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.

Monday Mousterworks with Angela C. Hawkins

Illustration of a girl in a fancy dress with mice on her shoulders. Text: "Monday Mousterworks with Angela C. Hawkins.

You are invited to follow along and join in with Angela C. Hawkins, a children’s author illustrator, as she recreates 52 Masterpieces in her children’s book style. Every Monday she will post them on her blog and her social media.…

Monster Origami Bookmarks

Origami red panda face with red folded paper, white ear accents, and a black nose.

My students LOVED this project. I had excellent participation for this lesson and we are fully remote. I sent home origami paper to the students in a materials bag, but kids could make their own origami paper simply by cutting…

Latinx Heritage Month Art Books

Colorful book cover titled "Maybe Something Beautiful" features a child painting flowers and buildings in the background, celebrating creativity during Latinx Heritage Month.

From Wikipedia, “National Hispanic Heritage Month is a period from 15 September to 15 October in the United States for recognizing the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States.” Our Spanish…

Distance Learning: Overlapping Circles

A notebook with a spiral binding is open on a table beside a pencil, with various plastic containers and lids arranged in overlapping circles on top.

Overlap means to place one object over another object. This is a simple project that easily transfers to distance learning. I did not create this lesson, it was given at my daughter’s school last year by her wonderful art teacher.…