3 Must Read Books When Preparing for Self-Portraits

3 Must Read Books When Preparing for Self-Portraits

I wanted to share with you three books to inspire children during the creation of self-portraits. TIPS for using these books: Read a couple pages per day and focus on a unique trait or aspect of self Explore a medium – using our creativity to find objects to...
Pattern Owls

Pattern Owls

I love collage work.  For this project I gathered some of my old scrapbook papers for the children to make their pattern owls.  I made tracers out of old file folders as well.  Here's how I made the tracers: 1 large oval tracer for the body  (I had pre-cut...
Artist Study: Willem de Kooning

Artist Study: Willem de Kooning

“Light in August”  1947 In a recent museum class I taught – we explored the world of the gray scale and the work of Willem de Kooning.   We looked at several examples of de Kooning's work and identified the values lightest to darkest (the gray...
Painted Paper Flowers

Painted Paper Flowers

In my previous post, I shared how I love painted (monoprint) papers.  Here is one of the projects my class is creating with the papers.  This is a simple project that my students managed without assistance. “A Vase of Spring Flowers” How I do it: I make...