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• Cat Collage Art Journal Page

  

  The Strathmore Art Journal Kits I've been using come with an assortment of colored paper pages. I’ve found that kids as young as kinder can make some great... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Bracelet Collage Art Journal Page

  

  I like to encourage students to make art that spreads across two pages. The more entries that are tall or wide or even upside down, the better!1. Students... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• “Queen for a Day” Art Journal Page

  

  One of the nice features about the pattern paper in the Strathmore Art Journal Kits, is that they are double sided. The back coordinates with the front, so... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Hot Air Balloon Art Journal Page

  

  Here’s an idea for using the beautiful pattern paper in the Strathmore® Art Journal Kits. Hot air balloons can tie in nicely with future dreams of travel.1.... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Recycled Turkey on a Stick

  

  This ingenious idea for making turkeys from old food boxes comes from My Plum Pudding. It’s a great use of those colorful coated boxes that I love to collect. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Tempera Turkey Painting

  

  This project uses the same drawing technique that I posted about here, but is drawn in a large format (about 12" x 18") and painted with tempera paint. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Recycled Pencil Stars

  

  One by product of lots of art classes is half-used pencils. I have boxes of them that are a bit too awkward to use, but seem to long to throw away. I think I... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Pattern Cat

  

  This drawing was inspired by artist Heather Galler that I happened to find on the internet. I simplified some of her details, but kept the basic brilliant idea... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• My Neighborhood Drawing

  

  Third grade students in my school have a neighborhood theme with their reading work right now, so I thought I’d try out a map-type project for them. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Watercolor Resist Tree Collage

  

  I used to think that only watercolor paper could bring about bright and colorful watercolor paintings. This collage was made with just white card stock paper fo... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Gilded Halloween Portrait

  

  I found a great book simply called “Halloween” by Joanne O’Sullivan, which has a ton of creative ideas. This is an adaptation of a portrait project, which I am... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Positive / Negative Pumpkin

  

  One more Halloween project. This is short and sweet but makes a very graphic image.1. Give each student a square piece of black paper and an orange that is... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Finish-the-Spider Drawing

  

  I’m thinking of adapting some of my black and white projects to Halloween themes, and this one I think might work well for some creepy, but symmetrical drawing... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Tree Silhouette

  

  One of the drawing tendencies I would love to break students from is making trees with blunt ended branches. I think it comes from thinking of them as a series... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Fall Watercolor Tree Collage

  

  This was recently a very successful project for 3rd to 5th graders. I like the contrast of the soft watercolor against the crisp cut leaf edges. Week 1. Give th... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Batik-esque Maple Leaf Drawing

  

  Today I combined two past projects – how to draw a maple leaf and making a batik-looking watercolor and crayon drawing. The key is to use cheap copy paper.... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Symmetrical Witch Feet Painting

  

  Yep, another idea that originated from stock Halloween illustrations. I think it offers some colorful seasonal fun, and some good symmetrical drawing practice... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Make a Paper Pumpkin

  

  This project turned out to be a very quick and easy way to make a 3D shape out of strips of paper.1. I used orange construction paper in the standard 9"x12"... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Student Butterfly Art

  

  The beautiful butterfly art was sent to me this week, along with a wonderful explanation of how it was made. I thought I’d pass it on as it is a very well... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Scarecrow Painting

  

  I found this idea of a watercolor scarecrow over at Artsonia.com. If anyone would like credit for the idea of drawing him in this closely-cropped fashion, pleas... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING