https://www.mikichenart.com/images-1 daily 0.75 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1502912832010-EHG9XTF50XA1DR9O7OUL/ocean+girl.jpg Purple and Octopus - Girl with purple hair 2017 12"x18" Watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1502912832010-EHG9XTF50XA1DR9O7OUL/ocean+girl.jpg Purple and Octopus - Girl with purple hair 2017 12"x18" Watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1645282393768-6RL8NFX4CS62A6Q1VR0X/DSC01890.JPG Purple and Octopus - I can't help feeling 1 2020 11"x14" Watercolor, Papercutting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1645282419650-D3GBNWKJ243OM5XM3W8H/DSC01892.JPG Purple and Octopus - I can't help feeling 2 2020 11"x14" Watercolor, Papercutting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1645282440005-GMNPA83L92S5LHPNI6U0/DSC01893.JPG Purple and Octopus - I can't help feeling 3 2020 11"x14" Watercolor, Papercutting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1645282458335-FY0GYFITB9HHTKKBJR0Y/DSC01891.JPG Purple and Octopus - I can't help feeling 4 2020 11"x14" Watercolor, Papercutting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1699579029240-SJPR02GLLIU14VLJ879V/IMG_6514.jpeg Purple and Octopus - Breaking through 2021 22"x30" Watercolor, Paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1502912921618-UIZ8OLH8IW489VNZQT16/girl+night.jpg Purple and Octopus - Night in woods 2017 8.5"x14" Watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1645283789138-LG21X5HZCG0DLO8PFXKY/IMG_2191.JPG Purple and Octopus - Sleep 2021 8"x10" Watercolor, Papercutting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1645283698786-M2E1PN7IWS9GMD8S7WMN/IMG_2192.JPG Purple and Octopus - Sleep 2 2021 8"x10" Watercolor, Papercutting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1645283831114-DRKLH94KUWP8DN343EAW/IMG_2190.JPG Purple and Octopus - Sleep 3 2021 8"x10" Watercolor, Papercutting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1645284057583-CUQTLDMEZRF3O79C8MEB/IMG_2194.JPG Purple and Octopus - Weight 2021 8"x10" Watercolor, Papercutting https://www.mikichenart.com/teaching daily 0.75 2023-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1682285164852-GFD4I91VV17SJGS2KN9M/IMG_3762.jpg Teaching - Reproductions of Maria Prymachenko's artwork Fifth Grade Inspired by Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko work A Dove Has Spread Her Wings and Asks for Peace. Oil Pastel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1682285164852-GFD4I91VV17SJGS2KN9M/IMG_3762.jpg Teaching - Reproductions of Maria Prymachenko's artwork Fifth Grade Inspired by Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko work A Dove Has Spread Her Wings and Asks for Peace. Oil Pastel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1682284493850-CE7LCEHOVSSHR1O3GFUZ/IMG_3430.jpg Teaching - High-Contrast Portrait Print Fifth Grade 8” x 10” Ink, Tissue Paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1516312454868-TKNZX6MIZ98YC91E3UKJ/FullSizeRender+8.jpg Teaching - "We Can Do It!" Fifth Grade 48" x 72" Oil Pastel 33 fifth graders worked collaboratively to complete it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584479991783-9IDEQR87A4EK6818WFLZ/IMG_8618.jpg Teaching - Wings As a collaborative project, students in the Lower Division studied the murals of street artist Kelsey Montague. Each student created a patterned feather, which came together to form sets of wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1593091037608-RG242W99CJ4CORWZA34F/IMG_5671.jpg Teaching - Self-Portrait Fifth Grade 11"x 17 " Charcoal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1516311960996-5KFD4746W541936PJHM9/FullSizeRender+9.jpg Teaching - Eye Drawing using Grid Method Fifth Grade 8 1/2"x 11" Pencil Fifth graders used the grid method to draw their own eyes from a photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1517606804973-M4Z4U6NW6X1ZJI9FE0YG/IMG_4678.JPG Teaching - Self Portrait Collage Fifth Grade 11"x 14" Construction Paper, Self Image   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584472967529-7XRKSDRX3Q7Z9779H3MH/IMG_3568.JPG Teaching - High-Contrast Self-Portrait Print Fifth Grade 9"x 12" Lino Cut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584481243706-6AR95JZLQM3FGMA5BJRG/IMG_0599.jpg Teaching - Spirit Animal Prints Fifth Grade 6"x 6" Lino print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584473525282-ZHBJ4A2170L05MWQFV6B/IMG_4222.jpg Teaching - Spirit Animal Ceramic Tile Fifth Grade 5"x 5" Clay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584476862045-KA1FTIXUA9D7EWGK6DTD/IMG_5352.jpg Teaching - Community Grocery Store Fifth Grade Paper Mache, Felt, Tissue Papaer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584471357105-J0RESF667F67RRTTKC2Y/IMG_2015.JPG Teaching - Self-portraits inspired by Chinese artist Yue Minjun Second, Third and Fourth Grade 9"x 6" Collage paper, Paint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1682284208494-53P7VOVXRGAM790194Y4/IMG_4560.JPG