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(Above and below) This is my favorite. A 1926 envelope postmarked by an obsessive, insane postmaster, I am quite sure. Waa-haa-haaa-haa! Cl...

One of the great things about participating in & attending the Mayor's Art Show is stealing...I mean learning from....other amazing art lessons(kind of like our blog world, but in person!).  These were lessons that caught my eye as I walked through the the show.  THESE ARE NOT PIECES CREATED BY MY STUDENTS.  This is a tissue paper & construction paper collage.  It looks like a great way to have the student experience a Matisse "ish" work.  This work was created on a 12 in. x18 in. piece of paper.  This mosaic piece was created with "fun foam".  I have a lot of fun foam, but don't really use it much.  I love this idea, and might give it a try. I believe they used a tacky glue(I don't think Elmer's glue would work). This is a black glue line tempera painting.  I know that it is anything way out of the ordinary, but for some reason...it really caught my eye.  Love the colors(and it did look a bit more dramatic in person..some shading and such) I'm totally in love with this piece!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It is a glue line on black construction paper with oil pastel.  I don't usually have great success with the oil pastels and glue lines...I've had better luck with chalk pastels and glue line.  Though..I've done this with younger students, and this was done by a 4th grader.  Anyways...LOVE IT!! LOVE IT!!! LOVE IT!!! This was kind of an Eric Carle type project, but it was fetching in person!  This is a hodge podge of tissue paper, tempera paint, oil pastel!  I LOVE IT!  It makes me think of Chagall, Spanish art, Mexican art...a little bit of this and that.  Though this might look like M&M's & Skittles..its dry beans.  I'm not sure how they colored the beens, but they are beautiful! Very sold color & shiney!!!  I think this was 1st?

I hope you all will have a wonderful Valentine's Day with the special person or people in your life! Valentine's inspired me to create some ...

I like a good challenge. Even though time is limited, I simply couldn't resist taking a single chair and making it into a Puppet/ Do...

This Other Assemblage item by SaintTrash has 3 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Taylorsville, NC. Listed on Oct 28, 2024

Wooden assemblage with all sorts of recycled found objects w 12.5" x h 23.5"

If you are the kind of person who hates to waste anything that comes from your home, then you will just love this article. And then if you want to inculcate this habit in the young ones at home, have them give full freedom to their creativity and encourage them to do simple projects without involving much

Wednesday night's "Craft in America" on PBS explores how jewelry artists Robert and Dave Williamson inspire their Baldwin-Wallace College students to tell personal stories with their jewelry-making.

Vaïnui de Castelbajac - Not always easy to be a homosexual J’ai toujours été assez admirative des illustrateurs, ces mecs capables en 2 coups de crayons et 3 mots bien placés de te faire réfléchir, rire, pleurer, culpabiliser, ou voire tout ça à la fois selon le contexte. Personnellement je sais pas dessiner donc c’est réglé.…

Hey guys! Here's my round up post for the second part of the nail art challenge going on right now! I don't have time to blog every single mani so this is how I'm doing it to document my mani's! I'll keep my intro short since there's so many pics. If you missed my first section round up you can see it here! One last thing...I've noticed several new followers to my blog this week....if you just started following my blog let me know in the comments where you found me! :)  31DC2015 part two

As you know, I'm a huge fan of crafts that are print and go. No mess, no fuss - just fun! I made up these fun little robot finger puppets for the boys.

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I am absolutely thrilled to have Susi from DesignShuffle.com today as my guest blogger. Please enjoy her post about the delicious cool colors of sherbet. Welcome Susi! I'm Susi and I write as a guest blogger for DesignShuffle.com, a fabulous social media site that promotes interior designers and their work from around the world. My writing focuses on things I'm passionate about: interior design, decorating ideas, home furnishings, gardening, cooking, travel and art. I get to look at gorgeous things all day and write about them. I'm a very lucky girl. I am happy to visit Renee Rodriguez Designs for...

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Not much time for a detailed explanation but I saw this idea on  zamoranoarts.blogspot.com and thought it was an interesting idea on rad...

With a creative eye, the casual observer can espy characters or faces in the everyday objects all around us. French artist Gilbert Legrand takes this a step further by painting and otherwise modifying totally mundane objects to turn them into cute characters and give them new life. Hopefully, Legrand's wildly imaginative creations will help you find the fun characters hidden all around you!