How to Illustrate a Children’s book?
If you enjoy drawing, making images, or even looking at children’s books, it’s probably crossed your mind at least once, that it would be fun to create a book of your own, but then you realize all of the things that you would need to learn in order to make this happen, and move onto […]
Why You Should Experiment More
I was repotting plants and heard myself say several times, “Let’s try this.. we’ll run an experiment.” Yes, I talk to myself A LOT, but more importantly, I realized how often I tell myself that I’m running an experiment. Experiments give permission to fail When you’re doing an experiment, you have permission to fail, that’s […]
The number one mistake that you’re making when working on projects
In class one of my students asked, “my friends and I want to study art in college, but how do we know if we’ll be able to handle all of the work.” This is a really good and common question that I get from high school students, and the answer is, that you need to […]
End of the Year activities made easy
How the Bear Met the Bee is a children’s book about chance encounters. The book was written and designed both for kids to love and for parents and teachers to use as a teaching tool. The book comes with 7 activities that prompt children to draw, spell, reflect on movement, and move their bodies, making […]
10 Tips for the AP Art History Exam
Always guess: Even if you’re not sure what the answer is to a multiple-choice question, make sure that you guess, don’t leave it blank. The AP Art History exam counts up, so each question you answer correctly earns you a point. Guess a material: When responding to essay questions you may be asked to identify […]
How much time and energy do you waste trying to remember your username and password for literally EVERYTHING!? Okay, you might be confused about why I’m talking about passwords. If you’ve been hanging out with me for very long, you’re used to me talking about creativity, ideation, and advanced placement classes. Here’s the thing, to […]
Pretend you’re someone else, Find more ideas
Another activity to help you generate ideas is to pretend that you are someone else. Start by thinking of someone you believe would know how to solve your problem. Once you’ve identified someone, pretend that you are them.Imagine:How do they come up with ideas?What do they read?Where do they search for inspiration?What do they do […]
How to Prepare for AP Studio Art
I had no idea what I was signing up for. During my senior year of high school, I was convinced to switch to an AP Art course; after the class had already started, I agreed because I had no idea what the class was, but I liked making art. The course was much harder than […]
Creating with Scraps
I’m an art supply hoarder, also known as, keeping any item that seems like maybe someday, I might be able to make something with it, which is basically every piece of paper and cardboard. In an effort to stay organized and not overtake my home with scraps of paper, I’ve designated a few boxes to […]
Have You Failed this Week?
If you want to develop more ideas, you need to start creating. Often, we don’t sit down to create because we don’t have any ideas or think that our ideas are good enough. More than half of the battle is getting started and accepting that you might fail. You might do lousy work. I’m sure […]