I’ve been taking a watercolor class this summer, which has been very useful in learning new techniques and basically how to approach painting. Here are a few paintings that I made this summer: I think it will be useful especially when I teach the lesson about American Landscapes.
My lesson plan is on Craft Gossip today! Check it out.
I know I’m biased but I think my daughter has amazing artistic sense. 🙂 It’s so wonderful to watch her drawing. She is so focused and intense. Her little book is almost totally full of her colorful drawings.
I did a random number generator and the winner of the book giveaway was #3, Stephanie! Congrats. Send me your address and I will send you the book. Painting I finished…
I am going through this book called The Element, by Ken Robinson. I’m actually listening to it in my car on cd! I find that listening to books on cd is a good way to pass the time in the car. I’ve only listened to about a half an hour, but I already recommend it. It is all about creativity, nurturing different types of intelligences, finding and developing talent and pursuing a career that utilizes all of your creative talent. … Read more…
Here is a really cool book I found. It’s called “Willy Whyner, Cloud Designer.” I’m not really sure how I would use this in the classroom, but the pictures are awesome. It’s about a boy who’s a dreamer and thinks about clouds. Then he goes into the business of designing clouds. Look! His parents look like the people from American Gothic! Clouds in the sky! A moon cloud! A whale cloud! Even advertising clouds! Don’t forget to leave a comment … Read more…
Part 2 of my Giveways starts now! I am cleaning out my book shelves. Several of the books I have are duplicates from my home collection with the ones my school has. Since I have reached 200 followers, I want to thank the people that read and respond to my posts and contribute awesome blog posts in return. Even if you have never commented before, now is your chance. If you would like a chance to win this book, I … Read more…
I changed the look of my home page on this blog and changed the title to “Art is Basic”… the url will remain the same, because I figure I don’t want to change that and have people be confused. I also updated my school’s art page. I changed the whole look of it and deleted all the old posts from last year, so it’s ready for a fresh new start. You can see that here: What do you all have … Read more…
I did a random number generator, and GirlChris3 was the winner. Yay! Send me your address and I will send you the book. Another giveaway will go up soon.
Last day to comment on this giveaway post for a chance to win an art teacher book! greeting card I’ve been working on
I would like to introduce to you some of my favorite women artists. Molly, over at Her Speak, posted about some of her favorites. Without further introduction, here are some to get you thinking, exploring and looking. Shinique Smith Media: Fiber, Mixed Media Installation Status: Alive I just discovered her artwork this year. She had a solo exhibit at the contemporary art museum here in Madison. Her work is totally up my alley. Sandy Skoglund Media: Installations, Photographs, Conceptual … Read more…
Here is a an OLD lesson that I taught about 6 years ago at my previous school. I think these turned out lovely. These chalk drawings were inspired by the Pueblo dwellings of the Native Americans. We read about the lives and homes of these people and then drew a picture of some homes inspired by the style of their dwellings. We used a chalk stencil method to make the background… similar to this technique, but we cut out the … Read more…
The full collage/doodle Seth Apter is hosting a Buried Treasure blog hop. Each participant reposts a really cool blog entry that they had posted a while back, that may have been buried after some time, a hidden gem of sorts. This is my entry, which I had posted a while back at my other blog. You can see all of the other hidden gems at his blog. I was into some insane doodling here…. lots of watercolor paint, markers, … Read more…
I’m having a series of giveaways because I have reached 200 followers. The first giveaway will be for this book: MULTICULTURAL ART ACTIVITIES FROM THE CULTURES OF AFRICA, ASIA AND NORTH AMERICA (GRADES 2-5) All you have to do is leave a comment here and I randomly pick from the people who commented. You have until next week Wednesday to leave a comment. I have so many art books, and many are duplicates of ones that I have at … Read more…
Blog land has been pretty quiet over the summer. I assume most of the teachers are off enjoying a relaxing summer. If I get 3 more followers, I will reach 200! When I hit 200 followers, I am going to have a blog giveaway for a fun art book. Be on the lookout for a giveaway soon. Here is a mixed media collage I just finished. Summer is the perfect time to catch up on your own art making. What … Read more…