Teaching - Observational Shoe Drawing Fourth Grade 12” x 18” Alcohol markers, permanent marker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1682284122475-A19876Q3ZTANRY1ESE5W/IMG_1569.JPG Teaching - Tao Tie Ding Fourth Grade Clay, Shino Glaze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1682284024505-QJ5ZGR8NX0QHRMM2KTTX/IMG_4137.jpg Teaching - Abstract Painting Fourth Grade 16” x 16” Paint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584476875166-M98WJWLN3O139WQ0DHTY/IMG_5613.jpg Teaching - French Bulldog Fourth Grade Multi-Color Print 9"x 12" Styrofoam, Ink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584470183333-9F828GVSPMN5FB7ENO7W/3EC23C31-2A1D-42D6-8A07-9A7ACB28E9A5.JPG Teaching - Landscape Collagraph Print Third Grade 9"x 12" Found Objects, Ink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1517607762482-6BDPMQMP788ZP7WVVKFR/IMG_4407.JPG Teaching - Finger Puppet Third Grade Index Finger Size. Plaster Bandage, Mixed Media. Third-grade students have created their original superheroes. They wrapped plaster around their finger to form a body, and followed their design plan to sculpt facial features, mix and paint skin color, add clothing with felt, hair with yarn, and many other accessories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584481693223-ER1FXZAFIR49Z4E3XUIO/IMG_4351.jpg Teaching - Finger Puppet Stop Motion Animation Third Grade Plaster Strip, Paint, Cardboard, Found Materials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1593087346214-21EBJV1UE3F31D8LQ7J9/IMG_0202.jpg Teaching - Superhero hand puppet Third Grade Ceramic, Mixed Media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1517607103938-BN553ZBFCUZR2X7RUJ8Q/IMG_4823.JPG Teaching - Styrofoam Prints Second Grade 9" x 9" Styrofoam, Water-based printing ink Second graders learned about 凸版画(relief printing) and 凹版画( Intaglio). They came up with a design using both techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1593089997073-4X262MQWMV306B8ISM4E/IMG_0782.jpg Teaching - Light-up painting/ STEAM Third Grade Students combined their knowledge of radial symmetry with their studies of circuits in science to make light-up paintings 8"x 8" Gold paint, paper circuits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1517606425213-HU4MQ0B3LVMPJU40L2IN/IMG_5569.JPG Teaching - Found Object Stamps Second Grade 9"x 12" Found Object, Tempera Paint A second grader created stamp using found objects and made a pattern with the stamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584471595658-OJ06GYG0XNMEMJOC2YCM/IMG_2948.jpg Teaching - Weaving Second Grade 6"x 4" Cardboard Loom, Yarn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584473891415-WS971A5IRYKZOJ2JKTWP/IMG_4229.jpg Teaching - Andy Warhol inspired Food Prints Second Grade 9"x 12" Styrofoam, Ink, Construction Paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584476668541-64JXKXOIIDE1EJNKQL32/IMG_4243.jpg Teaching - Food Sculpture Second Grade Clay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584480010067-PSD84GJXLAYI9ZWELH0X/IMG_9372.jpg Teaching - Tints and Shades Second Grade 9"x 12" Canvas, Tempera Paint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1593089421444-2AAE7SZDX32X2YWMVEK4/IMG_0683.jpg Teaching - Animal Print Second Grade 6"x 9" Collagraph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1682283772058-B3Q8SGC5QBVU8W514F6T/IMG_0965.JPG Teaching - Hudson River Fish Mural Second Grade An art-science collaborative mural focused on fish of the Hudson River. Paint, Colored Pencil, Tissue Paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584471884068-85YV9106F0I1I9VH191Z/IMG_3356.JPG Teaching - House Painting First Grade 18"x 24" Drawing paper, Tempera Paint https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/5a610d248165f5ef482aac5c/5a6112db0d9297fd699d745c/1516311259040/ Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1584472032223-JVUPCL71FKIKZK3KZEUD/IMG_3435.jpg Teaching - Notan Collage First Grade 11"x 14" Black Construction Paper, Drawing Paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1682288258666-YJE02SG5R0IELP4FGWU5/tumblr_nmv5feWwbr1txyyexo6_1280.jpeg Teaching - Ceramic Fruit First Grade Clay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1682288751028-1893B346T80K3JDFOT9V/Screen+Shot+2023-04-23+at+6.08.49+PM.png Teaching - Fruit Drawing First Grade 8” x 18” Colored Pencil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1593090844725-XO8AJO1KVVQM6KN5W5XF/IMG_5577.jpg Teaching - Still life painting First Grade 9"x 12" Ink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1593090449599-TTLYCJC84JTIBR4YDC94/IMG_4593.jpg Teaching - Faces First Grade 10"x 10" Collagraph, oil pastel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59681a04b3db2be17f275a79/1516311525790-DP605L6895H9102ZVNFH/FullSizeRender+8.jpg Teaching - "We Can Do It!" 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