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• Ceramic Pumpkin

  

  This project comes from Ellen at Clayworks Studio. It's basically making two pinch pots and blending them together. My kids grade 3-5 loved making these and... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Monet’s Water Lilies

  

  Claude Monet (1840-1926) painted directly from nature and revealed that even on the gloomiest of days, an infinite number of colors can and do exist. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Fish Tessellation

  

  A tessellation is a collection of shapes that fill a paper with no overlaps and no gaps. I like the math and artistic skills they require, and am happy to say... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Kinder Art: Overlapping Circles

  

  I think I finally understand that early kinders are best off with just exploring with the process of art making, without any specific results. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Draw an Owl

  

  Here’s one of my favorite ways to draw an owl. It’s simple and symmetrical, but looks more like a real owl than just a cartoon. For a pdf with all the steps on... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Art Journaling and Tea Bags

  

  Some of my favorite art journal pages just have a sense of freedom to them. The paper can be spotty and messy, headlines can go at the bottom instead of the top... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Dinosaur Art Trading Cards

  

  There is just something really cool about how white paint markers look on brown paper. I used them before with a Fossil ATC project, and have decided to use... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• NEW Day of the Dead Mural

  

  “Dia De Los Muertos” is also known as Day of the Dead, and is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd in Mexico. It is all about honoring deceased loved ones, and... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Most Pinned Drawing Projects

  

  I am an huge fan of Pinterest, not only for my needs, but also because it tells me what readers are interested in. Here are my three most pinned drawing project... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• My Son’s Drawing

  

  While I gather some new project info over this holiday weekend, I thought I’d share a drawing that my 17 year-old son drew in art class last week. The funny... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Fall Season Drawings

  

  There are some very pretty seasonal symbols that work not only for Halloween, but fall and Thanksgiving as well. 1. Students draw a border in pencil near the... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Tissue Paper Leaves

  

  Fall leaves are made of lots of fun curvy shapes, so I had my art journal students trace them today to make a tissue paper collage of maple, white oak, elm and... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• “Things That Are Orange”

  

  My favorite new approach for my Art Trading Card class is to think of a category, and challenge students to fill in the blanks. 1. Students drew things that... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Patterned Leaves

  

  This is a good exercise for developing small motor skills. 1. Student traced at least two of their favorite leaf templates on a tabloid sheet of paper. Veins... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Kinder Art Portfolio

  

  I found this art and book combination over at Teach Kids Art. The book by Peter Reynolds titled “The Dot” is short and sweet and has a wonderful art message. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Finish the Leaf Template

  

  I’ve always loved this idea of completing the missing side of a leaf, but drawing the real thing has a few disadvantages. I prefer photos as the students can... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Kinder’s 2nd Art Project

  

  It’s only taken me about six years to learn that kinder projects at the beginning of the school year need to be SUPER simple. Many are just learning how to... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Flower Painting Project

  

  This project makes for a great introduction to painting. And if you give students just the primary colors or red, yellow and blue, they can mix their own... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Kinder’s First Art Project

  

  I like to have a kinder’s first art project be a happy balance of not too hard, not too easy, and still something “finished” looking marking their entry into... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Tissue Paper Fall Leaves

  

  These are cut out tissue paper leaves outlined with a gold marker, and enhanced with just a bit of watercolor paint. 1. I used my “How to Draw a Maple Leaf” pos... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING