tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25949423932588897742024-03-04T22:58:43.086-05:00Artfully Ever AfterMy name is Meg Riley, and I am a 8th-year Art teacher in little, lovely Rhode Island. I started this blog in 2013. I'm here to share my lessons and experiences with you, and to connect with other artists and Art educators! I am a work in progress, just like this blog! Please feel free to browse around and check out all of the lessons in the blog archive =)Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-4508332707872913172018-01-01T13:37:00.000-05:002018-01-01T13:37:00.733-05:00Northern lights in the Art room!Hello there!<br />
This mini lesson was a GREAT way to end 2017! Usually, the art class before a vacation is a free choice class for all grades, but once I showed my artists this lesson, everyone chose to make at least one! There are so many references on Pinterest, Instagram, etc. of this technique. I did this with K-4, and the kids loved it! I think it was a combination of loving the process, messiness, and the result!<br />
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We talked about the Northern Lights (I even have a students named Aurora Borealis, she LOVED this!), and watched a very relaxing video of the them with the lights off while we made our artworks.<br />
I also threw in a pic of my new rug I received the day before break - once students were done, they played artist memory on it! Christmas in the art room!😊<br />
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Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-46163586834635193272018-01-01T13:23:00.000-05:002018-01-01T13:23:23.185-05:00Bad Case of the Stripes Selfies<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">This lesson features second grade artists drawing extra (extra!) large, proportional self-portraits, and giving themselves a bad case of the stripes! We are inspired by "A Bad Case of the Stripes" by David Shannon. This book has a fantastic message, and on top of that, it allows us to discuss self-portraits, expressions, and proportion in a fun way! I am trying to give students a lot more choice this year, and left the material choice and background up to them - it's a great way to have them take ownership of their artwork! Check out their work below!</span></div>
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These expressions! <3!</div>
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Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-37935633793023615692018-01-01T12:40:00.000-05:002018-01-01T12:40:05.478-05:00Jasper Johns with Kinders!<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello there! The holidays caught up with me, but I'm here and so are you, so we are doing well! Happy New Year to you all! I am going to post a few lessons I've been documenting from October to December. I have a lot of fun stuff planned for 2018 (at least one mural coming your way!), so thank you for sticking with me! </div>
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The lesson on this post is all about Jasper Johns, and the primary colors! Kindergarten alway rocks this lesson, it's one that I've repeated for a few years now, especially when we start our primary colors. We talk about one digit and two digit numbers, primary colors, making our numbers into full shapes that we can color in (this is tough for them at first) - it may seem simple but we cover so much! Then we try to camouflage our primary color numbers like Jasper Johns! Its fun listening to the little ones asking their peers "Can you still see my number?" :)</div>
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It is also a great lesson in rinsing brushes before they switch colors - they learn very quickly what happens if they don't wash that brush! All in all, I really enjoy this lesson, and I think they do too!</div>
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<br />Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-41685560818050074542017-10-20T22:06:00.000-04:002017-10-20T22:06:10.987-04:00Dia de los Muertos<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is the first time I have tried this lesson, inspired by a few *wonderful* art educators on Instagram! Fourth grade artists are studying Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After having a conversation about the celebration, we began painting the skull, and creating a ton of painted, textured paper to use! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The second class (that was today!) we began by looking at examples of the incredible parades and figures that make Dia de los Muertos so beautiful, and made a list of details to add to our skulls from what we observed. I even had a kind student bring in one of his favorite graphic novels - Ghosts by <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Raina Telgemeier - which features the celebration! </span>We used the painted paper we created the previous week, and began our details! We haven't even begun to add the smaller details yet, but I am too excited about this lesson to not post a progress entry! Once they are complete, I'll post finished images :)</span></div>
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This artist brought in a rock she painted with a Calavera!</div>
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Look how organized they left the scraps! Warms my Art teacher heart!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks for stopping by- come back soon to see the finished products! :) </span></div>
Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-52422821767686312002017-09-20T21:03:00.001-04:002017-09-20T21:27:53.748-04:00<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Hello Artists!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">It has been almost <u>two full years</u> since I've been on this little blog! Holy smokes! It's crazy how time gets away from you - it feels like I posted those Lichtenstein-inspired works a week ago! Well, in the words of Eve 6, "Don't look back, the past is just that." </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Presently, it is my SIXTH year teaching Art! I am at two elementary schools, and a lot has changed! I have been at one school since I began teaching, but my second school is a bit new to me - this is my second year there. I have officially taught at every elementary school in the district! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">School began just a couple weeks ago, and now that we're settling in, I thought it would be the perfect time to bring back the blog. Below you'll see a few of my favorite parts from both of my rooms. I have gotten so many ideas from so many fantastic Art educators! (I will do my research and credit everyone asap!) Thank you Cassie Stephens for the new Art room rules! :) I'm excited to continue this journey with you, and thank you for stopping by!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;"> Here is room #2! A bit smaller, but it has so much charm! :)</span></b></div>
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<br />Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-60725779938849987592015-11-08T18:59:00.001-05:002015-11-08T22:54:09.664-05:00Lichtenstein-Inspired Self-Portraits<b><span style="color: #990000;">Hello there! </span></b><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6SVu_C-hM0/Vj_gU0KA_uI/AAAAAAAABKo/tPgVhfzkpiA/s1600/IMG_3483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #990000;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6SVu_C-hM0/Vj_gU0KA_uI/AAAAAAAABKo/tPgVhfzkpiA/s320/IMG_3483.jpg" width="240" /></span></a><b><span style="color: #990000;">This is a first-time lesson (Update: lesson plan from The Art of Education <3)! In third grade, we create onomatopoeias inspired by Roy Lichtenstein. In this lesson, fourth grade takes it a step further by adding their self-portraits into the mix! </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">I took pictures of the students, printed out the faces, and had the artists trace their most prominent features with sharpie on clear transparency paper! We then used only primary colors on the portraits, and of course, included Ben Day dots. </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">The students LOVED the process of creating the portraits, and working with this medium for the first time! The results are great, and the process was super fun! Click the pics to enlarge!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">This (first-time) lesson was to reinforce a bit of color theory with a third grade class (thanks Pinterest!). They are getting the hang of creating monochromatic artworks again, and this was their first time mixing their own tints and shades without my guidance. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">There was a lot of trial and error, where students were making the same shade over and over, so they had to figure out how to fix their "problem" of sorts without my help! I have never done it this way before, but it was very cool seeing them talk it out with their table-mates! </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #45818e;">We also talked a little about abstract art. Before we started painting, the goal was to take a certain amount of painter's tape, and create the word "ART" on their paper in any way they could. I tried to really stay back and have them figure this out (though it was difficult for me to be so hands-off!). </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">They loved pulling the tape off after the paint dried! I really like the results for a first-time Art lesson, and I think the kids really learned a lot, just by working through the challenges they encountered! Definitely will do this one again. Click the pics to enlarge!</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Thanks for stopping by!!</b></span>Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-19849251466453893802015-10-08T21:09:00.003-04:002015-10-08T21:14:04.542-04:00Jasper Johns Initials<span style="color: #351c75;">Hello there,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Here are some exceptional examples~</span></div>
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Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-29538117602590494822015-10-08T20:58:00.005-04:002015-10-08T21:17:39.340-04:00Miro!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OTZcNC8W2w8/VhcQpJEPCZI/AAAAAAAABGc/U0Iz252R1Do/s1600/IMG_2808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OTZcNC8W2w8/VhcQpJEPCZI/AAAAAAAABGc/U0Iz252R1Do/s400/IMG_2808.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394;">So, full disclosure, this is a Pinterest art project. I know, I know, how unoriginal, but lordy did they turn out cool! Kinder kids learned about Miro and his artwork, "Cat encircled by the flight of a bird". I was AMAZED that the students understood there was a bird and cat in the painting, and they all agreed there was a lot of motion going on in the image. I was really surprised how quickly they caught on without even knowing the name of the painting! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">This was a lesson on line, shape, and primary colors. The young artists also had to dabble in cutting and gluing, which is getting better with practice! </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">They needed to include 5 lines, a "starburst", and six circles, however they wanted. We then used water to brush over the marker, and it created a painterly effect.