Theme: Nature

The lessons and articles in this issue will inspire you to take students outdoors and find joy in nature. Students learn about sound and tone and develop mixed-media wind chimes; draw landscapes that depict foreground, middle ground, and background; celebrate the changing seasons with year-round flora sketching in an outdoor “art garden,” and more.

Contents:
Early Childhood
Collaborative Noise Mobiles by Sue Liedke
Kinetic mixed-media wind chime sculptures.

Elementary
Mixed-Media Treescapes by Barbara Downing Owen
Branching out from trees to landscapes.

Radial Designs from Nature by Chanelle Flori
Encouraging observation of local ecology.

Middle School
A Year in the Life of an Art Garden by Amy McGlinn
Celebrating the seasons with year-round sketching.

Starfish: Ocean Treasures by Marisa J. Main
Stylized inspiration from starfish specimen.

High School
What Are You Thankful For? by Ken Vieth and Robin Rudy
Emphasizing the positive with freestanding sculptures.

Anatomical Collage by Jude Saleet
Figure drawing revamped with collage and storyboards.

Looking & Learning by Karl Cole and Robb Sandagata
Beth Cavener: Emotive Anthropomorphism

Departments Point of View: Choices and Challenges by Kristen Calquhoun

Clipcards
Obliterated Object by Sue Liedke
Monkey Business by Kristina Latraverse
Portrait of Nature by melody Weintraub
Abstract Wood Sculpture by Frank Juarez

Managing the Art Room: Discipline Doesn’t Have to Be Scary (part 2) by Rama Hughes

The Open Art Room: Facing the Challenges of Cardboard by Melissa Purtee

Meeting Individual Needs: Monarch Migrations by Keriann Kirkeng