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.
  • Joined: January 15, 2013
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I really like these drawings

I really like THESE drawings.  (they are not mine, but they are making me want to pick up my sketchpad.) Drawings in a crowded cafe.  If you click on the link above you can see them up close.

Pinecone Crafts

Craft a turkey using a pinecone, colorful feathers, and a purple paper head with a googly eye. This fun project is great for kids' crafts and adds a festive touch to any holiday decor.

At our church garage sale I picked up a large bag of pine cones for $2.  I suppose I could have found pine cones on the ground, but hey, they were all in a bag right in front of me…

Creativity Exercise

I’m going to have some of my students do a creativity exercise on the first day of school to get their juices flowing.  Creativity TestDirections:  Use your imagination to invent something that we could add to the school.  It could…

Clay Figures

Two small handmade clay figures of zebras, one climbing a block with letters and numbers, and the other on the ground near a striped barrier.

So, you may remember that I made a couple clay figures as demos for a kids’ clay class that I taught.  I painted the girl and put her in a chair that I had.  This is a chair made of…

Making Pendants

Close-up of colorful wire-wrapped stones, ideal for jewelry making, on a yellow background.

Making jewelry is one of the hobbies I enjoy.  When people ask me what kind of art I do on my own, I have a hard time saying what I do… I love photography, jewelry making, collages, drawing, watercolor, clay. …

Photography from the Dells

Three riverboats docked at a pier surrounded by lush trees with a sign reading "Upper Dells Boat Docks" in view, creating an ideal scene for photography.

We went to the Wisconsin Dells the other weekend and of course, I took about 300 pictures.  My theory is that if you take 300 pictures, one of them is bound to look great!  Playing around with photo editing online…

Really Cool Drawing Site

Cool drawing of a bird with simple lines and wispy feathers against a white background.

While reading Mini Matisse’s Blog I learned about this really cool online drawing program that allows you to draw with different types of marks:  fur, webbed, squares, ribbon, sketchy and others.  I’m in love with how it looks!  I have…

Cute Artsy Baby Blog

This blog shows pictures of a baby on top of towels arranged in an artful scene.  They are so adorable!! These pictures are gorgeous, but they make me mad for two reasons. 1.  My baby NEVER slept peacefully like that…

Sunflower Prettiness

A red wagon with sunflowers and a brown paper bag on a sidewalk; a person strolling by in sandals and jeans, adding to the scene's prettiness.

  Wagon of Sunflowers, July 2010 This photograph I took at the Farmer’s Market in Madison.  This wagon was just sitting there unattended while the owner went to go purchase some more vegetables.  It just is a nice symbol of…