I photocopied some leaves on paper for the kids to play with. This student used colored tape and marker to transform his leaves. It thought these were fun. The Alternative Art Journals book giveaway goes to mom2h who said…“I am just starting to explore art journaling, and in fact, have your art journal blog ( and a couple of others) placed at the top of my bookmarks to remind myself to seek out ideas. I haven’t taught it, but we … Read more…
Beverley Baird you are the winner of the Gelli Plate! Send me your postal address and I will mail it to you. (I used a random number generator to pick the number 5, for the 5th comment on the blog post.)Links to Check Out:I am LOVING this awesome flip book video all hand drawn. Breathtaking! What do you think about Performance Based Pay? Weigh in at the Art of Education. I need to order this kolaj magazine! I love this … Read more…
School has started! First graders stamped their sketchbook covers. In process sketchbook cover… simple initial collage Kindergarten color collage Embellished stamping Look how beautiful crayon texture rubbings and children’s watercolor paints can be!
Jennifer Grobsaid… I just hung up my sark poster today in my room. I would love those books!!! Your projects are super cute!Jenn Grob Congrats Jenn, you are the winner of the Sark books. School starts on Monday! So, I will have lots of new posts about projects coming soon. Our school is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year and in the next few years we are going to building on to the existing structure and adding new classes! … Read more…
Scholastic Art was waiting for me when I went into school today! There’s the lesson plan I wrote! That’s me!
As school is starting soon, I thought I would start a new series of blog posts about some of my favorite fabulous things. I LOVE art books and have so many of them. Our school library also has a great collection of books I can use. Here is a list (in no particular order) of books that I refer to frequently when I need a boost of inspiration. There are many more exciting books for art teachers, but here … Read more…
In honor of the new school year I am giving away two books to ONE lucky person! To enter, leave a comment on this blog post. I LOVE Sark. So inspirational, colorful and fun! The first book is called “Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper” which is about writing. I picked this up from a library sale, so it is a discarded library book with a little bit of water damage. I personally don’t care if a book has a bit of … Read more…
