CHLOE WHITE
Carrie Busey Elementary
My elementary student teaching experience celebrates creativity, curiosity, and the joyful energy young artists bring to the classroom. Throughout the semester, I designed hands-on lessons that encouraged exploration, problem-solving, and personal expression while building foundational skills across drawing, painting, printmaking, and design. This page shares the projects, learning goals, and vibrant student work that shaped our time together, highlighting the ways elementary artists grow when they are supported, challenged, and inspired to make art that reflects their world.
Art Dog Mural Activity
Grades K-1
This project introduces young artists to how murals bring color, imagination, and storytelling into shared public spaces. Inspired by Art Dog and real murals in our community, students design their own large-scale artwork while learning how background, bold lines, and bright colors shape a story. Through this work, they discover how murals can share ideas, uplift a community, and make a place feel special.
Watercolor Monster Book
Grades K-1
This project shows students how experimenting with watercolor can spark imagination and creative storytelling. Through playful techniques like wet-on-wet mixing, dry brush textures, crayon resist, and salt patterns, students discover how unexpected paint effects can inspire ideas. Their watercolor “blobs” become the starting point for unique monster characters, helping students see how artists use surprises to create meaningful, personal artwork.
Autumn Texture Collagraphs
Grades 2-3
Collagraph printmaking helps students see how everyday textures can be transformed into expressive artwork. By exploring autumn materials and building layered printing plates, they learn how each surface adds depth, mood, and detail to a final print. Through hands-on experimentation and revision, students discover how curiosity and simple objects can spark meaningful, textured creativity.
Autumn Texture Collagraph Gallery
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To Build a Home:
Styrofoam Printing
Grades 4-5
Printmaking allows young artists to turn simple lines and shapes into bold visual statements. As students study houses from around the world and design their own dream homes, they explore how architecture reflects culture, identity, and imagination. Through planning, carving, and printing, they connect personal creativity to a larger shared community, building a neighborhood together through their artwork.
