Some of you have been asking about our new edition.  She is doing well...though feeding time is a bit ro...

                                   The smallest of our three children....she was 8.5 lbs & 20.5 inches long.  Though...that is still pre...

                                                                                               There is no doctor in the room!!             ...

Hey guys..sorry for this very pointed post.  However, I just had someone wrote me a great e-mail asking a question...BUT THE E-MAIL IS LOST...

I love abstract art, but I don't always love kids creating abstract art! ha ha  Sometimes it seems that they are just trying to cop...

                                   Here is my sweet family today after church!  Amazing to think in the next few days Caroline will be in ou...

Hey friends...I took this picture of my wife today.  It really could be any time now that Caroline Joy hatches!!  My wife is more than ...

                                                     This is how I like to decorate Easter Eggs!!!

IF YOU ARE IN THE NASHVILLE AREA...YOUR KIDS HAVE GOT TO COME TO ART AL SOL THIS SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I use to teach at another location f...

I've been busy trying to finish up my portfolio for the new arts evaluation system we're doing in MNPS(and a chunk of TN).  I h...

                        Jasper Johns inspired work in 3rd Grade.  I took a good bit of time to instruct the students on using a ruler to cre...

Coil Pot Time!!!  I love creating coil pots!! In college I made one that was 25 lbs of clay!!! I have placed a link to my coil pot ...

My kindergarten classes are great this year!  I decided I'd do some Picasso inspired self portraits with them this week.  We discus...

         You probably have read about my dislike of electric pencil sharpeners.  I just haven't found one that lasted for any lengt...

We ran out of time last nine weeks to finish our clay facades...so we kicked off the new nine weeks finishing them up.  I had my students...

After Phil Hansen's session at NAEA San Diego, I asked him if I could do a mini-interview with him via e-mail.  He told me that wou...

                                   I was going through one of my school bags I took to San Diego, and found these!! Haha!  This is Donna ...

Those of you who attended NAEA San Diego...don't forget to fill out your survey!!  I would love to do a large session!!! So, if any...

You may have heard of the TED video, Embrace the Shake.  Phil Hansen is an amazing and inspiring artist & speaker. He now has an am...

                                     So those of you attending my session... A Blog People Want To Read 2pm Room 24C...there will be door pr...

                                                 Come meet some of your fav. bloggers at the AOE booth!!!  11 to 12 today!!  

               I love free stuff!! Faber-Castell hooked me up!!  They are even going to send it to Nashville  for me!  They know I'll re...

                              Janine Campbell is AMAZING!! Her presentation was amazing...her enthusiasm is infection!!  Follow her on Tw...

                                     Do you know Phyl?  She is the blogger behind There's a Dragon in My Art Room!  We have been blog bu...

                                     You never know who you'll run into at the airport on the way to #naea14!?!? Haha it is the always s...

                                                                                       Couldn't get the video to post directly from iPad...

                                                          Look what I found.....at BIG LOTS!!  They were only $2.50 each!!!                 ...

                          Jessica(the queen of AOE) & I at NAEA Fort Worth  meeting for the first time!             AOE will ...

So we waited on my daughter's birthday party till Frozen came out on DVD.  So birthdays around my house mean daddy has a ton of work to ...

                                     I now have my own domain name ... www.artwithmre.com ... and in the transitions lost my blog roll/list....

So far today I had 6 out of my kindergarten class...and 5 out from my first grade class!!!!   WOW?!?!!  I figured that many people al...

FOR EVERY AWESOME ART SUPPLY OUT THERE...THERE ARE AWFUL ART SUPPLIES OUT THERE.   HERE ARE MY FRUSTRATIONS...PET PEEVES!!! (SOME...

Channeling my inner Thomas Kinkade (GASP)...my fourth graders created clay cottage facades.  They love the projects, but the result...