Another school year will be starting soon, and I look ahead to creating art with kids when substituting in my friends' classrooms. It...

It's a common art lesson: close-up, enlarged flowers inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings. In this case, instead of paint,...

Second Grade Work Haiku is one of my personal favorite poetry genres, rich with images, spare of words. Teaching children to write Haiku...

Like a lot of people, I scout around on Pinterest for ideas. When I find an art activity that looks interesting, I post it to my own ...

When I was teaching art on a regular basis, I created some very simple visuals to remind students that art begins with observation, that a...

Sometimes I work backward, like with this little color theory activity. One day on Facebook I came upon a free turkey-coloring page that w...

Drawing is all about seeing, and still life drawing lessons are particularly good for emphasizing the importance of careful observation. W...