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Tessa Sutton
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LNCS Keewaydin School Art Lessons
Toothpaste Batik – 2nd/3rd Grade
Science and Art Connections – 4th/5th Grade
Science and Art Connections Unit – 2nd/3rd Grade
Bristlecone Pine Dioramas for Earth Day – 3rd Grade
Comic Mania – 2nd through 5th grade
Thaumatropes – 2nd through 5th Grades
Dot Paintings After Yayoi Kusama
Heart Paintings – 2nd to 5th Grade
Afrofuturism – 2nd through 5th Grades
Weaving Mania! 2nd Grade
Sun and Moon Collaborative Drawing – 2nd Grade
A Community of Bees – 2nd Grade
Mexican Sugar Skulls – 3rd Grade
Winter Sunset Watercolors – 3rd Grade
Clay Creature Jars! 4th & 5th Grade
Equity Posters! 4th & 5th Grade
Identity Collage – 3rd through 5th Grade
Sketchbooks – 2nd through 5th Grade
Various 6/7th Grade Projects
Watercolors and Harold & the Purple Crayon
Chance Mythology Game
Task Box & Art Observation Games
Ecology Unit
Art Ed Studio
Into the Fires of Glass
The Magic of Smoke-Fired Ceramics
Arts Advocacy Animation
Acrylic Painting Techniques
Playing with Inks & Paper in Printmaking
Fringe Benefits: Subversion in Weaving & Fibers
Mid Term Lesson Plan — Elevating Felting to a Fine Art
Spinning Yarns about Textiles: Batik, Felting & Finger Knitting
Inks & Chromatography
Sampler Book with Handmade Papers
Exploring Sketchbook Ideas
Marbling and Paste Paper Fun
Off the Wall Books
Community Arts
International Day for Junior High Students — 10.30.18
Pumpkin Auction at Shelter House
Donating Handmade Scarves to Twain Elementary School
Day of Remembrance at the Holden Cancer Center–10.3.18
Other Elementary & Middle School Art Lessons
Teaching Workshops at University of Iowa
Secondary Art Methods
Collaborative Workshop –- 2.21.19
Solo Workshop –- 3.07.19
Solo Workshop — 3.28.19
Solo Workshop — 4.11.19
Collaborative Workshop & Final Show –- 4.18.19 & 4.25.19
Teaching Philosophy
Elementary Art Methods
Saturday Art Workshop – 9.22.18
Saturday Art Workshop – 9.29.18
Saturday Art Workshop – 10.6.18
Saturday Art Workshop – 10.13.18
Saturday Art Workshop – 10.20.18
Saturday Art Workshop – 10.27.18
Saturday Art Workshop – 11.3.18
Saturday Art Workshop – 11.10.18
Collection of “Warm-Ups”
Identity Shadow Play–Middle School
Paste Paper Animal Collage–K/1st Grade
Exploring Nature in Printmaking–2nd Grade
Mosiac Storytelling–3rd Grade
Sketchbook Mania–5th Grade
Collaborative Art Games–4th Grade
High School Art Lessons
Drawing & Painting I
Collaborative Snowball Task Game
Elements & Principles Scavenger Hunt
Periodic Table Characters (Drawing & Watercolor)
Digital and Drawn Self Portraits
Posters for a Cause
Studio Art
Collaborative Introduction Activities
Drawing Bootcamp
Clay Vessels
Watercolor Landscapes
Chance Mythological Drawings
Photo II
The Everyday
Abstraction
Surrealism
Joinery
Minimalism
Self Portraits
Teaching Artist Images from High School
ELA Arts Integration – 12th & 10th Grade
About Me / Contact
Teaching Philosophy
Drawing & Painting I