My after school drawing class needed a new warm up exercise. A chance crossing with a candy store brought me this week’s solution – lollipop...
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FREE Butterfly Drawing Download
For the study of butterflies, or for symmetrical coloring practice, here’s a blank butterfly I created a while back. I thought it might be h...
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Student Art from Chilliwack, BC, Canada
A teacher in Canada wrote that she created a series of lessons about peace, and shared the role that my Warm Hands template played. I lo...
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Student Art from Mukilteo, Washington
How cute is this? Can you believe that 1st graders made these amazing Picasso Cubism faces? Sonji Sackett, a dedicated art docent, followed ...
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Giant Paper Mache Giraffe, Part 1
My experimenting with juice boxes continues. This giraffe requires 32 juice boxes connected with plenty of packing tape to make it extra st...
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FREE Dr. Seuss Template Download
I’ve made a blank hat template and posted it HERE to help celebrate Dr. Seuss’ upcoming birthday. I once used it as an art history lesson b...
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Student Art from Eagle Mountain, UT
I love these Andy Warhol-style cats painted by a third grade class at Hidden Hollow Elementary in Eagle Mountain, UT. Debbie, a mom and art ...
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Student Art from Roseville, CA
This beautiful Kandinsky art comes from Ms. Domen’s 2nd grade class at Maidu Elementary in Roseville CA. A parent, Tisha Chinn, wrote that t...
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Cityscape from Book Pages
I was about to get rid of an old box set of paperback dictionaries, when I realized the pages had just the weathered look that I wanted for ...
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Laurel Burch Cat Heads
This cat project was inspired by a talented artist named Laurel Burch, who sadly passed away recently. She had a wonderful style of drawing ...
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Van Gogh Starry Night
I like having students make their own simplified version of famous paintings, which can encourage their appreciation of the original. 1. Vie...
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How to Draw a Dragonfly
Today I demonstrated the basics of drawing a dragonfly to a room full of kinder and 1st graders, and they added so much 6 and 7-year old cha...
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Drawing Class Tips
I’ve been holding afterschool drawing classes for a few semesters now, and I’d love to share a few things that seem to be working pretty wel...
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Glitter Heart Painting
One last heart project that I want to share because it’s the first time I let students use only Dick Blick Glitter Watercolor Paints . The r...
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An APFK Butterfly in Haiti
I recently received this amazing email: Hi Kathy, As a fellow art teacher and a fan of your fabulous blog, I wanted to share with you some ...
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Valentine Heart Painting
Jim Dine is considered an important contemporary artist who helped to create the Pop Art movement. He used different popular imagery in hi...
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Tinted and Shaded Valentine Heart
Layering oil pastels to make smooth gradations takes practice. This project will let students do just that. 1. Starting with a square paper...
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Wayne Thiebaud Cupcakes
Wayne Theibaud is famous for his paintings of cafeteria style food. He used lots of repetition, so having students create multiple cupcakes ...
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Custom Light Switch Plates
I saw this project in an Arts & Activities magazine. When your fridge and walls are already filled with your child's art, have them...
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