A little while back I posted a successful middle school  lesson I did using oil pastels and wood figures.  The high school art te...

Self-portraits! These were done by my sixth graders.  I wanted to squeeze in portraits but I was in a time crunch so I went f...

After spending a few classes on head-on portrait drawing fifth graders switched up their angle and made these Profile view Egyptian...

First grade made these super fun collages while studying about Romare Bearden's life and artwork.  Did you know he was an artist,...

 First of all, this book is SO fantastic! Frida by Jonah Winter I would read it to elementary or even middle school students because ...

We reviewed shading and making lights to mediums to darks flow with both crayon and colored pencil last week.  Before explaining ...

I had to post these- They came out so cute.  Our school has a school-wide initiative for veracious reading this year.  I thought these ...

1. Magnifying Glasses--- made from 6" paper plates, painted with the sparkly prang watercolors as an extra treat for the kids.  ...