Splats, Scraps and Glue Blobs

  Up until a year or so ago, I had no idea what needle felting was. I started to pin some of these cute little sculptures on Pinterest ...

The annual Illinois Art Education Association Conference was this past Friday and Saturday. Although I have been teaching for over 18 year...

This project has been around quite a while, but it's a good one.  I used it as an introduction to the abstract artwork of Pablo Picasso...

5th Grade students reviewed line quality in a work of art while creating these  landscape paintings with Zentangle inspired lines. ...

  In my quest this year to allow students as much creative expression and freedom within the boundaries of learning outcomes I felt a new ...

By the end of Second Grade I want my students to be able to describe and draw directional lines.  I want them to be able to tell you which...

My Example More Zentangle projects -  4th Grade students at two of my schools are reviewing lines by doing some cool pumpkin drawings ...