Prompt List

1. Have a nice trip, see you next fall
2.Word of mouth
3. Twist of fate
4.Got a tiger by the tail
5.White caps in the bay stay away
6.Early bird catches the worm
7.Take it for what it is worth
8. Let sleeping dogs lie
9. As long as there is bacon in the pan
10. Comparing apples to oranges

Christie Knoll, Translation to Teaching

 Sketchbook A 2011

Several of the activities have inspired me to start to formulate learning opportunities.   I prefer, integrated art activities and always looking for a teaching moment within School Age Care environment, to reinforce what the children are learning in the classrooms.

Inspired from the "paper and tape" and "collections" projects.

Paper and Tape: limited materials,  create a book

Collections: Collect items and study them creatively interrupt them

Learning Opportunity: 

The M&M painting and rubbing .  I used the M&Ms from the collection activity and put them into water to use as watercolors.  I also created my own brushes using the left over pieces of the plastic  cups I cut down to use for the M&M watercolors. For the art aspect, younger children can learn to mix colors, how many blue and yellow M&Ms does it take to make lime green?   

 Science activity: measure the water to M&M dye, time the rate of decomposition, density: the level the water rises when M&M are added. 

Math: Odds and ratios: How many M&Ms are in a fun size. Basic Math: What is a serving size? Calories per M&M.   Probability: What is the probability of getting 4 green in one bag?   

Cherie Smith, prompt list

Digging for gold
Nose knows (apparently I was in a nose frame of mind)
Drama queen
Singing a different tune (or thinking about my daughter)
Pigment of your fascination...love this one
All the bits and pieces...the one I went with
Backhanded compliment
Nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof
No holds barred
Here today, gone tomorrow

response to peer

I really liked Zandrea's idea about body tattoos from her project book. I have always been interested in tattoos as a serious art form and would like to research about the cultural history behind tattooing in different countries. The placement of the tattoo and the imagery are both very symbolic and personal for each person. I may create a project book of my own about this idea and translate it into a lesson plan for my students.

Favorite Everything Book

This was my favorite assignment so in the everything book. Yes it was tedious and painful at times, but completely worth it. I was so happy with the outcome and how much I had to stretch and work my drawing.

prompt list

From our prompt activities, I found the following 10 to be my favorites:

1) walking on air

2) in the middle

3) mountain out of a molehill

4) birds of a feather

5) penny for your thoughts

6) young at heart

7) favorite mistake

8) perfect strangers

9) double trouble

10) eye of the storm

Favorite Everything Book

This exercise was my favorite from the everything book. It was tedious...it was painful at times, but I truly loved the outcome. Who knew I could do so many things with Doughnuts?

Zandrea, Prompts

1. My favorite shoes
2. Humble pie
3. Things that come in grains
4. Muscle memory
5. Stick in the mud
6. Pigment of your fascination
7. Things that float
8. Items found in a sofa
9. Whats under my bed?
10. Birds of a feather

Zandrea, Project Book

 This is my Project Book based on my research of Mermaids and finding the perfect tattoo. This collection spans over the last 6 months and showcases the different aesthetics of Mermaid art to choose from. I prefer the "old world" look, but I'm drawn to the vivid colors of the sleek, modern illustrations.

Zandrea, Everything Book

 These are a few of my favorite sketches from the Doughnut series and the Collage collection. The holes, jelly, and sprinkles ended up being the focal point. The collages are made from Martha Stewart's Food Magazine- it turned out to be a lot of detail, but intriguing color.

Found Drawings

Zandrea, tape & paper

I really enjoyed the challenge of this project.
This would be great for my elementary students to encourage team building or general higher order thinking. I wanted to showcase the quality of the tape, so I made two windows on either side of the "drawing" paper and an envelope for storage.

Amelia K., Mini Collage

Susan Striepe—Everything Book

I hated doing the donut. Its smell was overpoweringly unhealthy. It was like an O-Siren calling me to Sugarland and a downward spiral of me wanting more. I resisted. I had to do 25 drawings of this infernal donut. It took me the whole day and by the end of the day it was falling apart, just like myself. As I fell apart, so did my drawing and miraculously that is what makes a drawing come to life.








I really enjoyed going out under the trees on the beautiful UF campus and doing the quick drawings. It heightened my perception of the form, structure, value, and depth that surround one in everyday life.




Discovering powdered graphite…Thank you Lauren! Graphite is on top of my list of favored mediums and now new possibilities have opened. I can't wait to explore this further.

Found Drawing, Kferrell