Here’s a peek at an Chinese origami-style dragon project. The body is made of 2″ wide paper strips, and it turns out the Staples brand is ...
If you?d like to add shadows to your watercolor painting, you don’t have to add black, like you would with tempera paint. Adding layers, even tw...
Here?s what an amazing 3rd grade girl, Emily, has done in a series of glue drawing projects. Students were advised on how to make super simple line dr...
It?s finished ? my brand new Cartoon Drawing for Kids ebook. It includes some never-before-posted projects, and can be downloaded for just $5 at my PD...
I still recall a student telling me a few months ago how much he LOVED making 3D things in art class. This was after the Black Cat paper sculpture pro...
Kelli from Orangevale Adventist School shared the Van Gogh Sunflower Mural that her students recently finished. The artwork is amazing enough, but the...
There?s nothing like a homemade holiday card. I tried this method to make a quick ?quilted? card that didn?t actually call for any sewing. 1. Start wi...
I call this my ?minimalist? tree card. Art stores like Michael?s have lots of pretty scrapbook paper these days; I prefer ones with a small scale prin...
Here?s another super little cute cone made by a student in last Friday?s Miniature Art class. This is Model Magic colored with Sharpie markers, blende...
The Chinese New Year falls on Feb. 19th this year. I’ve made a mural for the ?Year of the Goat” that celebrates the paper cutting style in...
For students that may be studying US history right now, here’s a tutorial on how to draw the US Capitol. Starting with grid paper will help keep...
To support all the upcoming lessons about Martin Luther King, I offer this free posterized letter size version of my MLK mural. It?s simplified into t...
Alberto Giacometti (1901?1966) was a Swiss sculptor, famous for his strangely elongated human forms. I?ve discovered that drawing these figures with...
Here?s one of my favorite cartoon drawings in my new PDF tutorial format. It?s super simple and great for kids as young as kinders. ? View and downloa...
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I?m in love with these pom poms! Save all those scraps of yarn ? you can make these large or small with tons of different colors. I always thought I &...
Here?s an adorable matchbox house made yesterday by Nya, a fifth-grader. I showed students how to draw a simple droopy roof line and some candy window...
In honor of the upcoming Chinese New Year next month, here’s how your students can draw a young girl in a traditional kimono. ? View and downloa...
Some smart teacher once told me she only bought white Model Magic play dough and colored it with markers. That trick was a lifesaver today when I need...
Here?s a creative exercise that could be saved as a Valentine card, if everything goes well. Try printing my sample pdf below, fold it in half and hav...
This cardinal drawing project is from way back when, but I never made a PDF drawing tutorial for it. No time like the present to fix that. ? View and ...
One more new character from my Cartoon Book, a little guy I call Cartoon Boy. ? View and download Cartoon Boy Tutorial
Throughout Van Gogh?s career, he painted everything around him: landscapes, people in his town, even the shoes he wore. In Van Gogh?s ?Bedroom in Arle...
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I?m in love with these pom poms! Save all those scraps of yarn ? you can make these large or small with tons of different colors. I always thought I &...
Winter brings bare trees, and the chance to study and draw them without any worries about leaves. I?ve posted my favorite method of drawing “Y T...
Did you ever realize that sometimes you just make projects more difficult than they need to be? I’ve always liked the idea of working with masks...
Paul Klee (1879 ? 1940) was an modern art master who fell in love with color after a visit to Tunisia. I love his ?Ancient Harmony? painting that twin...
This cardinal drawing project is from way back when, but I never made a PDF drawing tutorial for it. No time like the present to fix that. ? View and ...
I?m working on a few more characters for my upcoming Cartoon Drawing book, so I thought I?d share the latest ? a little French girl. I hope it might i...
Happy New Year everyone! Here?s a cartoon face tutorial that I made up awhile back, and seemed to work well for my students. I wanted to encourage the...
I call this my ?minimalist? tree card. Art stores like Michael?s have lots of pretty scrapbook paper these days; I prefer ones with a small scale prin...
