Welcome 2013!

Zentangle #1

I wanted to show my latest Zentangle creation. It is a fun way to draw a doodle but with a little more to it. Plus, I used my new set of tree branch colored pencils I received for Christmas!

Art Teacher Once Again!

Hello everyone,
It's official, I am Lake Gem Elementary's Art Teacher for this coming school year!
I'm so excited to be back in the classroom teaching art with students. It is going to be a great year. I am so happy that I had the chance to work at Lake Gem for the last month of school. It gave me the opportunity to meet the kids, staff, and administration.
In fact, I have a brand new Smartboard in the art room. The students have shown me how to use it. I am hopeful that we can get the kiln up and running as well. Our students need the opportunity the work with such a tactile medium and I know they'll love it!

Shadow Drawings

I have decided to create some drawings based on shadows this month:

Spring Break Trip

I wanted to share some pictures from my ski trip to Taos, NM. I went skiing while my son and husband went snowboarding. It was a fun adventure.

Tubing in Taos

Matt & I close to the top!

Daily Art Journal

I've recently taken on a new project that a fellow art educator did during her master's program. She created a daily art journal where she drew something that occurred during her day, everyday. Then we later used this idea as an art project for our students in Westborough. I liked the idea so much that I've since started my own daily art journal and wanted to share some new work with you now...

Love

Love is in the air! 

The weather is perfect, the sun is shining, it is the season for happiness 

and good will towards others. 

With Love, Sky

Back to School

Hello friends:
I have finally given in and decided to return to the world of teaching art!
I hope to find a position here in Orlando with a public school. I will continue to bake cookies and sell them online but teaching is my true calling and I'm ready to get back to it!
Wish me luck!

Hello old friends, 

I am now pursuing a new endeavor, my own online cookie business . 

If you'd like to check out my website, it is:www.skyshomemadecookies.com

I offer four different types of cookies: chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal raisin, and sugar.
I am still creating art, in the midst of painting a chocolate chip cookie, which could someday hang in my own cookie shop here in Orlando, FL.

Thanks for checking out my blog & enjoy the holidays! Sincerely, Sky

The Westborough Art Teachers Art Show

The art teachers in Westborough, MA will be hosting their art show June 6- 17, 2011 at the Art Emporium. Opening night is June 8th, 5:30- 7:00 pm. Come join us for a lovely evening of fine art.

Congratulations to our Westborough Artists!

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These pictures were taken at the Fine Arts Night for Armstrong Elementary.
Thank you Westborough families for coming out and continuing to support the arts!

Spring Fine Arts Show @the Forbes

It must be spring time here in Westborough! Come and visit all the beautiful works up at the Forbes building during this wonderful month of April! Our students are very proud of their accomplishments.
http://westborough.patch.com/articles/image-gallery-town-exhibit-includes-student-art-and-music#photo-5445238

YAM @ WAM

I wanted to share some of the pieces that are on display at the Worcester Art Museum for Youth Art Month. There are two 6th grade pieces: one clay shoe and an insect drawing from Mill Pond. There is a 3rd grade coil clay container, a Chinese New Year Dragon from 2nd grade, and a Kandinsky Concentric Ring painting from 1st grade.
Next up, Fine Arts Night at the Forbes building in Westborough. It is a celebration of the artwork made by many of our talented Westborough students, from Kindergarten through 12th grade.
Armstrong's night is March 31st, 2011, from 6-8pm. There will be musical performances by Mrs. Hamburger's music classes. Mill Pond's night is April 7th, 2011, from 6-8pm.
Come join us for a wonderful evening on the opening nights or any other time during the month of April!

3rd Grade Clay Coil Containers

During the months of December and January, the 3rd grades at Armstrong Elementary have been busy creating clay coil containers. Here are some of the finished pieces.

Many will be on display during the month of April, for the annual Westborough Spring Art Show!

Puzzle Pictures

Mill Pond:
This past month the fifth and sixth grades have been working on puzzle pictures by the artists Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cezanne.
The six grade classes: Garrett and Johnson both used art stix to add color.
The fifth grade classes: Porcello, Golden, and DiBona used oil pastels.

The students were each given a piece of a portrait made by the artists mentioned above. They were to copy the piece only on a larger scale, then blend colors to match the piece.

My First Artistic Influence

For my graduate class I am finishing up my final project.
It is called a prezi, similar to a power point, but a little bit more exciting (I hope).
If you are interested, copy and past the following link:
http://prezi.com/cxr9thzetfgz/my-artistic-influence/

This project is about my first artistic influence, who happens to be my aunt!

Saudi Arabia Map

This assignment was made for my grad class. We had to create something that had to do with our adolescent years. I actually picked pre-adolescent for mine. It was the time I lived overseas in Saudi Arabia. I chose to paint sandals, a soccer ball, and a camel in the frame. Then in the center I included a picture of our landrover from our desert camping trips. We also celebrated Thanksgiving in the desert! One of my fondest memories of my time in Arabia.

November News

October was Mill Pond's month for artwork to be hung on the Forbes building. I hope those students who had work up had a chance to see it on the third floor.
November is a shorter month, but a time for clay work at Armstrong. The Kindergarten, First, and third grades will all be working three-dimensionally with stoneware or model magic clays.
Stay tuned for photos of the kid's clay pinch pots, animals, and coil containers!

Arts in Common

Congratulations to all of our Armstrong and Mill Pond artists who had artwork hanging in the Arts in Common show! I hope you all had a chance to see the artwork, listen to the music and watch the performances on Saturday.

Open House

Open House for Armstrong Elementary is September 14, and September 28-30 for Mill Pond.
I will not be able to attend Armstrong's, yet there will be plenty of artwork hanging in the hallways for you to enjoy! I will be at Boston University for my art education grad school class that evening.
I will be attending Mill Pond's open house on September 29th, I hope to see you then.
We also have Arts in Common on October 2nd. There will be music, artwork for viewing and for sale. So come join the fun, located at the Baystate Commons in Westborough.

Welcome 2010-2011

Welcome back Westborough students!

School officially starts September 1st, 2010.

Open House for Armstrong Elementary is September 14th and Mill Pond is September 28th-30th. I hope to see you at one or both nights this fall. I can't wait to meet and talk about our art curriculum with parents and students on those evenings.

There will be more artwork to come once school is back in session.... See you soon!

Newport, RI

July 2010