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• Award-Winning Starry Night Quilt

  

  Congratulations to Alina Polta who used my Starry Night mural template to make an art quilt for a fall Quilt Arkansas show, and won 2nd place! I love the rich... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Fluffy Owl

  

  The great thing about torn shapes of brown paper is that they look like fuzzy feathers. My kids had a lot of fun making owls this week, and I can promise you... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Cardboard Crowns

  

  This is what my students made today in their after school Cardboard Craft class. Who knew that plastic rhinestones and cardboard could look so cute? 1. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Hot Air Balloon Drawing

  

  One large, medium and small circle can turn into a fun drawing about hot air balloons. I love showing students what old fashioned balloons looked like, for... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Paper Quilt ATCs

  

  Here’s my project for tomorrow’s Art Trading Card Class: paper quilt squares. I’m still so fond of how the plastic sleeves smooth out any gluing and make cards... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Armadillo Painting

  

  Here’s my project for tomorrow’s watercolor class — an armadillo! I can’t believe I haven’t come across this animal as a drawing project before as the overall... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Masking Tape Rings

  

  This can be a great exercise for drawing overlapping shapes. Use new rolls of masking tape for tracing – they are easy to hold and grip the paper. 1. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Zoe’s Popsicle Stick Creation

  

  Every six weeks or so I change to a new session of afterschool art classes. It finally dawned on me that if many of my kids were finishing their drawing project... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Early Kinder Painting Project

  

  This project worked great for me today. Young kinders usually have trouble drawing large shapes, so gluing sticks down first gave them “lines” to follow. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Draw a Squirrel Tutorial

  

  I wanted to do a lesson on drawing a squirrel, and found absolutely no internet help. Everything was either too cartoony or way too advanced. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Cardboard Houses

  

  I never throw away the backs of all those pads of paper, so when I decided to have a cardboard craft class after school, I didn’t have to look far for... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Little House Art Trading Cards

  

  I My new plan for creating art trading card projects is to just think of making multiples of things. I love how the sleeves make these houses line up in neat... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Kindergarten Quilt

  

  This idea came from a kinder teacher at my school, and I think it’s a keeper. My only contribution was having the students make their own “sewing” lines on thei... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Laurel Burch Cat

  

  This project was inspired by a talented artist named Laurel Burch, who has now sadly passed away. She developed an abstract style of painting cats that is reall... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Fall Tree

  

  The basic concept behind perspective is learning that the further away objects are, the smaller they appear. This painting idea comes from one of the Usborne ar... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Painted Planters Class

  

  I found a bunch of great supplies for making creative planter pots at Michaels. This is the culmination of my after school planter project class, complete with... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Crazy Reptile Art Trading Cards

  

  I have some reptile-loving kids in my art trading card class, so I challenged them to see how many creatures they could create with my template page of eyes. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Jim Dine Style Hearts

  

  This project is actually doing triple duty this week: continuing the student’s study of warm and cool colors, teaching them about a Pop artist named Jim Dine,... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• A Hilly Landscape

  

  Students used a grid paper to draw straight buildings on land that was crooked. Perspective was added to by making far away things smaller than close ones. 1.... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Pastel Spiderweb

  

  This basic glue and pastel process can be used with a variety of subject matter - this spiderweb worked well for little hands that were just learning how to... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING