The Accidental Art Teacher

Its apple season and I'm getting the Kindergarteners into the swing of things.  This week I used paint and cut apples to make some sim...

This is my fourth year teaching art, and I have expanded/grown every year. I started with just the K-2 room and concentrated on a  lot of ...

It's begining to feel a bit Autumnal, and eventhough many public schools started a week or two ago, our little school starts Thurs. Sept...

The 5th/6th grade was studying Greece, so I themed several art classes for them. This one involved the beautiful clay pots and vases (amph...

Always a crowd-pleaser, I did butterflies with the younger kids. This taught symetry, wax resist and watercolor. I had the kids fold th...

To mark St. Patrick's Day, I wanted to get away from shamrocks and leprechauns (I love those, but can only do so many art project...

I use famous artists as a gateway into a weekly art lesson frequently. This week was Gustav Klimt, a turn of the century Austrian artist mos...

Inspired a bit by the 5th and 6th grade study of medieval history, I had the kids make their own coat of arms. Similar to project I did...

As a knod to Chinese New Year, I brought in some long scroll paintings that I had purchased in China in the 1990s. I was inspired by the b...

For those Star Wars fans in my art classes. This is for you! Jeremy Messersmith - Tatooine from Eric Power on Vimeo .

The age-old question of what to do for Valentines Day? So many fun crafty things. This year I had the kids do "snowflake" Valen...

This may be an off-topic, but related post. While this did not happen in my art class, I did want to highlight the very nicely done Califo...