Mrs. Porter's Palette

What better way to learn perspective around this time of year than to do a partial snowman! I borrowed this idea from one of the great blogs...

I saw this idea on Oodles of Art and immediately had to try it with my second graders! We began with a discussion on abstract art. We viewe...

This project was an idea I borrowed from another blog and it turned out so much better than I expected! The students had a great time with i...

My students loved this Thanksgiving project! The straw blown feathers turned out amazing! I tried it with both 2nd and 3rd graders. The stud...

This project was done by my creative 2nd graders! We did the soft pastel trees first, then the watercolor sky, and then the tempera paint gr...