Marcia

Marcia

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

Rainbow Fish! with Kindergarten

Colorful fish collages and the text "FISHY FISHY" on a teal background. Four creative Rainbow Fish designs reminiscent of Kindergarten projects are set against a black background.

At the end of the school year, my kindergarten art class made some really colorful fish after reading the book Rainbow Fish . The students drew their fish on large posterboard (these were BIG fish).  Then, they cut out paper…

Fingerprint Artwork for our School Auction

A colorful butterfly art made with thumbprints, surrounded by thumbprint dots on a blue background. Names are written above each dot. This unique piece of fingerprint artwork is ideal for a school auction.

One of our projects for the school fundraiser this year was this lovely fingerprint butterfly by the kindergarten class. I was inspired by this fingerprint artwork! I cut out the shape of a butterfly as a stencil and each kid…

Stack of Art Journals

Colorful, artistic journals and sketchbooks stacked against a dark background.

I gathered up all of the art journals and sketchbooks I could find in my house (I’m sure there’s more, as they are scattered here and there.)  Some are finished and many are in various stages of completion.  Don’t they…