Tulips and Daffodils Make Lovely Art Project Ideas
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I found these wonderful renderings of tulips that has inspired me to come up with a flower project for my art students. Make sure and subscribe to my Youtube channel to get the project right when it goes live.
ONE of my favorite things to do is to find art on Pinterest and to deconstruct them to allow for a student as young as kindergarten to enter into the conversation with pencil and paint.
THIS VIDEO offer a more mixed media approach to flowers:
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I found these wonderful renderings of tulips that has inspired me to come up with a flower project for my art students. Make sure and subscribe to my Youtube channel to get the project right when it goes live.
ONE of my favorite things to do is to find art on Pinterest and to deconstruct them to allow for a student as young as kindergarten to enter into the conversation with pencil and paint.
THIS VIDEO offer a more mixed media approach to flowers:
The Value of Boredom to Spark Creativity
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I love working on a series of paintings and I want to start incorporating this idea with my art students. I remember when I was younger, I read a book where the protagonist had an art teacher who instructed her students to draw an apple for 100 days in a row. I like this idea of allowing the mind to 'bore' itself into focusing on the nuances of an item. I think we underestimate the power of boredom in a child's life.
Keeping with the nature them of this post (kinda), here is a video showing you how to create a bird art journaling page - which of course can ALWAYS be created on a larger canvas.
I love working on a series of paintings and I want to start incorporating this idea with my art students. I remember when I was younger, I read a book where the protagonist had an art teacher who instructed her students to draw an apple for 100 days in a row. I like this idea of allowing the mind to 'bore' itself into focusing on the nuances of an item. I think we underestimate the power of boredom in a child's life.
Keeping with the nature them of this post (kinda), here is a video showing you how to create a bird art journaling page - which of course can ALWAYS be created on a larger canvas.
Do you Know Grumpy Cat? Kids love Him!
Are your kids as obsessed with Grumpy Cat? My daughter has a teacher who has his very own grumpy cat that he incorporates into his 4th grade class curriculum. Can I just say there are A TON of teachers in Public Schools that are doing the work SO SO WELL.
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Germany and Cuckoo Clocks and Water Lilies Kids Art Lessons
Let me introduce you to Cassie Stephens of the blog series "What the Art Teacher wore" - find her HERE
Her quest for developing young artists and create art lessons that she shares with the world is beyond inspiring. This project is a nod to my home country Germany and you know I am going to give it a go.
Here is our nod to Monet and his water lilies - Enjoy friends.
Henri Rousseau and His Jungle Adventures Or a Tour of the Rain Forest
We are always on the lookout to create art that does not HAVE to be incredibly colorful. In fact, there are times where I invite the students to practice RESTRAINT - using only 2-4 colors.
This lesson would be great for a rain forest discussion or a study on Henri Rousseau.
I have a video of our version of a snake art lesson: