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Category Archives: personal artwork

Art Teacher Blog Directory

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A collage featuring a girl looking at abstract and colorful shapes with illustrations of buildings and a rubber duck.

Are you looking for more ART IDEAS? Did you know there is an Art Teacher Blog Directory on Art is Basic?  There are currently 263 art teacher blogs listed.  You can spend hours just looking through these links and seeing all the wonderful things happening in art classrooms around the world. Have you added YOUR blog to the directory?  I know there are some new bloggers out there who have just started writing about their classrooms this year.  And because … Read more… →

NAEA Session Handouts

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A colorful patchwork painting featuring a peacock, paisley patterns, ladybug, butterfly, teddy bear, and various designs.

Are you bummed because you didn’t get to go to the NAEA Conference this year?   Did you go to the conference and miss a session you wanted to see because you were busy scoring free samples?   Have you never heard of the NAEA conference and want to know what kinds of things go on there?   The session handouts are up on the NAEA website.  So, if a presenter uploaded their session powerpoints or handouts they are there.  It’s a great … Read more… →

Be Inspired!

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Colorful, abstract artwork with the words "Be Inspired" and various whimsical designs, flowers, and shapes to fuel inspiration.

Art teachers:  Do you take time out of your busy week to make your own artwork?  Do you make it a priority?  Even though I’m not creating gigantic masterpieces, I really try to squeeze in some of my own art journaling and playtime.  It keeps me inspired to teach art.  It keeps me happy.  It relieves stress.  So pick up your paints and markers and make something that is not just a classroom example.  Make something that is just for … Read more… →

It’s all good…

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Fire trucks and firefighters are outside a residential house on a good, sunny day. Trees line the street.

It’s all good… Even though my car got totaled this week…. Yes, that’s totaled.  Even though it doesn’t look like that much damage, apparently the cost to fix it is more than the car is worth.  The other person did not have insurance.. or even registration for the car… or matching license plates… Monday I stayed home from school because our daycare provider called in sick. While I was at home with my daughter on Monday, 5 firetrucks zoomed down … Read more… →

Think.

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Stack of colorful sketchbooks and notebooks with vibrant drawings and doodles on a table, inspiring creative minds to think.

I realized I hadn’t shown some of my personal artwork in awhile.  I make art-like things.  A lot. Here is a reminder for you.  It’s very important to do this: Also,  I want to say this to you,  for reading my blog: Sunflowers are my favorite flower of them all.  How about you? I really really love doodling.  with watercolors.  doodling with paint is just the best.    Is your heart full of:  ? If not, you need to go … Read more… →

Girls Night Out

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Three colorful glass pendants: a yellow duck on the left, a red flower in the center, and a red heart on the right.

The other weekend, I went out for a Girls’ Night Out at our local paint your own pottery place.  They also do glass fusing, which I excitedly tried for the first time.  It was a blast!  We were able to bring our own wine and snacks and we all decided we were going to go back for another night out.  This is something we could actually do at my school with our kiln.  I just have to figure out temperature … Read more… →

How many blogs do you follow?

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An abstract painting with colorful, swirling patterns and shapes, including white ovals with black dots and lines, invites viewers to follow its intriguing design.

Did you know google reader has a maximum number of blogs you can follow? Did you know the maximum is 300 blogs?  I reached 300 blogs that I’m following and had to cut some out.  So, anyone who doesn’t post frequently unfortunately I had to stop following.  Google reader makes it so easy to follow blogs and get them in a nice straightforward feed.  How many blogs do you follow? It is Spring Break now!  My baby Daria is sitting … Read more… →

Collage Suggestion

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A vibrant collage showcasing various butterfly illustrations and mixed media materials.

One fun thing to try is to photocopy your artwork in black and white and then cut and paste pieces of it onto a collage.  Use paints on top to embellish it. Stage 1: Stage Two:   During the next stage, I am going to lay translucent paper on top and then print out a photo on painted paper as a final layer.  Hopefully that will tie everything together.

Work from my own little studio

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Colorful, abstract painting with vibrant circular patterns on a green background with black dots, created in a cozy little studio.

 The background is painted with watercolor paints.  I cut out circles from magazines and from photocopies of my own artwork.  Then I glued them to the paper and doodled around them and on top of them with Prismacolor Markers and Paint Markers.  The background is map-like with the blue and green (water and land).  I was reading a book called “You are Here:  Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination”   which intrigued me. 

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