toilet paper rolls
Paper towel rolls
Styrofoam egg cartons
Plastic containers with or without lids – Clean please
“Junk” jewelry
Brown Paper Bags
Wood scraps
Fabric Scraps
Old magazines
Buttons, ribbons or other notions
And Anything else you would care to send our way.
Forshortening- perspective with a figure
February 8, 2010 by Michelle Saunders · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Check out some of our starter drawings. Thank you Mrs. Brown http://www.mrsbrownart.com/5th.htm for the idea.
Art on the Spot, VMFA 3rd grade visit
May 15, 2009 by Michelle Saunders · No Comments · Art, Artist, museums
Miss Smith from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts returned and visited with our 3rd grade students. She presented a lesson on Greek and Roman archaeology. We had a great time studying a mystery
artifact for clues.
Some of our finished Eric Carle animals :) by 1st grade
May 13, 2009 by Michelle Saunders · 3 Comments · Art, Artist, Eric Carle
VMFA visit – “Art on the Spot”
May 13, 2009 by Michelle Saunders · 2 Comments · Art, Artist, Authors, museums
1st grade had a visit today from Miss Smith from the Virginia Musuem of Fine Art.
We learned about American artist, George Durrie and Faith Ringgold.
George Durrie was nicknamed “the snowman” because he painted so many snow pictures.
Faith Ringgold creates story quilts and we created our own “story quilt” as well
![](http://mrssaundersart.edublogs.org/files/2009/05/dscf0597.jpg "Making the \")
The Taubman Museum
May 3, 2009 by Michelle Saunders · No Comments · Art, Artist, museums
Visit the Taubman Museum of Art in downtown Roanoke.
My favorite piece was “Framed, 1946″ by Norman Rockwell part of the museum’s permanent collection.
This small thumbnail does not do justice to the 42 1/2 x 33 in original.
I especially was entralled by how the frame seemed to jump off the canvas.
The handbags of Judith Leiber were another favorite of mine.
Judith Leiber fashioned her first handbag when after opening a gift package she bought for a friend, she found the shiny metal box inside scratched. The artist in her quickly surfaced as she covered the box in crystals. The museum has a large collection of her work:)
A great place to search for more info is
http://rtstories.com/artmuseum/
also check out the Museum wbsite at
http://www.taubmanmuseum.org/
The Great Wall
April 15, 2009 by Michelle Saunders · 3 Comments · architecture, Art, China, Drawing
WOW!!!
Check out this awesome web site and take a virtual tour of the Great Wall.
http://www.thebeijingguide.com/great_wall_of_china/index.html
Look out the tower windows and notice how ground lines, size changing and color are used to show distance. Notice the perspective of “The Wall” itself.
