Thanks to this art teacher’s wonderful posting over on Flickr, I’m going to have my students do a one day version of it with this new Creat...
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Art Trading Cards for Kids
I have admired Art Trading Cards for years, amazed at what some dedicated artists can create on the very small 2.5"x 3.5" format. ...
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Haunted House Mural
My Haunted House Mural is designed to be just the beginning of a very “scary” creation. This classic Victorian house comes with separate pum...
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How to Draw a Pumpkin
Students can learn how to make circles look like spheres when they practice drawing pumpkins. I’ve broken my drawing into steps, and am happ...
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Tissue Paper Painting
Some tissue paper has an amazing ability to bleed when it is mixed with water. Cut-up squares can be used to control the color, making an ea...
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Scarecrow Portrait
Here’s a marker and crayon combo that worked really well in my watercolor class today. I like the clear edges that the markers make, and the...
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Butterfly Leaves
This project was inspired by Lois Ehlert’s beautiful book “Leaf Man” . A little technology, namely stock photography and a color printer, ...
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Michaels Pumpkin Stamp Journal
I’d like to officially declare that I am on a mission. Some creative holidays are approaching, and I would like to prove that you don’t need...
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Magazine Circles of Color
I started this page with the idea of repeating circles. Students could fill in solid circles with colors that appeared in the cut out photos...
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Embossed Foil and Sharpie Markers
Want to make some super shiny art? Try using the brush Sharpie markers on aluminum foil – it’s a pretty amazing combination. 1. This was pa...
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Walking Pipe Cleaner Guy (or Girl!)
I was inspired by a Giacometti style project and found that wiggly pipe cleaners really are easier to work with if they are securely planted...
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Sunflower Journal Page
It’s so much fun to browse art journal pages over on Pinterest. I found a really inspiring page by Dion Dior HERE , which i just simplified ...
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Baby Food Jar + Michaels Paper
I’m seeing how many ways I can decorate recycled containers with Michaels’ Recollections Paper . They have so many pretty fall and holiday p...
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How to Draw A Maple Leaf
I love all things relating to the fall season, especially the wonderful shape and color of the classic fall maple leaf. It’s shape can look ...
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Grass in a CD Case – Living Art
I’m continuing my plant experiments in CD cases. An earlier bean seed grew too fat, so I thought I’d try some thin grass. 1. I started with ...
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Tissue Paper Leaves
Fall leaves are made of lots of fun curvy shapes, so I had my art journal students trace them today to make a tissue paper collage of maple,...
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Symmetrical Owl
This project fulfilled all my criteria for a successful lesson today: it was seasonal, a visual art standard (symmetry) was covered, and it ...
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Abstract Fish Drawing
One art concept even young students can embrace is the idea of making an abstract work of art. I like to describe it as coloring just for fu...
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“Places to Visit” Journal Page
I used two laws of perspective to help give this art some depth – with distance, similar shapes appear to get smaller and colors in general ...
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Scratch Art Cat Face
I know Scratch Art paper is not in your average school budget, but for smaller groups I do think it can offer really great practice for the...
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Homemade Hospital Gown Drive
When I returned to Haiti with Project HOPE Art this last July, we once again visited our friend Megan Coffee at the Ti Kay clinic near the...
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Markers + Crayons + Watercolor Cat
A sketchy illustration of a cat inspired this new combination – drawing with Sharpies, then tracing the marker lines (heavily) with a white ...
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Tree Stamps and Watercolor
I’ve been wanting a rubber stamp collection for the longest time, and finally bought a few at Michael’s for my art journal class. If you pla...
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Tissue Leaves and Metallic Markers
Tissue paper not only comes in solid colors, but in multi-color sheets too. I found this madras tissue paper at my local Michael’s store. 1....
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Sailboat Collage Journal Page
I like to encourage kids to make layered pages in their art journals. Rather than writing NEXT to their pictures, it's more fun to write...
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Oil Pastel on Acetate
I love the way oil pastels look on a sheet of acetate, backed with a nice black piece of construction paper. Paul Klee’s City Picture ca...
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Dimensional Magic Mod Podge
Here’s another new craft product that I’ve been turned on to, courtesy of Michaels and their 2012 Holiday Preview they invited me to last m...
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Painting with Tea Bags
Some of my favorite art journal pages just have a sense of freedom to them. The paper can be spotty and messy, headlines can go at the botto...
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