@mstaylor-art.bsky.social
K-3 Visual Arts Teacher Toronto 🇨🇦 Year 18
Painted poppy art display
…in progress 🌺
#EduSky
A sleeping orange cat on fluffy white bedding
💤❤️ sweet William dreams
#cats #catsofbluesky #catportrait
Tile artwork using sharpie & watercolour wet on wet technique
October is Islamic Heritage Month. Gr. 3s have been learning about Islamic Geometric Art & created some Moroccan tile inspired designs of their own #EduSky #art
18.10.2025 00:17 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Black pastel resist watercolours using a variety of lines
Pastel resist watercolours in Gr. 1 this week #EduSky
17.10.2025 00:18 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Every Child Matters display made of orange paper quilled hearts and oil pastel resist paintings
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#nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation
Oil pastel resist orange heart paintings inspired by the book ‘With Our Orange Hearts’
🧡✨...reading Phyllis Webstad’s book this week
#EduSky #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation
Colourful student self-portraits made with sharpie and bleeding tissue paper inspired by the book ‘I am Human’
Self-portraits in Gr. 2 this week ✨
#EduSky #arteducation
Colourful cube designs put together to create the illusion of depth
Generating personal symbols for our Thank You X inspired cube display
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Mini name designs in hand decorated frames
Reading ‘That’s Not My Name!’ by @anooshasyed.com & discussing the importance of people saying our names correctly
Lesson comes from @antiracistarted.bsky.social
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Thank you!!
08.09.2025 19:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book covers of art inspired picture books
Some of my favourite art room read alouds for the 1st month of school…ones that help build community, celebrate identity, reinforce proper use of materials & embrace a growth mindset ✨📚🎨 #EduSky
07.09.2025 00:31 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Hand drawn Bristol board posters with different drawings material headings
Collaborative posters are ready (& kitten-approved 😹) This is a first week favourite, as students will compare drawing materials, practise moving around the art room & work together to fill up the posters #EduSky
25.08.2025 22:26 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Colourful portraits made with sharpies
Chalk print portraits
Self-portraits drawn inside mirror templates
Portraits made with bleeding tissue paper
So many amazing picture books to inspire self-portrait projects #EduSky
20.08.2025 19:16 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Symmetrical paper towel art in a variety of blue shades
Favourite backyard summer art…orizomegami (folded paper towel dipped in paint & ink) #EduSky #arteducation
10.08.2025 00:39 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Mini watercolour paintings that follow specific prompts
July watercolour challenge, complete!
#watercolour #artprompts
A collection of photos of students working on various art projects
What a beautifully creative year it’s been with these artists...see you in September!
#EduSky
Brightly coloured multi-scoop ice cream paintings
🍦❤️✨
#EduSky #arteducation
Tree silhouettes with colourful patterned backgrounds
…more trees inspired by ‘Sometimes I Feel like an Oak’ 🌳🍃✨
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Tiny drawings in picture frames
…in progress 🖼️
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Hand drawn fish in plastic bags/water
Pet store fish in Gr. 1 🐠❤️
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Black and white cat artwork using positive & negative space
Exploring contrast, positive/negative space & reading ‘Black Cat, White Cat’ in Gr. 1 🐈⬛✨ #EduSky #arteducation
27.05.2025 23:26 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mixed media robin’s nests, using collage materials and modelling clay
Robin’s nests in Kindergarten 🪺✨
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Colourful student artwork of their hands with designs and watercolour backgrounds
Learning about author & illustrator Lois Ehlert’s childhood dream of becoming an artist and discussing our own future dreams…✨
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Student drawn self-portraits inside colourful mirror templates
Mirror reflection self-portraits in Kindergarten, inspired by the book ‘Smile So Big’ ✨#EduSky
07.05.2025 21:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mixed media student works of spring flowers in clay pots
Spring flower pots in Gr. 1 🌸🌼🌺
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They were two separate activities. First, students worked in pairs to draw each others portraits using clear plastic plates & dry erase markers. The mirror activity was connected to the book ‘Smile So Big’ about a magic mirror & then they had their own mirrors to draw self-portraits :)
02.05.2025 01:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A variety of student drawn portraits & book covers of read alouds
Portrait inquiry in Kindergarten
#EduSky #kindergarten
Paper quilled earths in shades of blue and green
Earth Day art continues..this time trying out paper quilling in Grade 3 🌎✨
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Not The Tin Forest, I’ll check it out, thanks:)
18.04.2025 13:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Student artwork: watercolour & collage earths, inspired by the book ‘Love Our Earth’
🌎 ❤️
#EduSky
