A Painted Garden

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  • Mosaic/Paper Collage?

    This session’s art project was a mosaic of the earth’s layers. I’d show you the sample slide but where’s the fun in that. The 2nd grade class had their own ideas as children always do. I gave them the tools and they went to work. The grown-up in me was all, but it’s supposed to…

  • How do you mix Apricot crush?

    I blogged about this here and here. Here are the swatches and the notes for making apricot crush. In this post, I’ll go over how to mix apricot crush. The top two rows are variations of red using the same yellow. The two reds I paired with the yellow medium are quinacridone crimson and naphthol red.…

  • Tons of art ideas but not enough time!

    What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? I’m an artist and I hope I live a very long life. I have so many ideas but not enough time to do them all. Here I am using my glue gun made stencils to create a textured background for my roses.

  • Exploring the Color Apricot Crush

    Last Sunday’s post was about making a list. This week I am writing about the color of the year, which is apricot crush. During the week I blogged about the gift of art, orange roses, abundance, and playtime with ornaments. The biggest lesson I can write about for this week is to be yourself. Abundance…

  • Blooming Together Peach and Orange Roses

    Last spring I saw many beautiful roses. From the peach roses in my neighborhood to the orange beauties on the UCLA campus, I can’t get over how wonderful these roses are. I never noticed the typical red roses. There’s lovely pink roses too! If you aren’t aware yet, apricot crush is the new color of…

  • The gift of art

    The greatest gift that I’ve been given is art. I love it when I can share art in the classroom. I love when I give the kids the tools and then they go where they want to go. I have seen students who struggle academically or socially and yet they excel in self-expression. The biggest…