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Movin’ right along. 🎶 This is the workspace of Noah A., grade 8, in applied art period 1. His patience and thoughtful attention to detail shine through in this image showing his planning and creation stages. ★ #ArtEd #OakPark97 #WeAreD97 #Brooksartd
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Just wanted to take a moment to celebrate this drawing from Marco L., grade 7. The detail got me. And despite the pencil in the pic, no pencil was used. Just 💯 confident marker. #ArtEd #BeBrooks97 #OakPark97 #WeAreD97 #sketch
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Aw yeah! Gear up young artists. Inktober is rapidly approaching. Take a peek at this year’s @inktober official list. There are some really thought provoking and challenging prompts here. #ArtEd #InkTober #BeBrooks97
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To kick of the year we’re creating #learningmascots - The main theme is “things I love” ❤️. This brainstorming list and set of characters were made by Preeti, gr. 6. #ArtEd #BeBrooks97 #OakPark97 #WeAreD97 #sketchnoting #learningmascot
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8th grade applied art classes have been creating digital portraits using @Google Draw ✯ The process is demanding and requires patience, but the results are inspiring. This portrait is from Violet A., period 2. Her process combined her digital drawing with
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That time Gavin G., grade 8, joked about how long it was taking to make his game, but ultimately knew it would pay off in the end. ✯ #ArtEd #OakPark97 #D97art #gbmsArt
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Happy weekend! Enjoy the good vibes from this original character created by Jasmine, grade 6. #ArtEd #OakPark97 #gbmsart #gbmsart97 #gbmsd304
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Typography!!! Here is a custom font designed by Vaugh K., grade 6. His common element was monster teeth. #ArtEd #oakpark97 #gbmsart #d304art #Typography #Font
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Sketchbook cover, Cate R., grade 8. ✯ There comes a time as an art educator when you have to make a judgement call to ease up on the, “fill the entire space” requirement, and just appreciate a beautiful design. ✯ This idea of differentiation and discretio
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Sometimes you stumble across neat little drawings on post-it notes. ✯ Gracie, grade 6 created this delicate bouquet. ✯ #arted #d304 #gbmsart #flowers #oakpark97
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Case Space - Mr. Grimaldi edition ✯ Head over to the D304 blog to check out my next Case Space feature, with Mr. Grimaldi, Brooks Science Teacher (link in profile:) ✯ The Case Space segment features the pencil case of a student or teacher, and is accompan
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Are you up for it? Join the challenge. ✯ Inktober is here once again. Jump back in or give it a try for the first time. Follow @inktober for details and updates. ✯ You can earn extra credit for participating. Check google classroom to learn more. ✯ #arted
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Case Space - with young artist, Aiden W. ✯ Head over to the D304 blog to check out my very first Case Space feature, with 8th grader Aiden W. (link in profile:) ✯ The Case Space segment features the pencil case of a student or teacher, and is accompanied
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I'd like to announce the beginning of the D304 Case Space - A safe place to share your case. ✯ My recent purchase of a new pencil case gave me the strange idea to start featuring the cases of students and other teachers. These cases have a personality all
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Wanna up your art game? Consider buying a pencil case to transport your writing materials to and from school. ✯ You don’t need to consider yourself a serious artist to carry one. Having dedicated art materials can change your attitude and help you feel mo
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I’d like to introduce you to Tony Cheddar. A #learningmascot created by Drew K., grade 8. Persistence paid off big time. Other versions were too complicated. But he stuck with it and the results are really fun. ✏︎ #ArtEd #D304 #gbmsart #d97art #oakpark97
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At left, Nyla W., grade 7 is crushing it with her #learningmascot character development. At right, Mike S., grade 6, has nailed a really expressive dinosaur to use in his #sketchnotes throughout the year. #ArtEd #gbmsart #d97art
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Shout out to whoever dropped this gem of a pencil on our D304 #borrowbox. This is art. And I’m glad you’re in this class. #gbmsart #D97art
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Even down to the last minute, Anne S., & Eileen H., gr.7, worked to finish cutting & sanding their custom wood cutouts. Thank you for bringing your talent to applied art this year😊 • #ArtEd #OakPark97 #BeBrooks97 #lastdayofschool #gbmsart97
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Here’s the story. These Papercraft characters were designed, cut, and constructed by 6th grade art foundations classes. 🎶😉 • #ArtEd #Papercraft #OakPark97 #BeBrooks97
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I'm so proud of Mia B., grade 6 for her hard work on this custom papercraft figure. She went from struggling with an idea, to having a strong concept, and executed the construction beautifully. Way to go kid. • #gbmsart #d97art #gbmsart97 #d304
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I wrote a thing about some stuff. This sculpture was in front of the Bridgeport Art Center, where our art staff engaged in a professional development session this week. Link to blog post in bio, for now. #ArtEd #OakPark97 #gbmsart #d304
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This is one of my favorite images from today’s professional development session at the Bridgeport Art Center Gallery. Recognize any of these silhouettes? ★ While students reset and have a day to be kids, we as art teachers had a great opportunity to be re
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Our 6th grade art foundations students were in great hands these past two weeks as they were coached, cared for, and inspired by photographer @stephaniebassos Here’s my group engaged in their final critique. ★ #ArtEd #OakPark97 #D97Art #D304
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This week, 6th grade art foundations Ss from Mr Leban’s, Mrs. Murray’s, & Mrs. Pabellon’s classes have been learning about, and experimenting with photography with the help of our special guest artist @stephaniebassos Here they are engaged in a critique.
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Do you? • I’m loving this quote that came from Sidh today during 7th period. • #ArtEd #OakPark97 #GBMSart #d304
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This character was drawn by Claire J., grade 7, and the precision attained is inspiring. ★ As part of an architecture unit, students created descriptions of fictional clients. These clients were swapped and used to design a custom room. ★ After creating a
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Here are some in-progress 6th grade self-portraits made with Google Draw. ★ From left, we have work from Madison, Tilly, and Alie. Using the curve tool, shapes are created and made transparent, to be filled with color later. ★ This drawing method requires
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Loving this “untaught” self-portrait by Daria S., grade 6 from Art Foundations. Untaught designs are straight from student voice, are based on a central topic, and are completed without teacher interference. I use them to pre-assess a Ss starting point. W
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Oh no! Inktober is already underway but it doesn’t mean you still can’t participate. Let’s get drawing✏️ ★ Any artist from a class in room D304 can earn extra credit, and pump up their imagination by participating in this 31 drawings in 31 days cha
