How to Bring Your Creative Book Idea to Life
I talk to a lot of people that have dreams of writing a book, but that’s where the dream ends, because they don’t feel like pitching publishers, but also find the steps to figure out how to self-publish overwhelming. That was me. Until, I committed to figuring it out, and now 10 books later, I’m […]
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 […]
How to Create and Use an Idea Generation Chart
Adding Constraints When you’re trying to solve a problem or develop an idea, it can help if you add constraints. Constraints focus your thinking and can speed up the ideation process. Some examples of constraints are time, materials, or size. You can also use constraints to stretch and shrink the problem you’re trying to solve. […]
How to Use Word Association to Generate Ideas
You might have played word association games as a kid. You say a word and think of other words that it reminds you of. Or you look at an object and think of all of the words that come to mind. Word association can be a playful game; it can also help generate ideas. Word […]
Understanding Idea Fusion
Another example of helping you to find and generate ideas is the practice of idea fusion. So what idea fusion is? It means that you are trying to take two things and explore how you can bring them together. Start by inserting one random thing and try to connect it with your idea to solve […]
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 […]
Quick Tips for Generating Ideas: What Is the Opposite?
What is the opposite? To help you generate more ideas, think of the question you’re asking or the problem you’re trying to solve and ask yourself, what is the opposite? For example, if I’m trying to come up with a name for a new puppy, my original question might be, how do I come up […]