The Drawing Center in my TAB Classroom

The Drawing Cent​er in my TAB Classroom The Drawing center was the first center I introduced in my new TAB- choice based art classroom. The Drawing center has

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How to make teaching about line in drawing more concrete: Use wire

I started a new class recently to try to continue developing a set of lessons for teaching kids to draw. This small class of mine is going to

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My proof that “How to Draw” lessons can often backfire (art class lessons 13 & 14)

This lesson took place over a few weeks but, for ease of following I am putting it all in this one post.This lesson has really proved an amazing

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Georgia O’Keefe style watercolor flowers

I must admit that even though it says this activity was of  Georgia O'Keefe watercolor flowers, I was not teaching them about Georgia O'Keefe. I just liked the

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Gesture drawing for kids: Collaging the gestures and then some.. (art lessons 11& 12)

We started off lesson 11 painting the  paper mache  sculptures. We mixed up the tempera paint we had to get the closest shade to flesh tones and got

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Observational Drawings for Kids

This was my attempt to teach observational drawing to early elementary school kids in some private classes in my home.I collected a bunch of items from around my

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Using watercolors to create landscapes plus making grid drawings(art class lesson 5)

It turns out that some of the girls are having a hard time with some of the drawing exercises I have been giving them. To lighten things up

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Beginning Watercolors for Kids

I then introduced the girls to watercolor painting for the first time.In the past I have used Prang Watercolor Set type of watercolors that are so common in so many homes.

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Discovering Lines and Shapes in Everyday Images

This post is from a series of art classes I did years ago with some children. We are exploring art fundamentals with kids through lines and shapes. These

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The beginning of a new art class

This past Sunday was the first of a new series of art classes that I am running in my home. One of my objectives with this art class

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