Rule #1: Thank the person who gave you your award. Thanks to Mini Matisse for giving me this AWARD. Wooh! I feel so special. I didn’t know anyone had actually been reading seriously. Her blog has lots of great art lesson plans too. Rule #2: Share 7 things about yourself 1. I have been married since 2006 to my wonderful husband Andrew, who is a radio news reporter. We met in college in Illinois. 2. We have a 10 1/2 month … Read more…
Making jewelry is one of the hobbies I enjoy. When people ask me what kind of art I do on my own, I have a hard time saying what I do… I love photography, jewelry making, collages, drawing, watercolor, clay. I dabble in a little bit of everything. So, my mother-in-law and I went to a craft show in Madison this weekend and we want to start selling some crafts. She is thinking about sewing some kids’ capes for boys … Read more…
I purchased Carla Sonheim’s drawing book, because I’m always interested in looking at new drawing books or new mixed media art books and this is a combination of both. She has a lot of drawing exercises on her blog also. As an art teacher who avidly researches all sorts of art lesson plans, I have seen some of these drawing exercises before, but Carla puts her own unique spin on everything. I really like how the book is laid out, … Read more…
When I taught middle school art, one of the sketchbook assignments I had the kids complete was a page of doodling. They looked very much these. Bohemian Shadows blog gives a nice tutorial for this type of doodling. There are also books and workshops with the name “Zentangles” (not by Bohemian Shadows).. they coined the name which is basically just a glorified name for doodling. Anyways…. I think this year I will print out some examples for my elementary students … Read more…
