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Archive for July 2011

Paperbag Travel Journal for Haiti

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In just a few days I will be traveling to Haiti with Project HOPE Art , an amazing group of women I met and joined up with earlier this year...
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Popsicle Stick Signage

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 I’ve been experimenting with craft sticks and found they are pretty easy to cut with scissors and glue together to make your own signage. ...
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Beans in a CD Case Experiment Begins

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A friend suggested this idea of growing beans in a CD case, and I loved it immediately! Think of it as the world’s skinniest terrarium. My e...
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“Stained Glass” Bowl

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Kids these days are so lucky to have such cool new art materials coming out all the time. I recently found something called “Scratch Art-Cle...
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My New Tech Find – Pinterest

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If you are like me, you are often finding photos of art ideas on the internet which you would like to put on your future “to do” list. So yo...
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Fish Tessellation

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A tessellation is a collection of shapes that fill a paper with no overlaps and no gaps. I like the combination of math and artistic skills ...
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Tinted Self-Portrait

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Pablo Picasso's Blue Period, in which he painted only blue paintings of sad subject matter, is a good example of how an artist used colo...
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Starry Night Mural

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“I wanted to show you the finished product of our wall mural in our school lunchroom.  I ordered the templates from you, then we projected...
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Flower Girls from Macedonia

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These beautiful photos come from Lila Arsova in Macedonia, who has shared some of her creative ideas with me in the past. She wrote that the...
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Goodbye To My Little Artist Friends in Haiti

Goodbye To My Little Artist Friends in Haiti

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Yesterday was Project HOPE Art's last day with the kids we'd been with all week, and so it was time to hang their art, share a meal ...
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Overlapping Rings

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This can be a great exercise for drawing overlapping shapes. Use new rolls of masking tape for tracing – they are easy to hold and grip the ...
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Making Rainbows with Nadine's Kids

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Today was the last day to play and make art with Nadine's kids from the orphanage down the street. After yoga with Mimi, Jenni and I sho...
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Paper Mache House

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I was inspired by artist Maize Hutton to make paper mache houses that could actually double as storage for toys, etc. All you need is some c...
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Portrait Art from Australia

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This beautiful canvas art comes from Jan who teaches at a small country school in South Australia . This project was made as a farewell gi...
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Painting Poissons with Nadine's Kids

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Today our group was back with some of our favorite kids we've met so far, those at Nadine's Orphanage in Port-au-Prince. The amazing...
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Woven Cup Holder Tutorial

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I experimented with an idea from my “Crafts for Kids” magazine, and came up with this recycled magazine cup holder. It’s created by weavi...
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Art at Parc Binochat

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Parc Binochat is a school in Jacmel that is close to one of the roughest tent cities around. Yesterday we worked with many amazing volunteer...
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Help Spread the Message of Hope for Japan

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In response to the March 11th earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, HoriPro Entertainment Group songwriters Matt Palmer and Pascal Guyon...
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William Wegman Trading Cards

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William Wegman is a contemporary artist that has illustrated many children’s books and been a part of many videos on "Sesame Street...
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Art at Bassin Blue

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Yesterday our group went up into the mountains of Jacmel, and worked with about 50 young kids that are part of a church run by Father Baba, ...
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Photo Texture Collage

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Magazines with big glossy photos are best for this project. Landscape, travel and food magazines will generally get you the largest and pret...
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Watercolor Painting at Angel Ministries

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Today I traveled with Project Hope Art to Angel Ministries in Jacmel, as we had recently met the founder and were invited to work with 50 of...
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Textured Watercolor Painting

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One of my favorite art books, The Usborne Book of Art Skills by Fiona Watt, has some really amazing watercolor projects, including this one...
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A Day in Jacmel

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Tropical storm Emily delayed our plans by a day, but this morning we were off to visit Creation Foundation, a school that cares for 90 kids ...
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Getting around in Haiti

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I love these colorful "Tap Taps" that are one of the main forms of transportation in Haiti. Know why they're named that? Becau...
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Traveling from Port-au-Prince to Jacmel

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Traveling from Port-au-Prince to the northern city of Jacmel is no small feat. It took about four hours of winding up and down the most hair...
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Kid’s Flag Art from San Diego

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I adore this flag that comes from Janet, a volunteer art teacher at STEPS (San Diego Center for Children) school. I understand that 10 boys ...
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When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Art

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Today was a traveling day as we needed to visit a couple of different places that Hope Art connected with during their last trip to Haiti. O...
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Art Journal Fireworks Drawing

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This is an exercise in radial drawing, but it makes a nice fireworks image when you fill up the page. It would look great on black paper too...
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Weaving Art with Haiti kids

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Today our HOPE Art team went back to Nadine's Orphanage, down the street from our hotel. We got permission to work with the kids in our ...
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Art Trading Cards

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Art Trading Cards, also known as ATC's, have been popping up everywhere as a means to create small-scale art that can easily be collecte...
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      • Beans in a CD Case Experiment Begins
      • “Stained Glass” Bowl
      • My New Tech Find – Pinterest
      • Fish Tessellation
      • Tinted Self-Portrait
      • Starry Night Mural
      • Flower Girls from Macedonia
      • Goodbye To My Little Artist Friends in Haiti
      • Overlapping Rings
      • Making Rainbows with Nadine's Kids
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      • Painting Poissons with Nadine's Kids
      • Woven Cup Holder Tutorial
      • Art at Parc Binochat
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      • Art at Bassin Blue
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