My wonderful in-laws gave me money for my birthday this spring and told me...."DO SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF!!"  I knew that I wanted...

Endings can be tough!  Sometimes we get so involved in creating a work or series of works that it is hard see it come to an end. We've ...

Did you know the artist Robert Indiana died May 19, 2018(Saturday)?  I totally missed this until yesterday.  He was a very interesting in...

Clay is all about the process.  It is not an art of immediacy.  You create & wait days for it to dry.  You place it in the kiln to fire...

I love going through my students' work for the nine weeks...and thinking about how much they've grown!  The first graders have done...

Do you have a student(s) that encourages your heart on pretty much every project they attempt!  I have a 2nd grader that puts 100% in each ...

I truly enjoy teaching one point perspective to my students. Making sure that EVERYTHING is lined up with that point can be challenging.  E...

 It is coming up on the end of the year for those of us in Nashville, TN & surrounding areas.  I know that most of the country may have...

I love the look that can be achieved with oil & chalk pastels.  Part of their appeal is that they are incredibly soft and easily manipu...

My sweet ELL Kindergarten students told their teacher that I would enjoy this video & that maybe I could play it in my classroom while ...

My 4th graders are a couple weeks in to their weavings....and it is going great with most classes.  It is amazing how there seems to be ...

Sorry if ya'll can't sleep tonight after seeing this!! ha ha

It is coming to the end of another school year(officially the end of my 20th), and we are faced with 4th grade awards once more.  It has ch...

I'm getting excited as the school year starts wrapping up & my summer workshop planning kicks into high gear!  My wife and I were...

Van Gogh potty training, Picasso learning to walk, Warhol speaking his first words, O'Keeffe falling off her bike, da Vinci dealing wit...

So we have a month left of school, and I'm wanting to start reviewing some skills/concepts with my kindergarten before summer break...

I admit it...I'm not a fan of messy stuff!!  Oil Pastels fit in that category for me.  However, I love the color...love what can be d...

This week I read "RUSSELL THE SHEEP".   In it, Russell is having trouble going to sleep, and tries sleeping in different places.....

As artists, we are influenced by a multitude of external sources.  We may take from our family, community, affiliations, education, interes...