This is a shout out and thank you to a talented little kinder artist named Hudson. He tirelessly drew dozens of characters for me over the weekend, an...
I like using grids to organize art and fill a page at the same time. It eliminates the ?tiny drawing on a large paper? syndrome. 1. I used my printer ...
I find that sometimes, art projects just need to evolve. This started with students making a kind of turkey collage on a stick so they could play or d...
My goal this year is to fully diagram lessons steps on my board as often as possible. That means not just writing them down, but illustrating them as ...
Just in time for Halloween, how to draw a very easy, but very cute black cat. My drawing was colored with Crayola Crayons, the background being a blen...
I started a Matchbox Art class today, after getting inspired by adorable little boxes I found on Pinterest. I ended up folding the little matchbox tra...
I?ll be holding off on new website posts for the weekend, so come join me on my Facebook page for a few days. Not to worry, this site won?t be …...
I had so much fun watching all these faces come to life in my Cartoon Class this afternoon. I saw many students, from kinder through 5th grade, make d...
This was a successful project that I tried a few years ago. Students used symmetry to make their owl look as real (and cute!) as possible. . 1. To mak...
Here?s a few simple steps to follow to make anyone?s name look super hip and hand drawn. It works great for any kind of heading you may need or want &...
Students were asked to just let crayons and paint do what they do best ? make patterns and lots of bright colors. Here are the only guidelines I asked...
Students traced an old CD to help draw the head of this not-so-scary vampire. The hair could be shortened for a boy drawing, and the simple red cape m...
Having trouble finding orange paper in the store this time of year? That happened to me when I needed some to decoupage with, so I made my own. Coffee...
My afterschool cartoon artists keep surprising me with what they can do. I believe that starting with simple, symmetrical shapes is key, so I?m pretty...
I tried one more watercolor project with my T-K class this week, one that I wanted to be successful with as many students as possible for our school?s...
I like how this is an example of using both positive and negative shapes, with some built in symmetry. 1. Student start with 8.5? x 11? sheet of cream...
I must give credit for this clever ship idea to Parenting Magazine. I loved how realistic it looked on their website, it just didn’t come with a...
Sometimes the art my students make just makes my jaw drop. This comes from yesterday?s Match Box Art class, where I proposed students make a bird hous...
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 ...
My students painted some very free-form monsters today. Sometimes I think it?s fun to just draw things completely from your imagination. Thank you Clo...
Vampire bats don’t have to be scary. In fact, they can be downright funny like this guy. Here?s a tutorial on how to draw this very friendly loo...
In the early 1900s, Pablo Picasso played a key role in the creation of an art movement called Cubism. It was a brand new idea that art could be about ...
I tried one more watercolor project with my T-K class this week, one that I wanted to be successful with as many students as possible for our school?s...
I like how this is an example of using both positive and negative shapes, with some built in symmetry. 1. Student start with 8.5? x 11? sheet of cream...
My Turkey on a Stick project continues, and as I expected, my students came up with some amazing creations today. The new twist was that they started ...
Have you heard of paper bag journals? I made mine with just three lunch bags that were folded in half and then stapled down the spine. An extended sta...
A couple of tweaks to an old project turned out to be a real favorite with 1st ? 5th graders last week. I learned that this kitty just needed to ̷...
I started a Matchbox Art class after school today, after getting inspired by adorable little boxes on Pinterest. I found a way to fold the little matc...
I?ll be holding off on new website posts for the weekend, so come join me on my Facebook page for a few days. Not to worry, this site won?t be …...
I had so much fun watching all these faces come to life in my Cartoon Class this afternoon. I saw many students, from kinder through 5th grade, make d...
