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 […]
5 Art Lessons to Help Students Explore
The Art Assignment is a great tool to give your students some guidance while also allowing for a lot of choice and differentiation. Below are some of my favorite assignments to share with students. I usually share these 5 with a class and allow students to choose from them. Narrowing it down to 5 helps […]
Exploring Revision in Art Making
As I looked over the section of Inquiry and practice, experimentation, and revision, I thought of artists, Molly Springfield. She uses a copy machine in her work, which can be a great tool to help students explore revision without worrying about making an error. Idea #1: Make a piece. Make a copy of the […]
Understanding Art Making and the Role of Material and Process
In the videos below we’ll explore examples of the role that materials and process play when making a work of art. Before we watch the first video, grab your sketchbook and something to write with. I’m going to set a timer for one minute, write down as many materials to create art with that you […]