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  • A word that describes me is…

    CREATIVE. Once I start, the ideas keep coming! I enjoy nature, color, and creative exploration the most! Color in the right combination can inspire you. When I think of color I think of Sonia Sotomayor’s Just Ask! How you use color is creative. Nature is calm and peaceful. Creativity allows you to think about yourself…

  • How Not to Teach Art

    The project was Starry Night by Van Gogh. My artists are third and fourth-graders. I showed them Starry Night. Then we watched a video. We watched and paused as we painted along. That is where I went absolutely wrong. The point of my journal and painting is to express how nature makes me feel. Van…

  • Flow with Gouache

    Gouache combines everything I love about watercolor and acrylic paint! Gouache is my new love! If you want to learn more about Gouache, watercolor, and acrylic qualities, then you’ll enjoy this post! Gouache is like watercolor. You can dilute gouache with water and get various tones. When gouache dries you can add a few drops…

  • How to build confidence in your art

    What experiences in life helped you grow the most? Every time I get to teach children art, I am reminded that confidence and great ideas are always here. There is no need to build it. My students always pick up the brush, mix color, and paint. There is no hesitation. Even when they ask for…

  • Faith Ringgold

    Let me start this post with a quote by Faith Ringgold. You can’t sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it. Yesterday I learned about Faith Ringgold with a 2nd grade class. I had read her book Tar Beach but this…

  • Always Paint For the Thrill of It

    Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. Well I suppose this question comes at a good time. I have written books. I have spent months creating and writing a book. Different Is Beautiful was inspired by a childhood curiosity. Four books and over 500 flowers later here I stand. I am an…