Hey friends! I am thrilled to share a gift with you! 30 FREE vintage art prints for spring for you to download. Feel free to scroll to the bottom of this post if you wish to find them. I also want to show you exactly where you can find more free art prints, how to
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Welcome back to school! Over the summer, my husband and I played an Escape Game. If y'all aren't familiar, the concept is that you are "locked" in a room that is filled with clues to help you escape. The clues usually involve code-breaking, riddle-solving and just plain old hide-n-seek. We had so much fun that I decided to bring the concept to the art room. I thought it would be a great way to introduce my kids to the rules, routines and the space that we call the art room. It was such a blast that I thought I'd share it with y'all! As the students entered the art room, I had one kid stand at the door and pass out these small slips of paper. There were 7 different colors with about 5 of each. This year I average about 32 third and fourth graders per class so I needed to make sure I had enough for everyone. Once seated on the floor, I started this video: A whole lotta (poor) editing went into this bad boy. Apparently I forget to edit the part where I adjust my wig. AND, if you make it all the way to the end of this video, you'll catch a look of how I really felt wearing that too-tight head piece and super-sweaty pleather jacket. Regardless, the kids ATE.IT.UP. Just before I let them have at it, I read them the wee rules of the game... Now, if you're worried that the kids will get a lil to wild playing this game, I found a sure-fire trick: Tell them there are SPIES watching. I fibbed to the kids and told them that before class had started, I had pulled aside a couple of kids to be my spies. Their job was to listen and share the secrets they overheard with other teams. Oh my goodness, y'all. Those fourth graders took that so seriously it was bananaz! My only other rule was no running...I have a big room and there was A LOT of excitement. But we can't be running in the art room, y'all. Once I gave them the go-ahead, the kids immediately teamed up and went to their coordinating table. There they found this: To make things easy for myself, I made all the puzzles identical. Some kids figured out that they were just to look for the yellow heart...but my rule was that all puzzles had to be solved before moving on to the next. My favorite was when one team said, "our puzzle is too hard!"...and I'm all, "Dudes. They are all the same." Once the puzzles were solved, the kids went in search of their heart. I made sure to hide these pretty well so it was a bit like an Easter egg hunt. Once they found their box, the kids discovered the following inside: A dry erase board and marker, a decoder and a code to solve. Each of the seven boxes contained riddles which revealed the class rules. They were to solve the riddle and return to our spot on the floor with their dry erase board. Just in case you'd like to use the code feel free! The Rockin' Riddle Rules the kids solved here: have fun, be respectful, follow directions, raise your hand, take pride and be nice. They were highly engaged, that's for sure! Once everyone had their rules, I played the next clip in the video where I chat about each rule. Then we were on to a self-guided room tour complete with a back-stage pass. (Yes, we refer to the place to put our dirty paint brushes as a "hot tub". Don't judge.) I tried to think of the places in my art room where the kids would visit the most. I also came up with fun clues to help them find those places. I had specific dry erase marker colors in each spot so they couldn't just write the answers in. Also, I had them go to the places on their pass in the order listed so we wouldn't have any traffic jams. A peek at how I labeled the places and placed the markers. Where we play the Smartest Artist game. After the passes were full, we met again on the floor. In the next part of the video, I take them on a tour explaining the different places in the art room and emergency procedures. The final phase of the game was a "solo mission". Each artist was given three Post-It's and a Sharpie. They could pick from any of the six questions on my board to answer in a complete sentence. Once finished, they returned to the floor where we played a quick round of Smartest Artist before heading out the door. You.Guys. I hadn't had a chance to read what they had written until this morning. It made my day! I mean... This was only after a couple of classes had a chance to write. I can't wait to see these filled up! I plan to hang them around the school for our Open House Night. Because my focus is Peace, Love and Kindess this year, this is an important question for my kids. Their responses let me know that they KNOW the answer...we just gotta make it happen. Thank you for allowing me to share this super fun way to kick off the school year! Feel free to steal any ideas you see here. I'd LOVE to know if you do this kind of thing with your students. The kids told me that they are excited to play this kind of game again...which can only mean that this will be a new and fun way to introduce new concepts to the kids. An Elements of Art Escape Game, anyone?! YES, PLEASE!
One of England’s most versatile and inventive artists of the postwar era, Hockney became widely known in the 1960s for his vivid landscapes, domestic scenes, and intimate portraits born in California. The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 marks his third series documenting the blossoming of spring, having done his first in 2011 and the second in 2013. For this latest project, he observed the richness of the season from the bucolic surroundings of rural Normandy. Working en plein air (in the open air), he spent his days scrutinizing and recording the subtle, daily changes in the plants and light as spring emerged and took hold with all its drama and glory. The plein air approach was particularly fitting for his endeavor due to Normandy’s associations with the origin of French Impressionism. As Hockney noted, Monet witnessed and recorded 40 springs in nearby Giverny.However, unlike his Impressionist predecessors and in keeping with his long-held embrace of contemporary technology (he has used fax machines, laser photocopiers, and other 20th- and 21st-century digital instruments throughout his six-decade career), Hockney used the medium of the iPad for The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020.
