Helping Children Bridge the Fact/Value Split This painting is part of the beautiful collection of Dutch golden-age paintings at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. Not only is it lovely, it’s allegorical. Allegorical paintings are my favorite pieces in any museum. They do something daring! They bridge the chasm […]
I found this really great pop-art piece by artist, Walt Curlee. I loved the colors and the simplicity of the design. It’s not always easy finding inspiration for my young artist, but this was perfect. I printed out a sample of the piece as a guide. He picked out the […]
This is a simple illuminated letter project I’m doing with my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade artists. I had a difficult time finding plain, blank fill-in letters so I made my own in Microsoft Word. The font is Engravers MT at font size 450. ***Be sure and like my […]
Maybe it’s because of the drought. Or maybe it’s because we didn’t fertilize last spring. Whatever the reason, the trees around our house still haven’t started turning colors yet and it’s almost Thanksgiving! I decided to let my young artist create some fall colors of her own to use in […]
Two cardboard boxes from the garage became the framework for our home-made puppet theater. I used a knife to cut out the opening on one side of the top box, and then taped up one of the flaps in back. I think the photos do a better job of explaining […]
Super Art Friday is back! Sadly, I haven’t done much art with my middle two in the last few months due to so many doctors appts. for our tiny dude, but I’m determined to make time for art again. It’s always one of the highlights of my week! And besides, ART makes you […]
Here’s another fun art book for children that we’ve enjoyed over the years. I Spy Two Eyes, by Lucy Micklethwait is a great introduction to fine art for the very young. It also teaches counting from 1-20. There are many different styles of art between 1 and 20, with lots of […]
After a grueling week of speech preparation and competition, I was ready to get back to quiet activities at home. My daughter was recently given these lovely roses by her grandfather. We don’t have fresh flowers around the house often, so whenever we do have them, we use them for drawing practice […]
We saw some daffodils in the grocery store and my daughter thought they were so pretty. We decided to go home and paint some! First we looked at some pictures of daffodils on the internet and practiced drawing the basic structure in our sketchpads. Next, we gathered our supplies and […]