

Happy Halloween!
Inspired by modern Japanese artist Korehiko Hino's Surreal portraits, my students studied the principle of design EMPHASIS as they...


Autumn Still Life Drawings
I am somewhat a formalist when it comes to teaching art. I enjoy building my students' observation /technical drawing skills through...


Mini-Project: Op Art
As my students are finishing up their 3D plaster letters my room becomes overloaded with half-done plastered pieces everywhere and while...


7th grade LOVEs Indiana-inspired letters
My 7th grade students love these Robert Indiana-inspired 3D forms that they make using the initials of their first name. We discuss...


Snapchat Selfies
Engaging my apathetic 8th graders is always a challenge, especially when it comes to building on skills that they do NOT like... like...


Attack of the Humans!
For some reason I catch myself super excited to post about my 6th grade every week. Maybe it's because I haven't taught 6th in a while...


Too Cool For School (Ta Moko Tattoo Designs)
Sometime you get a group of kids that are just too cool for school. They think that they've reached a certain age and that they have...


Move over, Carlos, There's a new Cake boss in town
My 6th grade students were busy this week building triangular prisms out of cardboard and manipulating materials to create Wayne...