Monet’s Ice Cream Sundae Party
1st Grade Ice Cream Sundae…don’t you just love kids’ art??! This is a FUN lesson in color mixing and mixing tints (a tint is any color plus white). I got this out of an old School Arts Magazine years...
View ArticlePainting with Impressionism –“After Monet”
We began our lesson by looking at examples of Monet’s paintings in an old Monet art calendar. I chose his painting of Antibes for us to “copy” and hung it up where everyone could see it. Then I...
View ArticleMasterpiece Mosaics: a Collaborative Art Project for Grades K – 8
These colorful projects, which I call “Masterpiece Mosaics”, were a collaborative effort by my students in grades K through middle school. Each grade level created their own copy of a famous painting –...
View ArticleNew! Artist Birthdays Calendar
Kids love to celebrate birthdays, so what better time to introduce a new artist than on that artist’s birthday? I’ve created a new page on my site to help you plan your artist birthday celebrations!...
View ArticleMusee d’Orsay vs. the Louvre
My visit to the Musee d’Orsay was a completely different experience from my time at the Louvre. At the d’Orsay, I saw lots more quiet contemplation of the art (Renoir, Manet, Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh...
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