Kristin Taylor

Kristin Taylor

@mstaylor-art.bsky.social

K-3 Visual Arts Teacher Toronto 🇨🇦 Year 18

803 Followers 516 Following 74 Posts Joined Nov 2024
5 days ago
A variety of student artwork and the books that inspired them Post image

Happy International Women’s Day! Celebrating all of the incredible women author/illustrators whose creativity & storytelling inspire so much of our work in the art room ✨
#Internationalwomensday #kidlit #EduSky

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A brightly coloured abstract painting being created by several students at once

Beautiful collaborative mark-making in Kindergarten to brighten our day #EduSky #art #kindergarten

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1 month ago
Colourful painted turtle shell artworks with book cover Display of turtle paintings with watery background

Reading our new art room book ‘The Story of Turtle Island’
#EduSky #art

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1 month ago
Brightly painted winter trees with snow and night sky backgrounds

Our winter trees in Kindergarten inspired by ‘After the Snowfall’
#EduSky #art

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1 month ago
Brightly coloured painted papers made with paint sticks & dot markers

Beautiful saturated colour of our painted papers in Kindergarten, ready to be turned into winter trees inspired by ’After the Snowfall’
#EduSky #art

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1 month ago
Orange cat sleeping with stretched out paws

❤️
#caturday #catsofbluesky #cats

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1 month ago
Hand drawn snowflakes with bleeding tissue paper backgrounds in cool colours

❄️✨ #EduSky #art #arteducation

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2 months ago
Hand drawn line sculptures made with fine tip pens inspired by Asawa’s wire sculptures

Our Ruth Asawa-inspired sculptures in progress #EduSky #art #ruthasawa

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2 months ago
Oil pastel sunsets with interior window views

Our interior sunset views inspired by ‘A Day So Gray’
#EduSky #art #arted

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2 months ago
Mixed media polar bears on colourful backgrounds

We made it! Wishing you some well-deserved rest ahead ❄️❤️
#EduSky #arteducation #artprojects

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3 months ago
A variety of abstract paintings on paper rounds using watercolours

Grade 2 line exploration continues with our abstract watercolour compositions using curvilinear lines
#EduSky #art #abstract

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3 months ago
Continuous line drawings using dry erase markers on whiteboards

Trying out some continuous line drawing in Gr. 1 inspired by the book ‘Follow the Line’…we didn’t lift our hands up for the entire drawing, tricky but fun!
#art #artclass #EduSky

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3 months ago
Colourful multi-layered abstract maps, using colour, shape and line

We’ve been reading ‘My Street Remembers’ and creating abstract maps in Grade 2. Ss used sharpies & transparency sheets to trace sections of our Flemingdon Park map and then created abstract collages to go underneath #abstractart #EduSky

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4 months ago
Painted poppy art display

…in progress 🌺
#EduSky

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4 months ago
A sleeping orange cat on fluffy white bedding

💤❤️ sweet William dreams
#cats #catsofbluesky #catportrait

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4 months ago
Tile artwork using sharpie & watercolour wet on wet technique Post image

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

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4 months ago
Black pastel resist watercolours using a variety of lines

Pastel resist watercolours in Gr. 1 this week #EduSky

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5 months ago
Every Child Matters display made of orange paper quilled hearts and oil pastel resist paintings

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#nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation

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5 months ago
Oil pastel resist orange heart paintings inspired by the book ‘With Our Orange Hearts’

🧡✨...reading Phyllis Webstad’s book this week
#EduSky #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation

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5 months ago
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

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5 months ago
Colourful cube designs put together to create the illusion of depth

Generating personal symbols for our Thank You X inspired cube display
#EduSky

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6 months ago
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
#EduSky

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6 months ago

Thank you!!

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6 months ago
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

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6 months ago
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

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6 months ago
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

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7 months ago
Symmetrical paper towel art in a variety of blue shades

Favourite backyard summer art…orizomegami (folded paper towel dipped in paint & ink) #EduSky #arteducation

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7 months ago
Mini watercolour paintings that follow specific prompts

July watercolour challenge, complete!
#watercolour #artprompts

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8 months ago
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

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8 months ago
Brightly coloured multi-scoop ice cream paintings

🍦❤️✨

#EduSky #arteducation

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