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">The kinders really enjoyed this lesson, and they loved talking about his artwork!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b> Thank you for checking this out, see you soon!</b></span>Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-49765152591031372212015-09-28T14:32:00.005-04:002015-09-28T15:38:15.919-04:00Monochrome Dot Display!<span style="color: #0b5394;">Hello there Artists!</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">This post goes out to Mr. E of Art with Mr. E! He inspired me at the beginning of this year when I saw his monochromatic dots! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I loved the idea of the kids painting on the first day of Art class, (it blew their minds), and I also liked this project because, while they were learning new Art vocabulary and techniques on the first days of school, it was a really nice way to jump-start their "Art brains" again after summer break. It also tied into International Dot day! Bonus!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">At one of my schools, we are participating in "one book, one school". The book this year is a community-builder (we live in a beach-side town in little RI) called "Hello Ocean" by Pam Muñoz Ryan . This inspired the wave configuration for this display! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">This all-school art lesson established a strong sense of community right out of the gate for the new school year!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Thank you for the inspiration Mr. E, it turned out wonderfully! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">While all the young artists are finishing up their all-school, beginning-of-year lesson, I decided to make a post about my room setup this year. I'm still at three schools, but I will be showing you my "home base" school, where I teach 3 days out of 5. This is the only classroom I do not share with another teacher - it's my baby! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Above: </b>This is the first time I am trying out the "Art Room Jobs"- each table has a specific duty for a month, then I switch it up! I am finding I need to give more time at the end of class so they can get used to cleaning up in a different way! The paintbrushes represent the color of the tables. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The "How did I do?" chart helps the students self-assess while working on their own projects, and the "3 B's" is a PBIS initiative for our school. It's nice that they are universal and can apply to all areas. On the right, is a new sign-out system!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><b>Below:</b> On the left, you'll see color-coded shelves, this goes along with the Art Room Jobs, where students from the orange shelf will only get supplies from the orange shelf, yellow from yellow, and so on! It keeps the room so much more organized! I also have "shelf patrol" as a job, and they check the shelves to make sure each one has the supplies needed. It's working slowly but surely! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">On the right, I got this idea from a fellow Art teacher (and blogger) Rachel Motta! This is a great way to show a simple objective for each grade, and each lesson! Just use dry-erase, easy-peasy! There is also a little affirmation letter to the students (thank you Pinterest).</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #351c75;">This is a lesson I used during the last couple weeks of Art class with my third and fourth grade classes. Everything was coming to a close, and most of the supplies have been cleaned up and put away for the summer. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #351c75;">So, the students looked at images of Andy Goldsworthy's artwork, and I explained that he only used what he had around him, in nature, to create his works. After we talked about our inspiration, they were allowed to break off into teams (choosing to collaborate), or they could work by themselves when creating their own nature-work. </span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75;">They had five minutes to gather everything they needed to create their piece. They then had 15 minutes to work on it. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #351c75;">It was really cool being able to see them problem solve with what they had available to them - their material choices, what to do when the wind blew, when they had to balance pieces, etc. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #351c75;">Bonus: They learned about impermanence too - all of their work had to be cleared and cleaned up before we went back inside!</span></b><br />
