Picasso

For art last week, we focused on Picasso and the cubism period. I showed them a variety of different Picasso cubist works and we discussed the different elements of each. Then, we created our own cubist self-portraits using Picasso's Head of a Woman as our inspiration:

First, we drew the shape of our heads very lightly. Then, we sketched half of our face facing forward and on the other half we drew our profile. Some of my students decided to draw their profile facing the out. It was fun to see how the kiddos chose to portray themselves. Here is mine: 

(One of my kids said it looked like a witch. I wasn't at all offended!) 

 I encouraged the students to use a lot of different colors as Picasso did in his other cubist works. Here are a few of the finished pieces: 

Monday 10-14-13

Blouse: Forever 21

Jeans: Old Navy

Wedges: Payless

Picture Day

Tuesday 10-08-13

Shirt: Forever 21

Skirt: Ann Taylor

Belt: came with an old dress

Boots: Frank Sarto at Macy's

Watch: Fossil

Wednesday 10-09-13

It was a Target kind of day.

Tank: Merona at Target

Pants: Merona at Target

Cardigan: Mossimo at Target

Shoes: Merona at Target 

Earrings: Forever 21

 Thursday 10-10-13 

Picture Day! Since my class theme this year is polka dots, I thought that it would be fitting to wear this dress in my first official school photo. Cheese! 

Dress: H&M

Cardigan: Old Navy

Boots: Calvin Klein

 VERY Casual Friday 10-11-13

Jeans: Old Navy

Shoes: Bobs (my sister was actually throwing these away. I thought they were the most comfortable things ever.)

Pullover: my alma mater UC Merced

Watch: gift from mom

Yello?

Thursday 10-03-13

I know these colors are bright, but I just had to wear this skirt again before the bad weather hits.

Skirt: Ann Taylor

Top: Old Navy

Cardigan: Old Navy

Ring: Forever 21

Necklace: gift from my best friend

Hump Daaaay!

Man I love this commercial.

Wednesday 10-02-13 

Cardigan: Gap

Khakis: Old Navy

Flats: Old Navy

Tank: Old Navy (I really should charge them for advertising) 

Watch: Fossil at Macy's 

Decisions, decisions

You know those days when you feel like you have 0 clothes in your closet, nothing fits right, the weather suddenly changes from its forecast, and you only have like 15 minutes to get ready? Yeah, that was today for me. Hence, the pile of clothes on top of my bed. I usually try not to wear jeans except for Fridays but today I felt like making an exception. I wasn't crazy about this outfit, but I had to just settle and get out of the house!

10-01-13

Jeans: Old Navy

Top: Old Navy

Cardigan: Mossimo at Target

Necklace: Forever 21

Kachinas

In social studies, we are in the middle of our unit on Native Americans. We learned about kachina masks and how they were important to the Pueblo and Hopi societies. We discussed symbolism and how they were used during religious ceremonies. As an art activity, the students created their own kachina masks out of a paper plate. The students had a lot of fun and it was neat to see how creative they became. I finally got around to actually hanging these up (mainly because I never wear shoes that I feel stable enough wearing while standing on a chair) and I love how they turned out. Some of my kids are so artistic!

Monday 9-30-13

Top: Old Navy

Skirt: Kohl's 

Shoes: Shoemint.com

Bracelet: Lucky at Macy's 

Close-up of the shoes. This was the first time I've worn them to school and they didn't hurt at all! I'm looking forward to getting more wear out of them this fall. 

Goodbye Summer!

Wednesday 9-25-13

Cardigan: Old Navy

Jeans: Gap

Blouse: Marshall's 

Boots: Franco Sarto at Macy's 

Necklace: Target

 Thursday 9-26-13

Cardigan: Marshall's

Tank: Merona at Target

Pants: Old Navy

Shoes: Rampage

Necklace: V-Day gift from the boyfriend :)