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Jasper Johns , a master American artist, was the first to use everyday objects as his subject matter. One of his most famous  paintings  was...
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Abstract Flower Drawing

Abstract Flower Drawing

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This is a little twist on the dissecting and coloring technique. If at the end you shade the corners of each shape you make, you get a sof...
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Textured Castle Drawing

Textured Castle Drawing

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I tried this drawing out in my after school journal class and was really happy with the results. The boys got into the designing of their ca...
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Masking Tape Portrait

Masking Tape Portrait

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This is another way of getting lots of irregular torn edges, without the fuss of gluing them down. I used blue painter’s tape to make thi...
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Pipe Cleaner Doll

Pipe Cleaner Doll

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This doll-making project can be a good introduction to hand sewing. 1. The head is made from a 1" diam. wood ball that has a center ho...
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My New PDF Shop

My New PDF Shop

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I am pleased to announce the opening of my new PDF Shop, adding ease and convenience to shopping my pdf projects.  You can now view my entir...
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Wrap Around Snake

Wrap Around Snake

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This snake made for a fun drawing in my afterschool class recently. I made a plan for drawing the snake on top of a branch, and then erasing...
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How to Draw a Giraffe

How to Draw a Giraffe

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I tried out this giraffe drawing project today in my afterschool class. Just when I thought that maybe it was a bit too difficult for my you...
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Paper Weaving

Paper Weaving

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I find that paper is a good way to introduce kids to weaving as the patterns are more visible than with yarn. And I keep running across many...
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Texture Owl Drawing

Texture Owl Drawing

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Adding texture to your art can be as simple as crumpling up an old phone book page, painting it and drawing on top. This technique could be ...
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Collage Name Card

Collage Name Card

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Lately I’ve been inspired by scrapbook artists and the layered-looking collages they often create. This Collage Name Card to let the student...
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Fruit Face

Fruit Face

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Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian artist from the 1500s who spent years working as an official court painter. He developed a style of compo...
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Magazine Collage Bird

Magazine Collage Bird

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Sometimes old projects can kind of morph into new ones, either by choice or necessity. In this case I ran out of boxes to do my “Recycle Roo...
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California Collage

California Collage

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My experience with collage is that students enjoy them, but often have trouble filling a paper in one class session. I thought that if they ...
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Hallway Pencil Poles

Hallway Pencil Poles

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The hallway at my school just got a lot more fun, thanks to some amazing students and moms that finished our new “Hall of Pencils” today.  1...
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Flip Flop Journal Page

Flip Flop Journal Page

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I have trouble throwing away clean colorful food boxes, and was inspired by the beach theme of these cracker boxes for my art journal class....
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Silver on Black Journal Page

Silver on Black Journal Page

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I love dark journal pages with light or white writing on them. I wish I had lots of colorful poster paint markers, but in lieu of that, I fo...
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Ice Cream Cone Watercolor Painting

Ice Cream Cone Watercolor Painting

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If you want to encourage kids to draw tall shapes, it helps to have paper cut to match. I turned standard 18" x 24" watercolor pap...
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Woven Cup Holder Tutorial

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 weaving...
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Father’s Day Card

Father’s Day Card

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This is my favorite way for students to make a scratch art picture, first a black marker drawing, then layers of oil pastel on top. The resu...
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“I Love Ewe” Father’s Day Gift

“I Love Ewe” Father’s Day Gift

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A box of twisty ties at a restaurant supply store inspired this project. I was pretty sure that because they were cheap, and easy to bend an...
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Another Haiti Art Project

Another Haiti Art Project

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Learning about where you live and what it looks like on a map doesn’t have to be bland and boring. I’m currently planning art lessons for Pr...
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Lettering on Acetate

Lettering on Acetate

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My afterschool students have been practicing their lettering with acetate tracings, mounted to photo backgrounds. I had a range of kinder – ...
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Father's Day Pencil Holder

Father's Day Pencil Holder

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Popsicle sticks have a warm wooden, eco-friendly look and are inexpensive too. I’ve created a project that uses your average 15 oz. tin ca...
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Father’s Day Award

Father’s Day Award

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Sometimes the typical tie drawing for Father’s Day gets old. Showing students how to draw a large trophy worked well for this craft projec...
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Haitian Creole

Haitian Creole

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This is one of my favorite projects using the English alphabet, so I thought that adapting it to Creole phonetics for Project HOPE Art ’s tr...
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Moringa Tree Painting

Moringa Tree Painting

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I’m returning to Haiti this summer, as part of Project Hope Art’s ongoing effort to bring creative, whimsical, and educational activities t...
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Art Journal: Circles of Color

Art Journal: Circles of Color

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This could be a lesson in harmony as the filled in colored circles could be made to match the magazine circles next to them. 1. I used a sp...
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Popsicle Stick Cabins

Popsicle Stick Cabins

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These new little popsicle sticks (they’re 2 1/2" long) that I found at Michael’s remind me of my parent’s log cabin in Tennessee. Her...
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    Last spring my school had a special assembly that featured a cow and her calf. I decided to take advantage of the fact…
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    If you want to encourage kids to draw tall shapes, it helps to have paper cut to match. I turned standard 18" x 24"…
  • How to Draw a Fox
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    This fox is made from just a few simple shapes, but when placed on black paper and colored with oil pastels, he (or…
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    Can you see the student’s hand in this picture? My 2nd graders had such fun doing this project! After studying…
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