Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Farewell for Now

It is with mixed emotions that I say goodbye to the wonderful students and staff Davis and Grizzell Middle School as I am teaching art at Bailey Elementary School in Dublin this school year.  I will miss teaching middle school but am also excited to teach elementary!  

Keep working hard and being kind to others and I know you will do great!  Feel free to email me anytime, I would love to hear from you!  Don't be a stranger and HAVE A GREAT YEAR! Kranstuber_Leah@dublinschools.net

-Mrs. Kranstuber

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

7th Gr. Stuffed Animal Mascots

Students designed and created these cute stuffed animals, or Mascots as we call them, because they are good luck charms!  Students learned how to sew by hand, including the running stitch and oversewing stitch.







Very cute and well done!  Check out the "7th Grade Art" tab to see more adorable stuffed animals

Friday, May 2, 2014

Student Art Shows!

Art Stroll in historic downtown Dublin
Dublin City Schools District Art Show



Open May 1-May 7, 2014


Art Show
Davis Middle School





Both were fantastic shows!!!  I love the surprised and enthusiastic remarks people make when they see all the awesome student artwork!




Monday, April 14, 2014

Art Show at Jerome High School

Four talented students from Grizzell Middle School had their artworks displayed in an Art Show at Jerome High School.  Here is a picture of our future Jerome students artwork!
Awesome job!!  They were very popular at the art show!

Friday, April 4, 2014

7th Gr. Gridded Drawings

Students worked to apply all of their drawing skills learned in this project.  They learned about photo-realist painter Chuck Close who uses grids to create hyper-realistic artworks. Students took a photograph and gridded it and their drawing paper and copied the photograph square by square.  They did a wonderful job and greatly improved their drawing skills!






Peacock with flowers




Human drawing mannequin riding a Cat drawing mannequin

Click on the "7th Grade Art" tab to see more awesome drawings!

Monday, February 24, 2014

Origami City: TAKEN OVER!

Classes worked together in this project.  Period 1 worked together to create an origami city.  First, they brainstormed what they wanted their city to be like and then select students acted as City Planners to lead and "give work" to students in the class.  City Planners were also in charge of quality control of the origami and made sure that only the best pieces were included in the city.  There were also City Designers that set up the city in the display case.
...Little did they know that Period 2 was working all along to create something to take over their city!  Period 2 worked together to brainstorm and select something to take over the city that Period 1 created. They researched different origami instructions, made prototypes, and the class voted on the best models.  They then went into production mode and created many of the objects in multiple sizes.  There were also Take Over Designers that set up the chaos and destruction in the city.
Period 2 at Davis Middle School chose Evil Monkeys and Creepers from Minecraft to take over Period 1's city.
Period 9 at Grizzell Middle School chose Zombies, King Kongs, and Godzillas to take over Period 8's city.

Davis Middle School Display:
Check it out, they made the front page of The Davis Dispatch!

Grizzell Middle School's Display:
Check it out, they made the front page of The Grizzell Gazette!
This was a fun project and a great way for the students to get to know each other, communicate, and  collaborate.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Shadow Art made from Trash
British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster worked together to create incredible shadow sculptures out of trash and recycled materials
WILD MOOD SWINGS, 2009–10
2 wooden stepladders, and discarded wood 

SELF IMPOSED MISERY, 2010
1 wooden stepladder, and discarded wood 

THE GAMEKEEPER'S GIBBET, 2011
Solid sterling silver gilded in pure gold, and metal stand 

Abandoned and Haunted Amusement Parks
Italian artist Francesco Mugnai took and curated these amazing photographs of abandoned amusement parks all over the world.





Friday, January 17, 2014

Clay Mugs

Students chose a theme and used clay to create these creative mugs!

Ugg Mug



Triplet Mugs


Mermaid Mug


Frog eating flies






Click on the "7th Grade Art" tab to see more great mugs!