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With Dot Day coming soon (September 15), I thought I would share another collaborative display that my students and I created a few years ago. For this display I decided to take Dot Day in a different direction and combine it with the amazing new book “I Am Human” by Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds. If you haven’t re
Hey friends! I am thrilled to share a gift with you! 30 FREE vintage art prints for spring for you to download. Feel free to scroll to the bottom of this post if you wish to find them. I also want to show you exactly where you can find more free art prints, how to
St. Andrews church in the cotswold village of Naunton, in the Windrush valley, Gloucestershire, England. Taken on a late Spring evening. See where this picture was taken. [?]
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Summer landscape original painting. This is an oil painting of a meadow on a nice summer day with wild flowers and trees. It is perfect for cottage decoration. 🍁 DETAILS: ● This is an ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING on a wood panel. ● Title: 'Aroma of spring' ● 100 % hand painted, not a print * If you prefer a PRINT: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1277987095 ● It is PAINTED TO ORDER in the chosen dimensions. * Your painting will be a very similar but unique recreation of the original design, the one in the pictures. *Custom sizes under request. Larger sizes than those listed can be painted on a Rolled Canvas (unstretched & unframed). Contact me! ● FRAMED (3 frame colors to choose from: brown, black or white). * It is a modest but practical frame that I include as a gift, so you don’t have to buy one. You can dispense with this gift frame and purchase the painting unframed if desired. ● READY TO HANG, hanger installed: * Smaller than 12x16’’ / 30x40 cm for WALL or TABLE (frame with back stand). * Larger than 12x16’’ / 30x40 cm (incl.) only for WALL (frame without back stand). ● Processing time is 2- 4 weeks. ● FREE & FAST SHIPPING with DHL Express, FedEx, or UPS! (2-7 days): trackable. ● I will start creating the painting once you place the order. ● You can ask for customizations! ● I will show progress pictures and a scan of the finished painting for your approval. Refunds accepted. ● Signed on the front + certificate of authenticity included. ● Varnished for vibrant colors and lasting fade protection. ● Shipped in a sturdy double layer cardboard box with bubble wrap. ➢ SIZE LIST: ∘ 8x10 ‘’ / 20x25 cm (table + wall) ∘ 9.5x12 ‘’/ 24x30 cm (table + wall) ∘ 12x16 ‘’ / 30x40 cm (only wall) ∘ 16x20 ‘’ / 40x50 cm (only wall) ∘ 20x24 ‘’ / 50x60 cm (only wall) ∘ 24x32 ‘’ / 60x80 cm (only wall) ∘ 28x40 ‘’ / 70x100 cm (only wall) ▷----- ABOUT PAINTING PROCESS: ➢ I will start the painting once you place the order. ➢ I paint to order the piece as closely as possible to the original design (the one you can see in the pictures). Note that each piece will have its own personality and brushstrokes, each one will be unique, a one of a kind painting. *You can ask for personalizations regarding colors, composition, size… ➢ We will be in contact all the time (write me whenever you want!). I will send you process pictures periodically, so you’ll know how your painting is progressing. You can ask for extra pictures or videos. ➢ I will show you a quality scan of the painting once it is finished, for your acceptance. You can propose any final modification if it is possible to do them. And of course, you can get a total refund if you’re not satisfied at all. ▷----- ABOUT PROCESSING AND SHIPPING: ➢ Processing time (painting creation) is 2- 4 weeks, depending on size, theme complexity and my workload. Once the painting is finished, it cannot be shipped immediately, but in a few days, because it will need time to dry and will also be varnished. ➢ FREE SHIPPING worldwide! ➢ Shipping time is 2-7 days for USA, UK and UE (possibly a few more days for other countries). It is shipped from Spain with DHL Express, FedEx or UPS. All packages are trackable. * For spanish customers, it is shipped via Correos or MRW. ➢ It is shipped in a sturdy double-layered cardboard box with bubble wrap. ▷----- DISPLAYING DETAILS: Smallest options (< 12x16 ‘’ / 30x40 cm) can be displayed on the wall or on a table, thanks to a backboard with a stand like photo frames. If you prefer to hang it on the wall, there’s a hanger installed too. ✔ Table-like IDEAS OF WHERE TO DISPLAY it: desktop, shelf, cabinet, console, bedside table, windowsill, fireplace, coffee table, showcase… Large options (> 12x16 ‘’ / 30x40 cm, incl.) are only for walls, hangers installed. * The appearance of colors may have slight differences from monitor to monitor. * Some of the frames shown in room pictures are not the ones included as a gift. This is for illustrative purposes, to show the painting with a custom framing. * This design is not exclusive to this painting. It can be painted to order if it is sold, or it may be recreated in future. --- I’M OPEN TO CUSTOMIZATIONS OR PERSONALIZED PAINTINGS! CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT A COMMISSIONED ARTWORK— Thanks for reading, Lucia
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