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Text “Art is Basic” in watercolor style, with colorful markers and foam star stickers on the top left and bottom right corners, against a white background.
Timed Collage: A vibrant paper cut-out composition features overlapping yellow and blue rectangles against a backdrop of wavy, vertical strips in black, blue, teal, and magenta.

Timed Collage Prompts with Eric Scott

Encouraging Creativity with Timed Collage! Are you trying to incorporate art into your daily routine? Are you looking for ways…

  • February 2, 2025
  • all grades, artists, collage, contemporary artists, creativity
Three crayon drawings capture the essence of a festive snowman art project under a crescent moon. Each snowman is uniquely decorated with hats and scarves, set against a backdrop of snowflakes and trees, their faces radiating joy reminiscent of smiley art faces.

Snowman Art Project, Dog Portrait, Smiley Art Faces and More! (5 Fabulous Things)

Hello! A long time ago I used to do round-up posts of random things I am currently loving. Some have…

  • December 13, 2024
  • 5 Fabulous Things, art teacher tips, art teaching, artists, book review, books, freebie
A child with dark hair and a blue snail face each other with the text "Sorry, Snail" above them.

Character Creation Workshop with Tracy Subisak: A Fun and Creative Experience

Our school had an amazing visit from Tracy Subisak, a Taiwanese-American author and illustrator known for her children’s books. She shared her creative process, read "Sorry, Snail," and demonstrated character creation techniques. Students then created their own characters. I got a signed copy for my collection. Have you hosted an author visit before?

  • July 7, 2024
  • artists, drawing, fifth grade, fourth grade, third grade
A sculpture by Nathan Sawaya features a human figure made of yellow LEGO bricks, ripping open its chest with bricks spilling out. This piece is part of the "Art of the Brick" Lego exhibit.

Art of the Brick: Nathan Sawaya Lego Exhibit

Happy Spring! It is Spring Break for us and we took a little trip to the Museum of Science and…

  • March 31, 2022
  • all grades, artists, contemporary artists, Legos
A blue abstract painting of a large heart containing a smaller heart, surrounded by wave-like wave-like patterns, created using Gelli Plates.

Valentine’s Day Art Projects for Kids | Heart Art

Easy and Fun Valentine's Heart Art Projects for Kids: This blog post shares a slideshow of 5 artist that use hearts in their art.

  • January 30, 2021
  • 4 Comments
  • artists, distance learning, hearts, holiday, Valentines Day
At the 2019 NAEA Conference, a projector screen displays the colorful text "CREATE BRAVELY" with an audience in dark view. FableVision and Peter H. Reynolds' logos are visible.

Peter H. Reynolds on Creativity

One of the presentations I was most looking forward to going to at NAEA ’19 was the author Peter H.…

  • March 30, 2019
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  • all grades, art teacher tips, art teaching, artists, book review, books, character education, NAEA conference, professional development
Lego model of a government building with a larger, illuminated Capitol Building in the dark background.

Lego Capitol Building at Madison Children’s Museum

This 12,000 brick model of the Wisconsin State Capitol building was built by my husband Andrew.  It was commissioned by…

  • May 29, 2018
  • artists, Legos, sculpture, STEAM
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Artists That Inspire Us — Art Ed Blogger’s Network

Hi! Are you interested in learning about artists that inspire?  Are you looking for new contemporary artists to teach your…

  • February 13, 2018
  • 5 Comments
  • all grades, Art Ed Blogger's Network, art history, art teacher tips, artists
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