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An interview with Janet Fish that includes reflections on her art studies, painting classes, and discussions about good and bad art.

Lily Seika Jones was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1989. She was raised in Vancouver, Canada where she attended the University of British of Columbia and comple

This week’s episode is all about bringing more ease and simplicity into your art practice. From taking up an art challenge to doing little jobs for your future artist self - there’s bound to be something in there that will help you to keep the creative mojo going!

Creative Writing Worksheet – Make Trouble (PDF) The trouble with writers is that they’re sometimes too nice to their characters. Unfortunately, while this is admirable practice in real life, it hardly makes for a good story. Use this worksheet to brainstorm ways to make the worst case scenario even worse. It’s character-building stuff! Tweet:“Make trouble…

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso Art therapy is a broad term used to refer to the practice of creating as a way

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On a page of an old book you draw any object and choose some word in order to create a little poem… You’ll be surprised to discover what is hidden in a page. Do you have three minutes?…

Madrid-based artist and photographer Pablo Thecuadro uses fashion editorials, some photos shot by himself some shot by other photographers, to create something new. He crafts abstract art by cutting given picture composition digitally as well as physically and in this way builds an extraordinary imagery. Thecuadro breaks away from viewing habits in fashion industry and […]

An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.

Emotions exist in the body- but how? This printable emotion sensation feeling wheel helps individuals match common emotions with the physical sensations that most often match those feelings.

Selected pages from the Spätgotisches Musterbuch des Stephan Schriber, a manuscript which appears to be some kind of sketchbook, belonging to a fifteenth-century monk working in South-West Germany, where ideas and layouts for illuminated manuscripts were tried out and skills developed.

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I LOVE saving figurative language until June - it's such a fun language unit ... and perfect for our "dreaming of summer brains". We finished up our EQAO testing mid week, and this onomatopoeia activity was the perfect break from testing. How fun is that??? Students chose two contrasting colours - one for the background and one for the word and border "bursting out of the page". They also needed newspaper (cut just a fraction smaller that the "bursting out of the page border" and glued the newspaper on top. They glued their word on top of that (we had brainstormed a lot of onomatopoeia words, but for some reason most of them chose SPLAT for their word). I also had them do a little shading under their letters for that little extra POP (see, I know some onomatopoeia words, too). ;) I had seen this awesome idea on Pinterest and followed it back to Artisan des Arts. Her examples are FANTASTIC!! We also wrote simile poems this week. I found a little template HERE for the students to use for their rough copies. When students were finished their templates, I had them write out their good copies, and illustrate a few lines with a small image. I hung these up, too ... LOVING our bulletin board switch up ... even this late in the school year!!! (I have two of these "smART class" bulletin boards side by side in the classroom. 15 more school days left ... I think I can ... I think I can ... Happy Friday!!!

Artist and designer Seth Clark attended art school in Providence, RI and now lives in a row house in Pittsburgh, where he creates place-based drawings and collages of buildings in various states of…

Lily Seika Jones was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1989. She was raised in Vancouver, Canada where she attended the University of British of Columbia and comple

An online archive of digitized knitting magazines lets you flip through pages looking for patterns and helpful articles, from 1800 to the present.

Fifty Dank Memes For Lovers Of Ancient History - Funny memes that "GET IT" and want you to too. Get the latest funniest memes and keep up what is going on in the meme-o-sphere.

Меня на фейсбуке попросили рассказать про вот эти ботинки Рудольфо Валентино (ниже на фото). Я решила: а почему бы и нет? Ведь все новое - это хорошо забытое старое, на подиум снова вернулись предметы одежды и фасоны викторианской эпохи. Так что, самое время вспомнить популярную модель обуви…

You may wonder why arts are important in school. As a fellow "theater kid" and "chorus geek," I will tell you why and hopefully educate you.

I was grew up in Los Angeles, not too far from what was once Immaculate Heart College (IHC). Perhaps one of the biggest legacies of IHC is Sister Mary Corita, better known to many as Corita Kent, artist-activist and chairperson of the IHC art department from 1951-1968. Do you know about Corita Kent? In her own […]

Hello all! I have truly been neglecting this blog in light of Instagram. I use Instagram as my daily art room journal, so if you enjoy se...

Instead of kicking it off with the tired old standby the “What I did over summer vacation” essay, why not try an activity that is a little more original?

Lily Seika Jones was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1989. She was raised in Vancouver, Canada where she attended the University of British of Columbia and comple

USB Arduino Morse Code Key: Ever wanted to type on a computer with a morse code key or to learn/teach morse code? You are on the right page! For my other projects, check out my website calvin.sh

As long as humanity has had beliefs in a higher power, the use of magic, spells, curses, and incantations have featured widely across cultures. A number of influential texts or ‘grimoires’ (textbooks of magic) were developed over the centuries, many of which became the books of choice for secret societies and occult organizations that endured well into the twentieth century.

These poems have given me the needed words that I could never find to speak myself.

This was an after school program that I put on for kids. (See all my kids' programs here! )

One of the best ways for a student to connect with art is through the narrative in art. Learn tips on how to teach art appreciation using story.

We have emerged from the geological epoch of the Holocene into a new epoch designated as the Anthropocene.

Boggle is such a great game for pattern recognition and spelling. You can even get a little math in there with the scoring. Kids (and adults) love it! Here is a template you can use with your class. The color version is for using with your document camera, while the grayscale version is perfect for ... Read More about Boggle Template: Make a New Game Each Time!

Neurographic Art has been a hit the past couple of years in middle school art rooms across the country! This mindful, intentional mark-making drawing method provides students with lots of freedom, …

According to Grant Snider, "genius" is: 1% inspiration, 29% perspiration, 5% improvisation, 8% aspiration, 7% contemplation, 15% exploration, 13% daily frustration, 11% imitation, 10.9% desperation, and 0.1% pure elation.

WHen we know what we’re up against…we can stand up and fight with The Lord’s Strategy! The Enemy’s Strategies by Priscilla Shirer/ Illustrated by Sue Carroll Click on the im…

Creative Writing Worksheet – Scene Writing (PDF) Here is a worksheet I needed to write for myself this week! Often when you create an outline, you know what needs to happen when, but not necessarily how the action should unfold, or in what way you should relate it. This worksheet will help you brainstorm some…

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