art & ideas that grow

I think I loved this project as much as the kindergartners did! This was a simple 1-1.5 day lesson introducing  pandas, and collages facial ...

Beautiful  Impressionsm collection, "Impressionism: Master works on paper" on display at the Milwaukee Art Museum now through Janu...

I really enjoy the simplicity, and color choice in this particular drawing.         Collaged "Houses in Munich' inspired by...

Third Grade: “Tree of Life” watercolor paintings. Part one: object printing with found objects and black paint (see previous post!) Part ...

Collage Owls by the Kindergarteners inspired by the wonderful vintage children's book. "The Owl and the Woodpecker." C...

Yesterday Swallow Elementary turned into a day of  "Halloween Celebration." wow-za, glad I survived my first Halloween in an e...

 The First Grade Students have been busy creating still life paintings based on Van Gogh's Sunflower painting. We started the unit b...