Posca Pens....believe the hype!!!  I've been seeing them on many of the art YouTube channels & other social media sites.  I am blo...

  I value art work that evokes feelings of pain, sadness, and loneliness.  I know, that might sound a bit depressing. However, those are rea...

There is so much JUNK on tv for kids!  I have a 6, 9, and 12 year old at home....I am all too aware of this!!!  This popped up on my YouTube...

I love teaching visual irony & humor in art. I usually introduce the idea with a lesson where students have to place a snow person in a ...

 This work of art is from one of my 1st grade grade students.  This was not any of our assignments this 9 weeks....just something that they ...

Art tells a story.  Will it be the same story the artist originally intended? That is questionable. A good artist can direct the viewer, but...

My oldest daughter LOVES Moriah Elizabeth's YouTube videos & wanted a birthday party inspired by her.  If you do not know who that i...

 I don't think I posted my pictures from Chihuly at Cheekwood this past year?!?!   (I couldn't find them, so I'm guessing I forg...

It is Spring Break...which means a checklist of projects to work on.  This one is fun!! I'm touching up the coffee cup flower pot we pur...

Artists dream.  Artists push their creativity to the limits and beyond.  Artists develop ideas and concepts that they aren't sure how to...

  My students LOVED this project!! We talked about hybrid creatures/creations, and the creativity that is involved in synthesizing two ideas...

What a wonderful surprise this Monday morning!! Our local Chick-fil-A brought a gift for me for Teacher of the Year!  WOW!!!  I really do ap...

Here is one of my online lessons I did with my 1st graders. I'm trying to get my students to work above the bottom of their paper(young ...

Fads fade quickly.  Styles shift/change.  Non-archival materials will cause art to deteriorate.  The sun/lighting can cause damage to the co...

We are in person teaching....but my document camera died!!! AHHH!!  How do you teach in pandemic time without a document camera?  Well, I re...

 Ticonderoga use to be the gold standard in pencils!!! I LOVED them even if they were more expensive than other brands. However, over the pa...

 I have been trying to do projects with my students that hands-on/messy/different since we've returned to in person! We spent so much ti...

 Craftmanship deals with the level at which one executes a given skill/talent.  In recent years, more emphases has been placed on "proc...

My forth graders created unreal color landscapes in watercolor last week.  This week we are using watercolor pencils to add details, and fin...

 When we returned to in person classes, I decided that we would do ALL THE THINGS!!  I was a little more cautious when we returned for 6 wee...

1st round done!  Our district just started vaccinating teachers this past weekend, and I was able to get a time slot for after school Tues! ...

Adhesives are tricky.  I'm a trained professional and still burn myself with hot glue & stick my fingers together with super glue. Y...