Straw-Blown Cherry Blossom Trees

Recently we worked on a unit using India ink, while studying different parts of the world. One of the most fun lessons was creating a cherry tree in blossom. These trees are indigenous to eastern Asia. Countries such as Japan Korea, and China depict them in prints, paintings, and even on currency.  First we used drinking straws to blow drops of ink across the paper, until a pleasing array of branches were formed. After the ink dried, students added blossoms and leaves to their composition with a watercolor brush. The variety of images really impressed me, and the kids had a great time with such an offbeat approach to creating a image on their paper.

Art Teacher Blog Directory

I've been meaning to do this for a little while now, and I finally have gotten a chance. Although I try to keep a nice blog listing posted here at My Adventures, this promises to be quite a directory. I'm happy to be part of it!

Do you want to join an art teacher blog directory?  Add your link and then copy and paste the whole thing to your blog.  Pretty soon you will be linked up with art teachers from all over the world.

1. Marcia Beckett	2. Greg Percy	3. Mini Matisse	4. Barb's Students	5. The Teaching Palette	6. Artspiration
7. eleni	8. Mrs. Picasso's Art Room	9. Trish ackerman	10. Use Your Coloured Pencils	11. Art Makes Kids Smart	12. Draw, Paint, and Cut
13. LeAnne	14. Katie Morris	15. Art on the Move	16. The ART of Education	17. Rachel Motta	18. Tami Smith
19. Waitsfield Elementary Art	20. Fayston Elementary Art	21. Barb's Thought of the Day	22. Tana	23. Art Teachers Hate Glitter	24. Stuck In The Mud Pottery
25. phyl	26. Lines, Dots and Doodles	27. Mary	28. Kthomas	29. Kathy	30. Artful Artsy Amy
31. Art with Mrs. Smith	32. ARTolazzi	33. Studio-Kids	34. Lori	35. Laura	36. we heart art
37. NancieKay	38. OZKIDZ ARTZ	39. Gallery2404	40. Her Dabbles	41. mary ellen	42. Fine Lines
43. Jen Matott	44. Janie B	45. Jodi	46. Kati Walsh	47. Karen	48. Megan Swartz
49. Patty Palmer	50. TishaLou	51. BeccaRuth	52. Maggie Bandstra	53. School at St. George Place Creation Station	54. Jacquelien Bredenoord
55. Karen Bosch	56. Lisa Winkler	57. Lori K	58. Jeanne Bjork	59. Digital Sojourns	60. GT Art Room
61. artteachergirl	62. Jacqueline Cassidy	63. Roderick Vesper	64. High School Art	65. Ms. I's Artroom	66. Mme Reddick
67. Mme Reddick	68. Natalie	69. Deanne Tepen	70. DATA Di	71. Nicole D.	72. nicole sisco heller
73. destiny Breault	74. shine brite zamorano	75. Anna Pietrolungo	76. The Dot	77. A Faithful Attempt	78. Artmuse67
79. This Little Blog of Mine	80. stacy spangler	81. jennalee	82. Hannah	83. Aileen Wilson	84. in art class
85. Beth	86. Wilkinson's Wonderful World of Art	87. My Adventures in Positive Space

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