We've had this foam left over from VBS for several years! It is insulation foam that you purchase at your home improvement store. I fin...

Most artists & art educators are not known for embracing times of waiting. We are by our very nature.....DOERS.  Some things just take ...

I purchased these erasers at Wal-Mart for just under $6! Technically they are reward erasers, but since when do art teachers read or follow...

I will never be a famous artist.  I will never win the world's greatest art teacher award (is that a thing?).  I'm not being self d...

My family went on a day trip to the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It is only 2 hrs from Nashville,TN(where we live),...

My cousin just sent this picture to me today.  It was taken in the custodian's closet at the elementary school we attended (which close...

Artistic people are often referred to as different, unusual, eccentric, or even odd.  Some embrace these labels. Some feel vilified by the...

So today I was working at the TAEA(TN) membership table at The Tennessee Arts Academy...I always make some wacky thing to wear to g...

I have gained a greater appreciation for Mod Podge. I've always known it to be a quality product, but I do believe they have one for ju...

In the summer of 1997, I was one of 80 art teachers hired when Nashville made it mandatory to have an art teacher in every elementary schoo...

Do you use Shrink Film in your classroom?  I'm going to do a project this coming year, and was testing out time/challenges with my daug...

Happy 4th of July Everyone!  I have much to blog about...but haven't had the time to do it yet!  I'll get there friends...stick...

When I was obtaining my undergraduate degree in Art Education, I was required to take Statistics.  It was like a foreign language to me......

Artists will normally work in an area of strength. It is only natural.  If someone wanted to commission me to create a painting of their cl...

Quality paint brushes are a must for any painter.  Brush care is also of the utmost importance.  There is just no way you can create high q...

Not art related...but a summer time adventure!! 

Art has the amazing ability to transport the viewer.  For some, they find themselves transported to the depicted image.  They are very lite...

There are many people that picture artists as angsty, brooding, anti-establishment type personalities. There are some who fit this stereo-t...

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