Open up the photo above, and step WAY back and look at it.  Squinting a little will help.  How many colors are there?  No doubt you see tu...

  In my opinion, there is no better flower than the pansy.  The rich vibrant colors make me happy.  Each year, we plant pansies along a sl...

color spinner in progress I was so flattered to receive a phone call from the mom of one of my former students. Her 4th grade son is in ...

Compliments to all my fellow art teacher-bloggers on the beautiful classrooms you have been posting to start the year. You've all don...

In the car today, driving to Maine, we found ourselves listening to an episode of RadioLab on NPR. The show was about one of my most favori...

I found these on Pinterest a while ago. I'd love my hair to be long enough to braid like this (my goal is to look like an aging hippie)...

I love color. I'd actually do to do this to my hair in a heartbeat, if I had enough length and knew how to get these brilliant colors (...

With the school year running out, students had some fun creating with the "tie-dye" coffee filters they had created (with markers ...

But boy do I love these giant coffee filters!!! I left this project for my sub to begin while I was out, and boy are the results coming out ...

2nd graders learned about Wayne Thiebaud and then painted these fabulous cakes with tempera. It was pretty challenging - we outlined with ...