Here?s a simplified version of my Statue of Liberty tutorial, which I tried out with my first graders last week. I believe the ideal range might be 2n...
I mixed up the media a bit this week, and gave my students a chance to draw with Crayola Color Sticks on black paper. Drawing a clown face offered lot...
Are your students studying American symbols? I tried this Bald Eagle drawing out with first graders last week, and they did an amazing job. The key is...
Kinders in my district learn about ?amazing animals? around this time of year. A seahorse watercolor resist painting is the perfect art project to sup...
For the young animal lover ? a Labrador tutorial. All you need are some big ears and paws and that dog turns into a cute puppy. ? View and download &#...
Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22nd. My latest mural offers a colorful countryside layout, with lots of simple shapes for the younger art...
The dolphin is my school mascot, so I guess I?m overdue in making a tutorial for him … or her. The many subtle curves of this creature are a lit...
This is one of my favorite spring painting projects. I save it every year for kinders, and their introduction to learning about plants. 1. Each studen...
My quest to find new projects for my afterschool kids has brought me to Nature Print Paper. It?s great stuff, no inks, presses, photo equipment, or ch...
Straight from my afterschool Drawing Class today, here?s how to draw a night time lighthouse. Thanks to Edith, a kinder, for letting me share her draw...
I think I just found a HUGE resource for recycled art ideas, a new site called Kuttlefish. It?s like Etsy meets recycling artists meets social good. Y...
This tissue flower project has been pretty popular, so I thought I?d repost it with the tutorial that I made awhile back to help get the proportions r...
My Sharpie Art class is working with some tissue paper and milk bottles I found at Michael?s. The tissue is torn and applied to the jars with watery g...
I experimented with sprouting beans in a CD case, after a parent donated hundreds to my school (sometimes I get the best stuff!). This image was taken...
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If you are like me and never threw away the rejected magnets from school art fundraisers, here?s one idea for giving them a second life. Soak them in ...
I?ve found some of the best art supplies at my local Smart & Final (restaurant supply) store. If you ever need scratcher sticks, be it for scratch...
Today my after school students painted with acrylics on unstretched canvas, which will become journal covers next week. I gave them the option of maki...
I?ve had hundreds of these old envelopes sitting in my closet for months, but the wait has finally paid off. Just as I was about to go buy paper for &...
This rocket may be a little on the old-timey side, but a good place to start if you are interested in outer space drawing. Besides, every rocket needs...
Here?s a screenshot of my new Monarch Butterfly mural that will be up for sale in a few days. I understand these beautiful creatures are diminishing r...
I experimented with sprouting beans in a CD case, after a parent donated hundreds to my school (sometimes I get the best stuff!). This image was taken...
Spring is the perfect time to bring out pastel colored projects that deal with tinting colors. Today my students made ?Ugly Bunnies? in various shades...
The only thing cuter than a koala bear is a koala bear and a baby. This drawing may look pretty detailed, but it?s really just one shape drawn in two ...
Houses in the US are pretty tame in design and color, but island communities are often very colorful and decorative. Students can have fun with this s...
Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd, and being the big doodle fan that I am, I thought having a coloring page with lots of fun shapes to fill …...
I made these dolls with some young girls awhile back as a special birthday party project. The pipe cleaner bodies were wrapped with embroidery thread,...
These clay owls were formed around student?s thumbs, which made them easy to hold and safer to fire. This tray was created by first graders, who did a...
My kinders have started their ceramic cupcakes this week. I was reminded again how perfect this project is for them, and how easy these are to make th...
Ton Schulton is a Dutch landscape artist, known for his amazing color work. I wish I knew who first thought of this great approach for having students...