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</span></b>Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-34504028247221818142015-08-18T20:56:00.001-04:002015-08-21T14:54:41.979-04:00It's been TOO LONG!<span style="color: #674ea7;">Hello there!</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">It has been far, faaaaar too long since I posted on this bloggo-space! The end of the year just picks up so fast (No excuses, Meghan!), and before I knew it it was July 4th! Now we start school in one week! </span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Coming up I will be posting a few lessons from the end of last year, and will hopefully (fingers crossed like a DNA helix) keep up with this lovely little art-space ! </span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">I also may post a little of my own work on here. My mantra this year is to be positive, and to make some time for my own Art - these fingers need to make something! So yes- pics, lessons, and Art to follow! </span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Thank you for sticking with me,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They love the Op Art visuals - I mainly focus on Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarley. I show some Escher too, but focus more on the idea of optical illusions and math concepts used. They love looking at the visuals - I could probably spend an entire class with just a slide show of Riley and Vasarely! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This post is focused on the process of creating Kandinsky Circles! In Kinder, we talk about the word "concentric" (Big word, but they LOVE saying it) and we say "KANDINSKY!" in our craziest voices so we remember our inspiration! They have a great time using oil pastels, and really get to experience the medium. They make all of their own color choices, and add their own details. It fun to just walk around and see their artistic decisions, and hear them talk about their work! </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></b>Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-51741011950222335742014-12-07T20:22:00.001-05:002014-12-07T20:22:25.429-05:00Kinder Self Portraits<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lK9RuqMwfdU/VIT8hrs4KhI/AAAAAAAAAxI/JMeC4cUDIHQ/s1600/IMG_4312_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lK9RuqMwfdU/VIT8hrs4KhI/AAAAAAAAAxI/JMeC4cUDIHQ/s1600/IMG_4312_2.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Hello there!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><b>I am so sorry for not updating! Between holidays and being in the process of buying a house, life has been crazy! I wanted to show you kinder self portraits! </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><b>We talked about true colors, and proportions. They were very excited to know the fourth graders draw the eyes, nose and mouth guidelines too! We called it a "map" for our features. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><b>The students looked at their features with a partner, really observing what an eye looks like, eyelashes, brow shapes, nose shapes, etc. We even had a little science lesson, where we talked about pupils and how they dilate! The little artists really got a kick out of watching what happens to their pupils when the lights turn off and go back on! </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><b>The results have some serious personality!</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This time, I noticed some flowers were on their way out as fall made it's way in, so I went out in the morning to pick bouquets for each table. (It's a nice way to start the day, picking flowers in a garden!)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am trying very hard to shy away from free draw when students are done - I'm going for more of a themed drawing time, so I don't receive 23 scribbled Spongebobs/Minecraft drawings. I have been creating "Free Draw Challenges" with 8-10 prompts. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Instead of "free draw", </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had them draw these flowers from observation.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I vowed to myself that this year, I would be more involved in the three schools that I work in, and I have been on participation overload! My brain is usually mush by Friday at 3:10, but I made it a goal to get some blog posts in here between loads of laundry! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This year, I am on the PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention System) team, Spirit committee, Mural Makers is up and running again, and I have been collaborating making parade floats, new all-school PBIS tokens, and more! This entry will be showing the beginning of the second mural at one of my schools. Last year, I had about 15 students help paint a mural based on Keith Haring. This year, the principal requested the alphabet between the Kinder and first grade rooms! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The students and I created a "Mural Makers Agreement" on the first day, using the PBIS "Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be Safe" as talking points. I have mostly new students, only 3 or 4 have experienced painting on the wall before - many of them were nervous to make the first stroke! We talked about how artists create large-scale work, and how confident you have to be with your strokes and techniques. Once they got going, they accomplished a lot in the first session! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am writing this in my clean (not yet lived-in) Art room at one of my 3 schools. It is the first day back to school! I am excited to see new and old faces, and to post new and exciting artworks! I am hoping to post more info on my classroom routines (successful and not-so-successful), and to post more on my experiences being an Art educator. Let the adventure begin! </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~ Mrs. Riley</span>Meg Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11563264112706837688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594942393258889774.post-50576262335338881982014-05-26T15:28:00.003-04:002014-05-26T15:38:53.982-04:00Sunset Silhouettes <div style="text-align: center;">
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