This is the first year I offered art club. It was so much fun! Small group. Motivated kids – sixth grade only. Friday afternoon. Ahh… We did block printing and the kids who learned this skill were enthralled. They kept popping by the art room every day, hoping to carve a little more. They skipped [...]

  Summer is almost here. Why not try a warm-weather twist on Wayne Thiebaud with an ice cream art lesson? Check out these ice cream cone lessons using paint, collage, papier-mache and more. Directed Draw/Paint: 1. I discovered an entire Wayne Thiebaud unit at the fabulous Danish Fru Billedkunst (“Mrs. Fine Art”) blog. Click here for her [...]

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Art Class Works: Self Esteem Portraits

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Looking for new art project ideas? Here are four new (to me) art project ideas from my fabulous creative colleagues, Kelly and Nancy. Kelly’s ‘Stained Glass’ Kelly’s ‘stained glass’ sun made with watercolors and black glue. Kelly from Skyline School brought these beautiful ‘stained glass windows’ made with fluorescent liquid watercolor and black ...

Education World: Getting Emotional: Learning About Feelings

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  Are you looking for an engaging, NEAT color project? Try these analogous color chameleons, made with watercolor paper scraps and Crayola markers. Materials Color wheels Watercolor (or drawing paper) scraps Sharpies (or other black permanent markers) Crayola markers (or other fine tip watercolor marker) Brush Water Construction paper Construction ...

Using Self Control