Pinterest Perfect
Use pinterest to grow your following and promote your business. Practice these simple tips to using pinterest to promote services and products. Perfect for beginners. Running your own business and selling your products online isn’t as easy as it sounds. You know that you make great work, and that your services can change people’s lives, […]
Why you need to embrace your strengths and forget your weakness
“The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.” – Eugene Delacroix We spend a lot of time… too much time actually… talking and thinking about what we’re not good at, and we do the same with kids and students. When talking to parents I often hear, my child isn’t good […]
3 Ways to see how creative you really are.
Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable. William Pollard Creativity isn’t the easiest thing to test…… as in it’s pretty darn hard to make it fit onto a scantron sheet. However, there are accurate test […]
No creative ideas in the art room
Near the end of the school year when my brain wasn’t firing at it’s highest powers, my boss somehow got me agree to go to a 5 day AP art teacher training on my summer vacation. Two weeks before leaving for this training, I couldn’t seem to imagine how I’d agreed to such a […]
Pre School kids art class
Kids summer art exploration is a series of creative mornings for your child to spend 1.5 hours at a Lancaster County art gallery while you run errands, enjoy shopping, or relax and slowly drink a cup of coffee or tea at a local cafe, sounds like dream come true right? All classes will be taught […]
A teacher’s journey to falling back in love with teaching
I’ve never been known to have a great ability to think before I speak, I open my mouth and words just start flowing. This is likely one of the qualities about me that my high school students find entertaining. Sometimes it’s a lack of a filter and others it’s blatant honesty, something that often is […]
Dear Students, What school forgot to teach you, a letter from your teacher
Dear Students, the things that we forgot to tell you while you were in school. Your test score does not define you…. in fact no one cares what you scored on the PSSA’s, Keystone, SAT, or ACT. Really after filling out your college application (if you choose to do so) no one will ask you […]
How to talk to kids about art
“Kids are not little adults. But they are professionals. Their job is to play, their job is to experiment, their job is to try different things.” Chuck Jones (the guy who drew Bugs Bunny) On a regular basis students walk up to me holding a project, drawing, or photograph in their hand and ask if […]
Do Ducks have a Penis?
Recently I read Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, it’s an interesting book that goes through the life and process of creatives. The 3 most common themes were the consumption of alcohol , caffeine, and taking walks. I’m not advocating that you start drinking heavily, instead we’re going to focus on the movement part of the […]