Hi!  So remember back in the day when I started this project?!  Well it is DONE.  I actually finished months ago but, well, ya know.  Here it is…. !!
Thoughts?  I have good news about the inspiration behind the project, and that is that I finished the mini-marathon that I ran in May.  And I ran [...]

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I just added LOTS of new mini books, art, and prints to the shop… lots.
Go look! =)

Printmaking is probably one of my favorite things, and the students will be starting on this next project once they get back from spring break so I’ve been working on my example.  We are trying to get them to think more conceptually, and to really approach this project as if they are artists (up until [...]

Okay, time for my paper sculptures WRAP UP.  To refresh your memory, this was my example to show the kids:

The original image, and then a reinterpretation based on a chosen artistic style (they learned about impressionism, post-impressionism, and those crazy Fauves.)  Mine was focused on post-impressionism and specifically, pointilism.  Yeah.  PARTY.
Okay so here are a [...]

Okay, I know, all I do is talk about my drawing students.  And my 2D students.  But I also have ceramics students, and those classes have been a HUGE challenge for me.
Now, that challenge is not in the behavior of the students (though generally, the kids who sign up for ceramics are not at all [...]

Lately I have been spending a ton of time working on a tessellation project for my Intro to 2D kids.  I’m almost finished with it, but I will show you the progress photos up until where they are now.  Then I’ll show you the rest once I’m done.
I went with a dinosaur image because it’s [...]

Remember when I was showing off the Opposition Project that my Drawing 2 students did, and I brought up the problem of grading late work?
Well a couple of my late workers got their drawings in so I wanted to go ahead and share those too =)  They are two extremely talented girls so of course [...]

This is the first display I set up in my classroom!  My kids did a project on Architecture & Color… which means they had a LOT to learn (this is their first art class.)  We covered color theory, basic photoshop & photography tips, drawing, AND painting just for one little project.  They probably have no [...]

My Intro to 2D class is going to start a paper sculpture project later this week, & I thought I’d share the example I made here.  I decided to make a seahorse and I put him in an underwater scene (seaweed, bubbles, starfish, and a school of fish all included!)
I painted paper with watercolors, then [...]

Oh my gosh… you have to check out these photos.  A photographer named Tom Storm captured images of world landmarks in BUBBLES.  I can only imagine how many bubbles and shots it must have taken to get each one perfect.
I love this one of Chicago…

“In the beginning of most any artistic pursuit, specific themes and [...]