We made Mandalas in Fifth grade to reiterate some radial design/balance info and complex patterns and repetition.  I included a little of th...

Notan Design! It's a classic fourth grade art project. Isn't it? I have never once in my many years of teaching ever taught Notan...

I started teaching wine + paint events in June of 2014.  When I was prepping for my first 30 person adult party, I kept thinking I had to ke...

This project goes waaaaaaay back to the days of my undergrad back at EIU.  I remember attending a workshop at the Tarble Arts Center  where...

I picked up the idea of giving each student the same materials and seeing what they could do with it from another art teacher.  It was one o...

I love to teach fifth graders how to mix analogous colors with colored pencils.  Every kid can do an amazing job and they are always prou...

I designed an entire art unit around an episode of Dr. Who. When I saw Season 5, Episode 10 of Dr. Who,  Vincent and the Doctor,  I imme...

I set up centers in my classroom at the start of the 2012-2013 school year.  This year I began implementing differentiated independent proje...

My fifth graders have " project boxes " in the art room.  It's purpose is to hold their sketchbook and any "in progress...