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Text "Art is Basic" in a purple watercolor style with paint splatters.

Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!

Bright, abstract painting featuring large flowers, fruits, and leaves against a pink and purple background. This lively piece encapsulates the essence of "Fruit and Flowers.

Fruit and Flowers Drawing with Watercolor Pencils

Fruit and Flowers: I colored in the sketch that I showed you here.  I mostly used colored pencils, watercolor pencils…

  • March 2, 2014
  • 1 Comment
  • animals, art teacher tips, book review, personal artwork, Uncategorized, watercolor
A colorful, abstract drawing in a spiral notebook, featuring an artsy hand with doodles of shapes, letters, and numbers.

Artsy Book Club

  Did you join the Artsy Book Club on Facebook?  It was started by Cassie Stephens.  You should come join…

  • February 19, 2014
  • 1 Comment
  • art journaling, art teacher tips, art teaching, book review, drawing, sketchbook assignments, Uncategorized
A boy shows his drawing to a group of students, with text above reading, "He showed it to everyone in the entire school.

“I Heard You Can Draw!” Book Review

I was happy to receive a review copy of I Heard You Can Draw: A Story for Class Artists Everywhere,…

  • December 31, 2013
  • 1 Comment
  • all grades, book review, books
A collage with hearts in nature and art, featuring the text: "Put your heart into everything you do.

See a Heart, Share a Heart: 3rd Grade Photography Unit on Hearts

We worked as a team to find hearts or create heart artworks indoors and outdoors.  When I say we worked…

  • October 5, 2013
  • 5 Comments
  • book review, photography, third grade
A collage of amazing books about teaching art, including "Beautiful Oops!", "Picasso", and "The Shape of My Heart".

25 Amazing Books for Teaching about Art

Missy left on comment on a previous post: ” LOVE that you’ve included some of your favorite kids books! Any…

  • September 28, 2013
  • 4 Comments
  • art teacher tips, art teaching, book review
A man and child glue pieces on an art project, surrounded by colorful crafts and a text bubble conversation.

Art Book for Kids Review: Too Much Glue

I was sent a free copy of this new children’s book to review and share with you.  It is called…

  • August 14, 2013
  • 3 Comments
  • art teacher tips, book review, kindergarten

Featuring Magazine.. new issue is almost here!

Hi!  Happy Summer! When I am not teaching art to little kiddos, I spend some of my free time writing…

  • June 8, 2013
  • blogging, book review, published
A child's drawing of a green, round creature with a big smile, yellow background, and "WAW" written beside it captures the creativity often seen in a children's book like *Beautiful Oops*.

Beautiful Oops

If you haven’t seen Beautiful Oops yet, you must find a copy and look at it.. It’s my favorite book…

  • January 17, 2012
  • 4 Comments
  • book review, books, first grade, mixed media
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