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• Hand Colored Thanksgiving Day Cards

  

  This my gift to all you super-busy creative types who like to make homemade Thanksgiving Day cards, but have trouble finding the time. I’ve collected a bunch... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Chalk Pastel Fall Landscape

  

  This kind of loose, simple landscape lets chalk pastels do what they do best – make smudgy, soft colorful shapes. 1. Starting with an orange or yellow sheet of... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Layered Leaf Drawing

  

  Metallic markers are great for adding a bit of “highlight” to any drawing or painting. 1. Draw many large simple leaves that are overlapping and even going off ... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Layered Apple Basket

  

  This basket of apples is a good project for young students that are ready to add layers to their artwork. 1. Draw the basket by starting with the top band that... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Cardboard Weaving Necklace

  

  I saw this project in Pinterest thanks to the Artrageous Afternoon blog, and loved it immediately. It’s a great way to make a little weaving project have more... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Friendship Bracelets

  

  This project was a hit not only with girls but with boys as well. I think they are just “surfer” looking enough to work for both. 1. These bracelets are made... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Pastel Tigers

  

  Henri Rousseau was a French artist that lived in the late 1800s. He tried to paint in the schooled manner of the traditional artists, but the innocence and char... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Fall Oil Pastel Tree

  

  I found this project on Artsonia.com. I love how it makes students think of trees as a series of branches, and not just a fluffy shape that sits on a stick. 1.... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Mosaic Rainbow

  

  My creative curiosity has been peaked with a recent discovery of colored paper tape. It really makes any type of mosaic work a slam dunk, with no messy glue. 1. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Watercolor Witch Hats

  

  I don’t know how many times I have to relearn that the simplest ideas are often the best. Apparently once more, because I first thought that this was going to b... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Cubist Paper Bag Costume

  

  A Halloween book that included faces on paper bags inspired my “Cubism” costume. I used a regular brown grocery bag, and started by drawing the split face on on... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Coffee Painting

  

  I saw this idea in a recent Arts and Activities magazine. I thought a haunted house would be a good subject matter because of all the moody brown tones that... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Printed Pumpkins

  

  I introduced my kinders last week to their first printmaking project. Learning how to draw different expressions on the faces, like those in the famous “Five... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Crazy Watercolor ATCs

  

  It turns out that lemon juice does a pretty cool thing if you leave it on a watercolor painting. Give it a few minutes to soak, dab away with a tissue, and... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Day of the Dead Drawing

  

  Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico in which family and friends pray for and remember friends and family members who have... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Positive / Negative Scratch Tree

  

  This starts as a “negative” scratch art picture and is completed as a “positive” marker drawing. Students can become more familiar with both terms while they... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• More Fall Leaves

  

  I like using grids to organize art and fill a page at the same time. It eliminates the “tiny drawing on a large paper” syndrome. 1. I used my printer to make... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Project HOPE Art Photo Essay to Be Published!

  

  It’s confirmed, Project HOPE Art’s Melissa Schilling will have her photos and essay published in the Feb. issue of School Arts Magazine, one of the largest... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• A Jackson Pollack Pumpkin

  

  Want to show your neighbors how creative you are? Get this white pumpkin from Michaels and pour lots of colorful acrylic paint over it. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Mosaic Tape Pumpkin

  

  This is basically my Mosaic Michaels Pumpkin project applied to paper. But rather than make a picture that just goes in a folder, students decorated the front o... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING