Braden's Art Swirled World

Here are more of my students James Rizzi inspired paintings. Their birds are narrative art. (Purposes of art: Narrative, Functional, Artisti...

I recently received a Target Field Trip Grant. I wrote the grant in order to be able to take my second graders to the Kentucky Museum of Art...

My kindergarteners know the five types of lines; Carrie Curvy, Harriet Horizontal, Dottie Diagonal, Victor Vertical and Zhyan Zigzag. We rea...

My third graders have certainly impressed me with their James Rizzi inspired bird paintings. The students became cartoonists for this projec...

My fifth graders are currently working on symmetrical quilled snowflakes. This was my first time teaching this lesson and based on my studen...

Here is the start of our Narrative shields project. Students had to develop a myth that explains why something in the world is the way it is...

While students wait for their turn to visit my art store this week, they are working on trading cards. Artists often make these mini works o...

If my classes earn 6 crayons (they get one crayon per week based on good behavior) they get to have a Be Creative Center Day. Students have ...

Currently all my students are working diligently on projects that will soon be finished. Here's what each grade level is working on: 4...

These are great for just being practice sketches! We read the book When Pigasso Met Mootisse, based on Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Thro...