Sketchbook Prompts form Portrait Artist of the Year
I started watching Portrait Artist of the Year 2018 on Youtube. As I’m watching, I’ve been writing a few questions/prompts related to each episode. This could be a great activity for days that you have a sub, or for students to work on when they finish early. I always recommend that you preview the videos […]
How to Help Students Plan
In the field of art education, there is an ongoing debate as to whether due dates are a good or bad thing. I’ve always fallen somewhere in the middle. Meaning that students do need due dates, but that how those due dates are determined can be flexible. Sometimes the students may help to set […]
Upcycled Art Projects
This is a canvas left over from a team building activity. The activity was more about teamwork than what the finished product looked like. . This one, along with some other canvases found their way to the trashcan. I, of course, took them out. . They’ve been sitting in my closet and it’s finally time […]
Do Understand what a Product SDS Is?
If you’re teaching in a school, your home, or a local studio, you want to be sure that you understand what’s in the art materials that you, your students, and your kids are using. If you work at a school it’s likely that your school requires you to have the product SDS ( we’ll get […]
DIY Sketchbook
Most artists will agree that having a sketchbook is important. You don’t have to spend a lot of money on a fancy sketchbook. In fact, I often find the cheaper the better as you’re less worried about making mistakes and wasting money. One of the easiest ways to create your own is to […]
Are You Missing the FREE Art Supplies Delivered to Your Door?
The mail comes flying through the mail slot and hits the floor with a crash, each time I”m sure that someone just broke down my front door. As a kid, getting mail is exciting, it’s usually a pretty card, and if you’re really lucky some cash drops out as you rip into the […]
How to make your own hand-cut recycled confetti
I can’t remember what my mom and I were talking about, but she shared that she’d been collecting junk mail. She had all kinds of ideas about how she was going to use it to teach reading. This prompted me to start thinking about how to better use the FREE materials that are around […]
One Step to Become a Better Artist
Sketchbooks are wonderful tools for processing information, recording inspiration, and working out ideas. Often times, when they become precious either because of the amount of money we spent to buy them or because we’re trying to make them perfect for people to look through, we miss the whole point of a sketchbook. Your sketchbook shouldn’t […]
10 Advanced Art Lessons
If you’re anything like me, you have 20+ tabs open on your computer, all of the things that you saw, thought were interesting, and swear that you’re going to go back to. Then your computer crashes and you lose them all. For your sake, I’m hoping that you’re not like me, and don’t have that […]
5 FREE Art Lessons for Homeschoolers
If you homeschool and have kids that really love art, but you’re not sure how to guide them, here are some great ideas to get you started. Below are some of my favorite assignments to share with your kids. The 5 below are lessons that I’ve found students enjoy, while also being prompted to develop […]