I've been a HUGE fan of grid drawing my entire career. Starting with my elementary kids I would introduce the concept of using grids to ...

Yesterday was the deadline for submitting our evaluation proposals to admin for approval. In our district we have a 3 year wave of formal ob...

I've been using bell ringers as a soft landing / transitional time since seeing the impact it made with my cooperating teacher during my...

When it comes to introducing children to the world of abstract art, I find Paul Klee is one of the most captivating and approachable artists...

Open house is a great time to make or solidify connections with your school community. If you're in a school that doesn't have a for...

In the colorful world of art education, every stroke of paint and every sculpted form carries not just the weight of artistic expression, bu...

After my first year of elementary art teaching I noticed that students rarely filled the paper they were given. To save my meager budget I w...