Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Circle Study

Materials:
- White Drawing Paper
- Oil Pastels
- Pencils
- Watercolor Paints
- Paintbrushes
- Water

Thursday, January 26, 2012

When Pigs Fly...

Materials:
- Bread Bags
- Newspaper
- Toilet Paper Tubes
- Paper Mache Goop
- Masking Tape
- Paint
- Tagboard
- Googly Eyes (Optional)
- Felt (Optional)
- Pipe Cleaners

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Liebster Blog Award


Thank you so much to Rachel at color, collage, and much more for passing on the Liebster Blog award to me! The idea is to pass this on to fellow bloggers that I admire with 200 or less followers.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Snowflake Paper Scultures

Materials:
- One inch white paper strips
- Gluesticks
- String to Hang (optional)

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Sunday ... Parody


If you haven't seen this yet, I found it on Pinterest and knew I had to share. Could be used for Art Bucks? Van Gogh reference? Designing a dollar idea? Maybe just to print out and hang up? The list goes on. There are also some other cool pop culture bills on there that you may enjoy.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

MLK Mosaic

Just a very cool article I thought you might like to read. A mosaic made completely of Rubiks cubes! I can't even do one.. let alone think of solving 4,242.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

MLK Inspired

Materials:
- Tempera Paint
- White Drawing Paper
- Construction Paper (Red, Black, White, Yellow, Brown, Pink)
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Paintbrushes
- Sponges, Paint Scrapers (Optional)
- Glue

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Winter Scene

Materials:
- Black Construction Paper
- White Oil Pastel
- Colored Chalk Pastels
- White Tempera Paint
- Oval Tracer
- Cotton Balls
- Old Toothbrushes

Monday, January 9, 2012

Aboriginal Dot Paintings

 
Materials:
- Construction Paper
- Tempera Paint
- Q-Tips
- Aboriginal References
- Pencil

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Sunday Comic


Even though it's been in the mid 40's and sunny here in Buffalo in January, I still found this appropriate for winter. Enjoy : - ).

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Born To Learn


I found this neat website, Born to Learn, that shares fun, thought-provoking animations illustrating ground-breaking new discoveries about how humans learn.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Islamic Tile Prints

Materials:
- Light Colored Printing Paper / Construction Paper / Regular White Drawing Paper
- Oil Pastels
- Printing Ink
- Brayers and Plates
- Styrofoam Plates
- Pencils