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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.
Colorful art on a black background featuring a flower, stars, and swirls in various bright colors.

Easy Homemade Scratch Art

Today I am going to show you a quick and easy homemade scratch art trick which is fun for kids…

  • January 24, 2021
  • 4 Comments
  • all grades, distance learning
Origami red panda face with red folded paper, white ear accents, and a black nose.

Monster Origami Bookmarks

My students LOVED this project. I had excellent participation for this lesson and we are fully remote. I sent home…

  • December 26, 2020
  • all grades, distance learning
Abstract artwork featuring a red triangle, blue square, and purple circle with layered, multicolored striped patterns and repeating lines.

Distance Art Lesson: Shapes with Repeating Lines

We are still fully virtual over here! I feel like I have been getting into a groove and things are…

  • December 5, 2020
  • 4 Comments
  • 1st grade, abstract, distance learning, kindergarten
Drawing of a green frog sitting on a lily pad surrounded by pink flowers against a blue and purple background.

Frog and Lilypad- Claude Monet

I have a whole slideshow that I will show my students about Claude Monet and his Impressionist artwork. This is…

  • November 18, 2020
  • 1 Comment
  • 1st grade, distance learning, painting, watercolor
Illustrated Gratitude Turkey with feathers labeled: school, books, friends, family, art, home, nature, chocolate, music, my dog.

Gratitude Turkey- Distance Learning

Here is a fun social emotional project that works for distance learning too. First, draw your turkey with pencil. Next,…

  • November 11, 2020
  • 2 Comments
  • all grades, distance learning, watercolor
Colorful abstract shapes, including crescents, stars, and organic forms in orange, red, pink, and yellow on a light background, create an enchanting shape collage.

Shape Collage

Last blog post, I showed how to make different types of painted papers with watercolor paints. We are still doing…

  • November 3, 2020
  • 3 Comments
  • all grades, distance learning, shapes
Two painted papers with colorful watercolor patterns and designs, including lines, dots, and squiggles.

Painted Papers

I had my students make painted papers for one week’s assignment. Their task was to make 4 painted papers (two…

  • October 17, 2020
  • 1 Comment
  • all grades, distance learning, watercolor
Abstract artwork featuring overlapping, patterned circles with various black and white designs.

Distance Learning Art: Patterned Circles

Here is my lesson on patterned circles for distance learning. I used this with 3rd-5th grade. A pattern is a…

  • October 3, 2020
  • all grades, distance learning
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