Here?s a peek at how to make a patterned Pencil Holder, which is one of the featured projects with directions in Jenni Ward?s ebook, Create with Clay....
During my travels to Haiti a few years ago, I met some truly selfless people whom I have felt compelled to keep working with and see what I can do to ...
Here are the photos for making a Pinch Pot Monster. If you would like to see written instructions for this one and four more, please see Jenni Ward?s ...
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And with the stroke of the clock, and the emptying of a room, a new schedule begins. This time I get to choose more of what my days will look like, in...
Just posted to My PDF Shop, my latest How to Draw ebook. In it you?ll find tutorials on how to draw Amsterdam Buildings, Asian House, Big Ben, Eiffel ...
My artroom turned into a bakery this afternoon. This was a simple idea that the kids just took and ran with. 1. Students mixed even amounts of bisque ...
This metal tooling project needs two circle templates to get started. It’s only taken me a few years to learn to find ready-made ones, as in old...
Here?s a simple landscape tutorial that illustrates the vanishing point perspective. ? View and Vanishing Point Road PDF tutorial
I hope there are some campers or beginner sewers out there who might be looking for a simple sewing project. It?s a fun way to create your own kind of...
Roy Lichtenstein used comic book images to ask questions about popular culture. I made this composite of his artwork so students could do the same, OR...
Just in time for summer fun, a brand new tutorial for drawing sea shells. ? View and download Sea Shell PDF tutorial Save Save
On my list of new things to do for the next school year is to work more ceramic projects into my curriculum. I experimented a little this spring with ...
I gave this project it?s extra long name to emphasize that you can make a cool pattern based on math. Start with drawing a triangle in the middle. Att...
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. I made...
Here?s a sample tutorial my friend Jenni Ward has included in her new ?Create with Clay 2″ ebook that was recently added to my PDF shop. This bo...
For Grumpy Cat fans, a page of heads that are waiting for bodies to be drawn, colored or painted in. He does have the most amazing blue eyes, doesn?t ...
Here?s some great advice that my friend and ceramic artist shared recently. Nothing like getting help from the experts! ? Clay in the Classroom Save S...
If you like the sound of an intimate art retreat at an historic B&B by a soon-to-be published author / teacher, then this is for you… Plans ...
More help for the ceramic artists, here?s collection #3 from my friend Jenni Ward. This one has all kinds of good pointers on how to make legs that wi...
I?m going to try these little worms tomorrow in my last Model Magic class for the year. I have so many pre-K and kinders that I?m trying to keep the p...
My 3rd and 4th graders are finishing their year long art journal books with summer self portraits. They are drawing themselves with reflections of wha...
In honor of Memorial Day, here’s one of my favorite posts from a few years ago. Claire L., a volunteer who works regularly with the seniors, pla...
I had so much fun with my first ATC Line Art template I decided I’d make one more. This time I plan to challenge students to play with scale, as...
Russian architecture is so different than buildings children are used to drawing. The “ice cream” topped towers look like they came straig...
If anyone has ever wondered about my “Sewing Patterns” tab before, here’s a quick explanation. Before I was an art teacher, I was a ...
Here?s one of my favorite projects that is in my friend Jenni Ward?s new ebook, ?Create with Clay 3″. When I think of all the possible variation...
Students made mini masks (about 7″ tall) in my last metal tooling class, and this 1st grader did an exceptional job. I had students first draw a...
My friend Jenni Ward is both a ceramic teacher and fine artist who knows a thing or two about clay and how to use it wisely. Here is a link to her adv...
Update: Only 5 spots left! Plans are now in place for my 3rd Annual Art Retreat in Hickory Valley, TN this summer. Years ago I met Regina from Whitney...
Jenni Ward, a renowned ceramic artist from Santa Cruz, is my friend who is sharing her projects two new ebooks, Create with Clay 1 and 2. After years ...
