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 […]
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 […]
I love this book! I picked it up at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, TX. This is the best book I’ve ever seen for kids on how to draw faces. It contains 27 lessons on how to create faces of all sorts using many different techniques. It starts out demonstrating the […]