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• Collage Name Card

  

  Lately I’ve been inspired by scrapbook artists and the layered-looking collages they often create. This Collage Name Card to let the students express their... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fruit Face

  

  Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian artist from the 1500s who spent years working as an official court painter. He developed a style of composing portraits from... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Magazine Collage Bird

  

  Sometimes old projects can kind of morph into new ones, either by choice or necessity. In this case I ran out of boxes to do my “Recycle Rooster” lesson, so I... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• California Collage

  

  My experience with collage is that students enjoy them, but often have trouble filling a paper in one class session. I thought that if they all work on one larg... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Hallway Pencil Poles

  

  The hallway at my school just got a lot more fun, thanks to some amazing students and moms that finished our new “Hall of Pencils” today. 1. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Flip Flop Journal Page

  

  I have trouble throwing away clean colorful food boxes, and was inspired by the beach theme of these cracker boxes for my art journal class. 1. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Art Journaling 105

  

  I love dark journal pages with light or white writing on them. I wish I had lots of colorful poster paint markers, but in lieu of that, I found that India ink... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Father’s Day Card

  

  This is my favorite way for students to make a scratch art picture, first a black marker drawing, then layers of oil pastel on top. The result is a very artsy... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Another Haiti Art Project

  

  Learning about where you live and what it looks like on a map doesn’t have to be bland and boring. I’m currently planning art lessons for Project HOPE Art’s Jul... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Lettering on Acetate

  

  My afterschool students have been practicing their lettering with acetate tracings, mounted to photo backgrounds. I had a range of kinder – 4th graders, and... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Fatehr’s Day Pencil Holder

  

  Popsicle sticks have a warm wooden, eco-friendly look and are inexpensive too. I’ve created a project that uses your average 15 oz. tin can as a base, and a... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Father’s Day Award

  

  Sometimes the typical tie drawing for Father’s Day gets old. Showing students how to draw a large trophy worked well for this craft project. 1. Students made a... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Haitian Creole Alphabet

  

  This is one of my favorite projects using the English alphabet, so I thought that adapting it to Creole for Project HOPE Art’s trip this summer should work... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Moringa Tree Painting

  

  I’m returning to Haiti this summer, as part of Project Hope Art’s ongoing effort to bring creative, whimsical, and educational activities to children in both... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Art Journal: Circles of Color

  

  This could be a lesson in harmony as the filled in colored circles could be made to match the magazine circles next to them. 1. I used a spice jar lid to trace... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Popsicle Stick Cabins

  

  These new little popsicle sticks (they’re 2 1/2" long) that I found at Michael’s remind me of my parent’s log cabin in Tennessee. Here’s one way to make little... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Art Journaling 120

  

  I find that students often think that art equals drawing and if they are not good at drawing, they are not good at art. I try to show them that drawing skills... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Ocean Collage Art Journal Page

  

  Save your nature magazines, or anything that has photos of water in it to make this fun collage page. 1. Students cut out enough swatches of water from magazine... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Up, Up and Away Hot Air Balloons

  

  One of the first elements of learning perspective is noticing that things that are far away from you appear smaller than those that are near. Students use precu... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2012 SCHOOLING

• Mixed Media Seahorse

  

  This is my adapted Seahorse project for 1st graders, who were able to make a pretty frame for their art when their painting was finished. 1. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING