Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Find the ULTIMATE Top 5 Tips for New Art Teachers to help you navigate and focus your new career teaching art to kids. Art Education is an amazing opportunity to share to young minds, but it isn’t without its challenges that comes with the job of teaching. Find the 5 best tips for new art teachers, first year art teachers, or anyone looking to become an art teacher. Watch this Vlog Episode! Listen to this Blog Post on my Podcast: Top 5 Tips for New Art Teachers I am going to share the best advice for new art teachers and tips for being ..read more

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Find the BEST Advice, Ideas, Tips, and Resources for New Art Teachers and those who are in their first year as an art teacher or are looking to become an art teacher. Being an Art Teacher can sometimes present its own challenges or difficulties so read to find some advice for traversing this amazing journey of teaching art education to kids. Watch this Vlog Episode! Listen to this Blog Post on my Podcast: The BEST Advice, Ideas, and Resources for New Art Teachers In this blog post I am going to share my best advice for new art teachers ..read more

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest This is a letter of advice to anyone who is a First Year Art Teacher from someone who has been down your path. I am going to share my tips, must-haves, and ideas for traversing the simultaneously scary and exciting path of being a first year art teacher. Watch this Vlog Episode! Listen to this Blog Post on my Podcast: A Letter to a First Year Art Teacher Your first year as an art teacher is so exciting and rewarding. I absolutely remember getting hired to make magic with kids. I spent hours preparing materials (back in a time before TP ..read more

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Find 5 Spring directed drawing tutorials to help you find art ideas for kids, drawing tutorials for spring, and to get ideas for making art in your classroom themed around the season spring. 5 Spring Directed Drawings I love when spring comes around. Where I am in the world, it means that all the leafless trees and shrubs will soon get little bright green dots and little spring bulb flowers like crocuses and daffodils. I know you are busy prepping and planning for your classroom or kids at home looking for art ideas themed around spring ..read more

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Let’s explore how artists get ideas for making art and where artists get ideas. As teachers teaching the process of making art with kids, this is an important topic to understand so the creative process can be taught to young artists. Watch this Vlog Episode! Listen to this Blog Post on my Podcast: How Artists Get Ideas for Making Art with Kids In this blog post, we’re going to explore how artists get ideas for making art with kids for the purpose that as teachers, we are guiding kids through being creative thinkers and teaching them t ..read more

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest In this art tutorial, you’re going to learn a Cool Colors Art Lesson and we’re going to learn the steps for making a Cool Color Scheme or Palette artwork of a Fish that also plays with the principle of design proportion. Grab something to draw with and your cool colors in a choice art medium: blue, purple, and green, and let’s make some art. What are Cool Colors? You might be wondering, what are cool colors? What is a cool color scheme or palette? What element of art does cool colors fall into? Cool Colors are blue, green, and purple and ..read more

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest When Valentine’s Day approaches, I know that teachers are looking for quick and easy art lessons for Valentine’s Day art for kids. Let’s explore 5 Valentine’s Day Directed Drawing Tutorials for Elementary students so that you can get Valentine’s Day Art ideas for kids in seconds and be ready to teach. Valentine’s Day Directed Drawings for Kids Let’s explore 5 Valentine’s Day Directed Drawing Tutorials for Elementary Students that require no prep and can allow you to give students the choice of picking something to draw with and something ..read more

Christmas Santa Art Project for Kids with Printable Art Lesson Plans Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Kids get pretty excited as the days inch closer to Christmas so to help them explore art making but keep them engaged, I will provide you with a simple yet effective Christmas Santa art lesson to get students exploring art making mediums with simple strategies to create an art project featuring a Santa Claus. Read on to find the steps for creating and the full art lesson and downloadable PDF lesson plan and worksheets. Materials and Hook for the Art Lesson For this art ..read more

Winter Snowman Art Project for Kids with Printable Art Lesson Plans Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest I love seeing kids make snowmen on the playground (even when they pick up rocks) so I will provide you with a simple yet effective art lesson to get your students in exploring art making mediums with simple strategies to create an art project featuring a winter snowman art project. Read on to find the steps for creating and the full art lesson and downloadable PDF lesson plan and worksheets. Materials and Hook for the Art Lesson For this art lesson, you will need a thick ..read more

Winter Snow Kitty Art Project for Kids with Printable Art Lesson Plans Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest I love teaching kids how to use soft pastels so in this art lesson tutorial I will provide you with a simple yet effective winter snow kitty art lesson to get students in your classroom exploring art making mediums with simple strategies to create an art project featuring a cute cat in the snow. Read on to find the steps for creating and the full art lesson and downloadable PDF lesson plan and worksheets. Materials and Hook for the Art Lesson For this art lesson, you ..read more