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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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