Shanghai Notes: Teaching Art in China: 2015

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Painting

We are on our Christmas Break so I have been doing some painting.

Xiao Long Bao, acrylic on canvas

These delicious dumplings are a Shanghai speciality.

Goldfish at the Antique Market, acrylic on canvas

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Floating Chalk Prints

We had fun experimenting with floating chalk prints.

Glove Monsters

My daughter, who is also an artist, visited us from New York City. She helped the fourth graders work on their glove monsters.

Fourth Grade, Glove Monsters

We are learning about design and sewing skills.

For Art Week last June we painted the SUIS Metro Station. All of the students joined together to create this large scale work and they were all very proud of their work. This is a time lapse video of our week of painting.

SUIS Metro Station, Art Week Project


Students working on the mural, Art Week Project

SUIS Metro Station, Art Week Project - Janis and Renee

SUIS Metro Station, Art Week Project

SUIS Metro Station, Art Week Project

Monday, November 16, 2015

Express Yourself

The Third Graders drew these with oil pastels.

Express Yourself bulletin board

Cup Cakes in Pastels

The Fourth Graders drew cup cakes with pastels in the style of Wayne Thiebaud. Delicious!

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Owl on a Branch

The fourth grade class talked about fall colours and painting with gouache. They created a fall foliage background and a collage owl on a branch.

Third Grade, Owl on a Branch

Paper Cut Outs

The third graders helped me make this bulletin board that was inspired by Henri Matisse's Paper Cut Outs.

Third Grade Paper Cut Outs

We are learning about positive and negative space.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Watercolor Color Wheel

Color Wheel, Janis Tarbox Fisher

I drew and painted this to illustrate the color wheel for my classes. The students enjoy looking for items in the picture.

Music Week

Music Week featured several collaborations with the Art and Music departments last year. During Music Week we moved the art classes down to the Library and the fourth grade students made their own rain sticks out of PVC pipe. In art class we designed covers for them.