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• Keith Haring Drawing

  

  Keith Haring was one of the first artists to mix street art with the world of high art back in the 1960s. He got his start by decorating billboards in New York... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• Art Journaling, Tissue Paper Tree Leaves

  

  I’ve found that this combo of tissue paper and glue stick works really well to get delicate flat paper to lay flat, with a minimum amount of sticky fingers. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Kinder Self Portraits on Canvas ... in Progress

  

  Here’s a few photos to illustrate my favorite way to make canvas art for fundraisers. This is going to be a giant grid of 130 kinder self portraits, all done... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Mark Rothko Abstract Art

  

  Mark Rothko emerged during the 1940s to create a new and impassioned form of abstract painting. My goal was to have students make a simple abstract picture,... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• My First Flower Painting

  

  This was a very successful introduction to painting lesson. If you have kids who have never painted before (how sad!) this is a good project to start with.1. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Mandala Drawing on an Old CD

  

  A mandala is an abstract design that is usually circular in form. It is a Sanskrit word that means “circle”. Mandalas generally have one center point from... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Paper-Mache Bowl

  

  Paper-mache projects can work really well with any upcoming Earth Day themes. My favorite recipe for the mache is included below.1. Tape a balloon to a heavy... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, HOME

• Folk Art Bird Painting

  

  This cute bird painting is an example of Folk Art, which is primarily made by untrained artists. In this lesson I encouraged students to paint with a very... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2011 SCHOOLING

• Desert Landscape

  

  The very first step towards learning perspective is noticing that objects get smaller the further they move away. I enjoyed using this desert landscape theme... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• And the “Puppet Play” Book Winner Is...

  

  Steffie who wrote “I just did puppets with my first graders! I would love this book!”Congrats Steffie, I’ll be contacting you for your mailing address. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Draw a Dog

  

  I’ve lately found that if I give my young kinder and 1st grade students a template to trace for just the first step of a project, they tend to have very... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 SCHOOLING

• Popsicle Portraits

  

  This was a very successful Mother’s Day project this year. Magnets could be added to the back so it could go right on the fridge.1. I recommend the jumbo... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• My Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gift

  

  My father scanned our family photos last year, and I’ve been dying to play around with them ever since. This image had lost a lot of it’s original color, but I... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2011 LIFESTYLE

• Mother’s Day “Pancake Recipe”

  

  This is a compilation of what my 1st and 2nd grade students wrote today, when I asked them how they would make pancakes. The only thing is, they have no idea ho... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Metal Tooling Mother’s Day Card

  

  Gold metal tooling is great material for making textured art. Add Sharpie markers and you have a very expensive looking Mother’s Day card.1. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2011 FAMILY

• Mother’s Day Collage Card

  

  This is a simple layout, but needs to be done neatly to make it look nice. My secret is to use glue sticks to make the tissue paper lay smooth and flat.1. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Tissue Paper Flowers for Mother’s Day

  

  Need a pretty but inexpensive project for Mother’s Day? All you need is an old baby food jar, tissue paper, white glue and a couple of green pipe cleaners.1.... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Draw a Peacock

  

  Learning to draw radial symmetry is a CA Visual Arts standard, and is precisely what is called for in drawing this colorful peacock. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Mother’s Day Art Project

  

  I’ve used this card for kinders for several years and I'm still surprised at how nice they look, especially when colored with bright patterns. 1. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Russian Cathedral Drawing

  

  St. Basil’s is a famous cathedral in Russia, which was originally designed as a cluster of chapels. It’s unique architecture manages to look both old and new... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING