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VA.CR NM.1 I can combine several elements of art to express ideas.

Grade(s): Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subject(s): Visual & Performing Arts, Visual & Performing Arts

Year: 2017

Everyone's Circles | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3

Wonderful things can happen when love is in your circle. In this episode viewers will learn to make circular art inspired by Kandinsky so they can remember the special people in their circle.

Fern's Fabulosity | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3

Sometimes people make fun of us for being our fabulous selves. Just like Fern unicorn, we just have to keep being who we are. In this episode viewers will learn to make costume pieces so they can be...

Pip's Normal | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Pip the Pig wasn't "normal" and we don't have to be either. Express your unique self by making art using nothing but a ripped piece of cardboard.

Tyree's Trash | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Artist Tyree Guyton changed his community forever by making art with trash. Viewers of this episode will be challenged to do the same in their neighborhoods by using items bound for the landfill to...

Keith's Doodles | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Lots of us think we "can't" draw, but no one ever says "I can't doodle." In this episode, viewers will explore their doodlability just like artist Keith Haring.

CeCe's Science | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Art is messy, science is experimenty, and sometimes the result isn't what you think. Just like Cece from Cece Loves Science learns something new, viewers of this episode will learn something new about...

Vashti's Marks | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Using The Dot, by Peter H. Reynold's, viewers will make a mark, and another mark, and another, and another til a unique piece of art is born. Hang it on the wall, give it to a friend, make up a story...

Alma's Inspiration | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Alma Thomas was an incredible artist who used patterns and colors to create beautiful pieces. Inspired by her work, viewers will create their own art using torn colored paper.

Mask Portraits with Carlon Steller | Asynchronous Studio Lessons

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Carlon Steller (Beck Academy) leads an art lesson on making mask portraits.

Mask Portraits

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Grades: 7

What We Did: Everyone knows that middle schoolers have lots of emotions—most of which change multiple times within a single class period. During my ten years of teaching middle school, I have made an...

Glitter, Glitz, and Heather Galler

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Grades: 3

After completing a traditional still life, students expand and apply their new skills by building a still life in the art room with simple forms. This new drawing is embellished with shapes, lines...

Remembering the Real Meaning of Memorial Day

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Grades: 4, 5

After learning about the origin and customs of Memorial Day, the students can connect to various online sites showing the important memorials that have been constructed to honor soldiers who were...