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• Masking Tape Art Trading Cards

  

  My students keep their ATCs in one of these plastic sleeves for 3 ring binders. I love the grid and all the possibilities, like cross word puzzles or tic tac... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Michaels RE-Love Blogger Challenge

  

  Here it is – my finished repurposing of an old cigar box for my Michaels RE-Love it Challenge. My favorite thing is making some rather generic looking products... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Silent Auction Canvas Art

  

  If it’s April then my school’s silent auction can’t be far away. After years of trying different approaches, I think the art above is what I will stay with. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Michaels RE-Love Blogger Challenge

  

  Day four of my Michaels sponsored RE-Love Blogger Challenge. I painted dark blue acrylic paint over the black with a really dry brush, then light blue, and... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Coffee Can Totem Pole

  

  This was my solution to finish off my coffee can totem pole project, going with the kind of “wooden” look that kraft paper does so well. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Michaels RE-Love Blogger Challenge

  

  Here’s day three of my Michaels RE-Love project. I painted everything with a coat of black acrylic paint. Just wait till some bright colors get brushed over... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Watercolor Fishbowl

  

  This fishbowl project is really a study of ovals, which helps make it look dimensional. This painting was made by Ryan, a kinder, who amazes me every week. 1. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Michaels RE-Love Blogger Challenge

  

  My Michaels RE-Love Challenge continues. After attaching all the peel-off stickers, I painted the entire cigar box with a coat of white acrylic paint and let... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Michaels RE-Love Blogger Challenge

  

  There’s nothing I love more that a recycle project, so when Michaels recently offered me a chance to participate in their RE-Love Challenge, I jumped at the... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Project HOPE Art and Haiti Artists

  

  Want to see something amazing? These photos were just sent from Racine, Claudel and Romel, three Haitian artists that Project HOPE Art worked with last summer. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Watercolor Terrarium

  

  This is one of my favorite spring painting projects. I save it every year for kinders, and their introduction to learning about plants. 1. Each student started... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Wallpaper Pattern Trees

  

  Henri Matisse, an important French artist, loved all kinds of patterns. Not only the decorative forms he created, but also reproductions of tapestries,... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Printing with Bubblewrap

  

  I finally had a chance to try printing with bubble wrap, and loved how it worked in my art journal class. There were so many colorful variations of my sample... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Louise Nevelson Board

  

  Louise Nevelson was a creator of wood assemblages made from found objects. She worked hard to get recognition in the mostly male art world, and wished to be see... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Watercolor Lion

  

  Another charming painting by a kinder named Keana. The bow on the tail, the smiling sun, this is another one that just makes me smile. 1. Trace around an old... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Native American Totem Pole Coloring Page

  

  This week I’m going to be making a totem pole with some lucky 3rd graders using old coffee cans, brown packing paper and paper mache. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Easter Card

  

  Here’s an idea for a pretty Easter Card. Grid formats are fun to play with so feel free to make your own variation of this drawing.1. I started by folding a... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Finish the Flower Card

  

  Here’s a quick project that can make a very pretty spring card. I found some public domain photos, and printed just half of my favorite symmetrical flower. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Butterflies from Central Asia

  

  “I am a mom who likes to do art projects with my son and his friends. I took your smaller butterfly mural and made a cut-out of it and then used it as a... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Easter Message

  

  This is one of the lettering styles that is included in Cyndi Hansen’s “Letter Better” book, and I tried it just last week in a class. It has just three simple... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING