Monday, January 17, 2011
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Forms, Earth, and STEM - The Week in Review - Good morning from Maine where it is still dark as I draft this blog post. In fact, it will be dark for at least another hour. The late sunrise is the only...
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Endangered Species Prints - This was a popular lesson with my 7th graders. They learned about Andy Warhol's Endangered Species prints and researched the Endangered Species Act before ...
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Scratch Art - Good old classic Scratch Art! Mess free, fun to do, pretty results! I ordered a pack of both rainbow and solid coloured scratch art paper. They come wi...
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Fall Leaf Art Lessons - Now feels like a great time to revisit a couple of my favorite fall leaf art lessons. Links below Watercolor Leaf Experiments A great lesson ...
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One pumpkin, four materials - You need: 1. drawing sheet 2. color pencils 3. watercolor paint 4. oilpastels 5. soft pastels Fold the sheet in four. Draw 4 pumpkins....
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Storage Solutions | What to do with Your Students Finished Artwork - The end of October means that you’re moving full speed ahead, nose to the grindstone and the artwork is piling up. Your time is split between so many thi...4 days ago
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Small Boxes of Personality - Inspired by the weird box of boxes I hoarded over the years and saved from the giant purge of our old art classroom, I started the year with this quick war...
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Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos Art Project - This year during Latinx Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) I will be teaching my 3rd graders about Frida Kahlo and her many pets. It is a good remind...4 weeks ago
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7 Secrets to Success for Using Oil Pastels with Kids - Your K-8 students can create stunning works of art by following these secrets to success for using oil pastels. Kids love the clear, bright colors of oil p...5 weeks ago
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CelluClay FaceVase - This was a really fun collaboration with ActÃvia! Be sure to click on this link for steps to making your own FaceVase as well as a video.
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Finally – Happy 30th Birthday TLPS - So much has happened in the world since I retired from teaching Visual Arts at Taylors Lakes Primary School. I returned briefly to help the Grade 6 stud...2 months ago
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Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Fro Yo Sandwiches - Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Fro Yo Sandwiches2 months ago
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Printmaking at home with household items - Printmaking often involves lots of MATERIALS – from brayers, to printing inks, to pieces of lino, to carving tools, printing presses, the list goes on. T...3 months ago
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Join A Mighty Kids Art Camp This Summer! - Boredom is no fun for anyone, especially creative kids! That’s why I created the Mighty Kids Art Camp Series for busy parents who want their kids to be cre...3 months ago
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Pandemic Selfie Portraits - I decided to end this year of middle school drawing with Portraits. I already knew several students were good at drawing them and wanted to give these a...
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K-5 Embroidery - spring ‘21 - We have been stitching up a storm this spring in all grade levels. My youngest artists start out with plastic needles, burlap, and yarn to sew a running st...6 months ago
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Failure to impress at the Bahrain Grand Prix F1 race in 2021, this said Mick Schumacher - Haas team racer, Mick Schumacher, opened his voice after failing to impress at his debut race in Formula 1 (F1) Bahrain GP, Sunday (28/03/21). Mick S...6 months ago
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Lek Jeyifous digital landscape resources - Choose one photo to use as your digital landscape collage. Save it to your device, so you can use it as the background for your work in Google Slides. ...
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Submit Your Work: Draw Your #TrueSelfie Challenge - Let’s celebrate diversity! The newest challenge over at Doodle Addicts is to draw yourself, whether it be a spot-on representation or a more creative and...11 months ago
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Dahlia's around the lamp post - After a very hot summer my Dahlia's are in full bloom. This photo was taken at the end of September.
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SchoolArts Collection: Early Childhood - Do you teach young children in your classroom? If so, you need this book, *SchoolArts Collection: Early Childhood*, with lessons for early childhood to s...
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Take A Journey Through Art - A reflection - *Take A Journey through Art * *Utah Youth Art Month Flag for 2020Designed by Callie Sweeten, a senior at Timpanogos High School*"Take a Journey through Ar...
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For all ages: Andy Goldsworthy - Andy Goldsworthy: Land Art Please see my video below for a fun new lesson. This one will be sure to keep you on your toes and get you outside and enjoying...
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Painting with coffee! Baby bobcat - Here is a super fun drawing activity you can paint with instant coffee! Materials: You will need some instant coffee, paint brush, water, sharpie 1. put t...
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Art At Home - View this post on Instagram Keep sharing your #athomeart and #staycreative ! I love these #rock paintings that spread some color and joy by a @waitsfield...1 year ago
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Distance Learning Videos to Share! - Here's a sneak peek of my "In the Art Room" videos created for distance learning! Please use them to share ideas, adopt a lesson to make it your own, or...1 year ago
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Live Art Class #8- Bunny Doodles! - I hope you will join me Monday morning on my Facebook Page!
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In the News: How a Stay-at-Home Mom Filled a School with Art - The post In the News: How a Stay-at-Home Mom Filled a School with Art appeared first on Meet the Masters.1 year ago
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Prints, 5th Grade - These prints were made by my fifth graders. Students carved into styrofoam and printed it four times. This is the first year that I allowed them to expe...
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DragonWing Arts Students 'Discover' Treasure! - Our theme for the fall DragonWing Arts session was Discover! My five students (two 3rd graders, one 4th grader, one 5th grader, and one 6th grader) did t...
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Breaking Rules - Contemplating impending retirement, I revisit works of art created by so many students over the years. What a complete joy and privilege to nurture and wi...
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New Season, New Website, and New Blog Look! - *Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada I)*, *Girls in a Garden at Cherry Blossom Time*. Triptych, color woodcut on paper, 14 5/8" x 30 3/8" (37.2 x 77.1 cm overa...
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10 Watercolor Artists to Inspire Your Students - When it comes to teaching watercolor, do you feel confident about pushing your students’ work to the next level? Do you have your students split their pa...2 years ago
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Postmodernism in Film - Wow, its been a long time since i've posted here. The real reason is that I really don't read blogs too much anymore - perhaps you don't either. I've been...2 years ago
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My students amaze me!! - My students have been creating such amazing work! They amaze me every day. I’ve been wanting to share more about my art rooms, and I will, because great th...2 years ago
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New ART BLOG Link - Dear Followers, I will no longer be updating this blog — my retirement is now my full time job! The new art blog link can be found here: Mrs. Chmura’s Art...3 years ago
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Aboriginal Inspired Yarn Paintings - This year's theme for NAIDOC Week is 'Because of Her, We Can!' My Year 5 students created these yarn paintings inspired by the paintings of indigenous Wes...
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Harga pH Meter Air Minum - 1. Apa Itu pH Meter 2. Jenis pH Meter Dari Objeknya: a. pH Meter Air Minum, Air Laut, Kolam Renang, Tambak b. pH Meter Tanah c. pH Meter Laboratorium 3. Jeni...
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Heather Hansen inspired project - I talked to my 3rd graders about Heather Hansen and her art then they gave it a try. I loved how focused they were. We discussed symmetry had how to make ...3 years ago
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The Art Room Transformation (Version 11.0) - I started teaching 11 years ago & I am a follower, not a leader. It's hard for me to give my two cents because I always want to go back and edit myself. I ...
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Ask the Art Teacher - I recently had the honor of being interviewed by Mark Rode, the man behind the IG account @oxbow_creek_elementary_art Mark has a new blog called "Ask the A...
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Houses - I have been busy painting our new school crests. There are to be hung up in our main entrance. Recently our school leaders attended the Ron Clark Academy...
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Positive Text Designs with Marker Prints - Over the summer I saw a Facebook video that demonstrated the neatest marker printing technique using storage bags, non-permanent markers, and wat...
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Dots and Colored Stripes - With International Dot Day coming up this week I thought it might be fun for students to experiment with color and 3 different media choices. Years ago...
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4th Grade Op Art & Symmetrical Rockets - This is a project I get so many compliments on in our building and the kids are always amazed at what they can accomplish. We begin by discussing Op Art...4 years ago
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Family Responsibilities Narrative Drawings - Inspired by Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout by Shel Silverstein, first graders illustrated their family responsibilities. We brainstormed a list of chores and o...4 years ago
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Well I'm retired. - Still cleaning my room, organizing pictures to post to my ArtMakesKidsSmart Facebook page, and getting ready to settle into my new normal. I'll be subbing ...4 years ago
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Follow me on Instagram! - Due to being overwhelmed and busy all the time, I've started an Instagram account for my art room. Please follow me for daily photos and projects going on ...
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UB High School Art Exhibit - I absolutely love attending art shows. High schoolers always BLOW me away with their talent! Here are a few photos of the talent being showcased in WNY. Ta...
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The Sumi Ink Club Visits The University of Florida - (view slide show) During the last week in February 2017, the UF School of Art and Art History hosted the Sumi Ink Club as part of its Spring 2017 Visiting ...4 years ago
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Beautiful Oops! - This was our very first project this year. The kids arrived into the classroom and there were papers with PURPLE SPILLS all over them on their desks! What ...
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Holiday Shenanigans at School! - The teachers had a holiday door decorating contest: Here are some of my favorites... Meanwhile in the art room...Second graders are working on ...
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Creative Creature Lesson - [image: creative-creature-lesson-plan] Looking for an engaging observational drawing lesson? This creative creature art experience is one of my favorite...4 years ago
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Dia de los Muertos: Calavera Prints - Block printing is very much like a handmade stamp. You carve a design into the material of your choice and you can use it over and over again. Block prin...
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Sleepyhead Designs Studio blog changes to Stacy Spangler Art - Hello Friends! Trying to staying positive, but my old blog www.sleepyheaddesignsstudio.com will be forever gone as of August 23. I will still have a blog t...
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Painted Paper has moved - Painted Paper in the Art Room has moved. Here is our new location! www.paintedpaperart.com5 years ago
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Emily's Book - I am so proud of my daughter Emily who helped me start this blog and wrote the poems in the lesson Drawing - Illustrating poems. Her book, *The Dragon Be...
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Teacher Appreciation Week 2016 - It was no small feat to try and top last year's Wall of Thanks for teacher appreciation...but I think we did it! I present to you... I had my fourth ...
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Many Moons and Mentors... - For my last post, many moons ago, I shared about the importance of connecting, responding, presenting and creating, all components of the standards but als...
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Symmetry - Second grade students have been studying symmetry. We created symmetrical Ming Vases based on a lesson from Miriam at http://arteascuola.com/. First stude...
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Scholastic Teacher a Valuable Resource - * I wanted to share some pretty awesome news from Scholastic! They have relaunched their Instructor magazine! Now they are the new and improved Scholast...
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I'm back! ...Sort of. - I thought I'd stop by here in case anyone happened across the blog, or subscribes to the blog, to mention that I'm a presenter at this year's IAEA Conferen...6 years ago
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Oh the stories I tell - I am not sure any of you know this but I tell some great stories toy students. And of course all my are true. Well of the stories I told student in the ...
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Changes = New Blog location - Please visit Art With Mrs. G! for new blog content. I've consolidated this blog with that website.
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#RHSforNepal - Social media can be used for good! - Last week my middle school students created and learned about the significance of Tibetan prayer flags. After becoming educated about the severity of the...
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Shape and Texture - Junior kinders made shape and texture pizza today. We taled about shapes used on pizza and we talked texture, both real and implied. Next the used yarn, ...
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Henna Hands - Fourth graders created these scratch art hands as part of a unit on the art of India. They looked at images of henna hands and henna designs for inspirati...6 years ago
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Collaborative Circle Weaving - Using cardboard looms all 6th-8th grade art students created two small circle weaving for a permanent collaborative installation in the library. Most of ...
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Watercolor Henna Hands - Fifth grade students are creating Henna Hands using watercolor and wax resist. We began this lesson by discussing the following questions: How do we dec...
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Class tree - This new variation on an well known project was created by the 7th graders with guidance of my colleague. More on the Dutch blog: http://tekenlesjes....
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TWITTER - If you have a TWITTER account, make sure to follow the LAKE FOREST LOUVRE @LFESlouvre
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New blog! - So it seems that MMSD isn’t fond of WordPress so I am officially switching my WordPress blog over to this BlogSpot format. Everything remains except the we...7 years ago
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Apps in the Art Room - Recently I was lucky enough to purchase two ipad minis from Donors Choose. The parents at my school, as well as friends and family, made this purchase poss...
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Tunnel Book Fun with 8th grade - I wanted my 8th graders to create a dimensional tunnel book based on a favorite story or scene. They began by folding two side panels like an accordion....
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Construction Begins - Our 4th grade class has started construction on their Pop Art paper mache sculptures. We studied the work of Claus Oldenburg and then sketched out our id...
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art.abroad - *2013 has come and gone and I didn’t post a single entry.* I took many pictures of student work, of bulletin boards, of (fully clothed) life drawing with s...
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It's been a long, long, loonngg time! - I realize that it has been quite a few months since I have posted, I am not entirely sure where the time has gone! My school is bigger than ever (officiall...
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New Camtasia 8 book is out - New or intermediate user of Camtasia Studio and want a book to keep on hand to answer your technical questions? This is a great book for you. This book i...
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VAEA 2013 ~ Electives! In Elementary - I just attended the VAEA 2013 Professional Development Conference in Falls Church. It was only about 45 minutes away but I was able to get my school to pay...7 years ago
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International Dot Day Lesson Ideas - Our school is participating in International Dot Day this year! Students from all over the world come together on September 16th each year to celebrate t...
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I am computer-less!!!!! - It seems that I am extremely hard on my school issue HP laptop. I dropped it off with the techie wizards this morning and the message I got back from one o...8 years ago
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Art on the Move is Getting a NEW LOOK! - *Art on the Move is Under Construction! Please be patience while I figure out how to get this all working! *8 years ago
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Elements of Art Handout and The smARTteacher - I try my best to stay up to date on the best way to stay connected with other art teachers. I follow many teachers on Pinterest and look at lots of the ...
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About Pixels and Paintbrushes - Pixels and Paintbrushes is the technology and art blog from Karen Bosch from 2010 – 2013. We are planning the archive the posts from those years at this s...8 years ago
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Dance and Theatre Credentials – Coming Back??? - Let’s hope this will come to fruition – California with dance and theatre credentials to identify qualified teachers! Just had to share the link to a recen...8 years ago
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New Etsy Site! - *Eleven Skies Studio * FINALLY I have it up and running! My long awaited etsy shop. I have dreamed about getting it going for years and now I finally hav...
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Visiting Dryden Elementary Art Program with Tricia Fuglestad - On Friday, March 22nd, I had the rare opportunity to leave my classroom and go visit another. Our school art program is in year one of the three year curr...
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Google Reader! WAAAAHHH! - Apparently, I am a day late on the news, but I just read when I checked google reader that it will be shutting down as of July 1st! HOW are you planning to...
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Update - It's been awhile but I figured I should probably update this to reflect what I've been up to recently. Just after getting married in 2011, my wife was told...
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I've Moved! - Hi, this is Anna and I am so excited to tell you that Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education is now hosted on Wordpress. Just click here! Please c...8 years ago
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The art room is no more... and I am no longer the art teacher... - The art room is now an empty shell. It will house in 2013, 2 Year 1 classes and the art room will be relocated. Over the past 23 years of my teaching ca...
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3D Paper Scrolls - *NCCS High School* I found this great lesson here, and I thank Miriam for sharing it. My students enjoyed the lesson very much. I enjoyed it because it...
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First Grade, Lesson 2: Line Review - This lesson is a lot of work in the beginning, but is visually stunning in the end. The students are reviewing the art element: Line. Additionally, they ar...9 years ago
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Thank you.... - Saying goodbye to FACA… Three weeks after turning in my resignation to The Falcon Academy of Creative Arts, words can’t begin to express all that I will ...9 years ago
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Integrating Music & Art - It began with a single idea...to teach the art of Romare Bearden to my fourth graders. As I researched Romare's life, a major theme bega...
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Kandinsky watercolor - round two - This is my second year trying to do Kandinsky inspired watercolors. Last year for this lesson http://applesloveorangespdx.blogspot.com/2011/02/color-and-co...
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4th Grade Monet Lily Ponds - I love Claude Monet. I love teaching students about him and his art work. I came up with the idea to paint a Monet lily pond from an inspiring post fro...
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isn't is surreal? - I cannot imagine how it is March already. This year is just blowing by and with so many things happening, changing and being busy there does not seem to b...
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Hello, again. - Well, I have been really busy with my new life after college. And I've finally gotten around to updating my blog. Shame on me for not keeping up with it. A...
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Hello there! - Remember me? Thank you so much for your inquiries. I have had numerous e-mails wondering where I have been! You all are very kind to ask. I recently took a...9 years ago
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5th Grade: Figure Drawing–Structure - In class today I decided to prepare 5th grade for a painting project that will focus on having figures in their picture. The website below was a great...
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“Woman in a Hat” - 2nd Graders did observational drawings based on the Picasso print “Woman in a Hat with Pompoms and a Printed Blouse” They did not draw with pencil first. T...9 years ago
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Welcome Naramata Folk! Bienvienue! - As you can see, I have not updated this blog in a long while.. since about last year's trip to Naramata, actually! However, I wanted to give you a brief p...
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Here's a video about Artsonia....FYI - Thanks to Brunswick Acres Art. I grabbed this video off of their awesome website.
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Kindergarten - Playing with Primaries - The kindergartners love painting! This week they really practiced washing their brushes well between colors. While they've had fun mixing paints in the pas...
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FRUSTRATED - I have given up on trying to move this blog onto my new account without losing followers and my place in cyber space. I am adding my art blog to my persona...
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Blue + Yellow = FUN - I was not exactly sure what the lesson of the day was going to be with my second graders. They are such a wonderful class and easily go with my impromptu i...
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White House.Gov Showcases Videos on Arts Education Champions - As part of the Obama Administration's Champions of Change, Winning the Future Across America initiative, a series of videos have been posted on Whitehouse....10 years ago
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migrated to www.danchina.net - Please note this blog has been moved to www.danchina.net . All the contents here have been transferred so please revise any links.Filed under: Uncategorized10 years ago
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Farewell :'( - This has been quite the journey as my first year teaching. The kids are amazing and I couldn't have ask for a better group. Although they weren't always pr...
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