Nicole Drummond

One of my elementary students had work in an art show for the county!

From the pop art printmaking unit. :)


As of yesterday I am finished student teaching!!!

One of my elementary students had work in an art show for the county!

From the pop art printmaking unit. :)


As of yesterday I am finished student teaching!!!

Las Vegas!

Las Vegas!

Digital painting—- the digital palette kids took a b/w photo and colored it in using different brush settings, layers, layer settings and opacities.

Some of them (like this one!) turned out so incredibly well! I’m so proud of these kids! :)

(and the fact that I get to teach 7th graders photoshop is really awesome too!)

Digital painting—- the digital palette kids took a b/w photo and colored it in using different brush settings, layers, layer settings and opacities.

Some of them (like this one!) turned out so incredibly well! I’m so proud of these kids! :)

(and the fact that I get to teach 7th graders photoshop is really awesome too!)

So ridiculously good! Another papier mache city.

So ridiculously good! Another papier mache city.

Two of my favorite cities so far. (Ironically, both of these are not quite cities, but homes in the country.)

Another sketch from a student’s sketchbook!

Another sketch from a student’s sketchbook!

Handouts and a quiz for my current 6th grade unit. (papier mâché cities!) 

Hooray for different types of summative and formative assessments!

Handouts and a quiz for my current 6th grade unit. (papier mâché cities!)

Hooray for different types of summative and formative assessments!

One day last week as a drill I had my 6th graders draw my cat (I put a picture up on the smart board.)

They are too perfect. This one was my favorite!!!!

One day last week as a drill I had my 6th graders draw my cat (I put a picture up on the smart board.)

They are too perfect. This one was my favorite!!!!

From a student’s sketchbook!!!!

“Education- a candle in a world of darkness and monsters.”

I want to cry right now I am so touched.

From a student’s sketchbook!!!!

“Education- a candle in a world of darkness and monsters.”

I want to cry right now I am so touched.

In case it was hard to see just how much I have to grade this weekend………….

In case it was hard to see just how much I have to grade this weekend………….

What is that filling the back of my beetle? Just 260 sketchbooks I need to grade this weekend.

What is that filling the back of my beetle? Just 260 sketchbooks I need to grade this weekend.

So many of these are SO GOOD! I feel like a proud parents! The work these kids are producing is incredible!!!

So many of these are SO GOOD! I feel like a proud parents! The work these kids are producing is incredible!!!

It is really hard to take pictures of oil pastel drawings- the light reflects off of the pastels!
I think this one is my favorite!

It is really hard to take pictures of oil pastel drawings- the light reflects off of the pastels!

I think this one is my favorite!