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handmade greeting cards
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DIY Snowman Christmas Cards using Stickers

ByKathleen Barbro

You can’t get a much easier way to make DIY Snowman Christmas cards than by starting with stickers. They make the job of drawing on top of them so easy! This idea for DIY Snowman Christmas cards comes from a previous class that focused on art trading cards. That class worked with repeating an idea…

Easy Klimt Art Lesson: Having Fun with Patterns
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Easy Klimt Art Lesson: Having Fun with Patterns

ByKathleen Barbro

Here’s an easy Klimt art lesson that asks students to add their own background to one of his more famous paintings. A few similar projects are also linked below. Here’s an easy way to bring a Klimt art lesson to any classroom or home. It only requires a color print of a template, and a…

Line Art Portraits

Line Art Portraits

Black and white art surrounding a richly colored face creates a great study in contrast.

This ebook includes:

  • 12 portrait templates with photo of original painting
  • Printable templates
  • Full size drawing guides
  • Single page drawing guide
  • Sleeve art shown to make your own binder

 

 

paper collage for kids
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Newspaper Collage Cat

ByKathleen Barbro

This newspaper cat is one of my favorite paper collage for kids projects. The black marker shapes on the newspaper body creates such a graphic look. Drawing on newspaper is an idea that has been around for awhile. The benefit, aside from recycling of paper, is that you have an instant texture to whatever you…

Bug Collage Project
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Bug Collage Project

ByKathleen Barbro

Save your old food magazines for this bug collage project. The shiny and colorful fruit, for example, has a whole new look when viewed as bug parts. Collage is one of those areas of art that’s easy to overlook, but really has so much to offer. Aside from linking to some great collage artists of…

Extra Long Projects

Extra Long Projects

Try giving your art projects a new look by working with a long and narrow paper.

  • 12 Art Journal Projects, including line drawing, color mixing, collage, and tissue painting
  • All tutorials and templates included
  • Cover art, including spine, so you can create your own binder
Earth Day Art Activity: Make a Mini Mural
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Earth Day Art Activity: Make a Mini Mural

ByKathleen Barbro

Mix your Earth Day art activity with some geography too. Here’s a sample mini mural to color which includes land, water and even mountainous regions. Earth Day was founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues. This year it will occur on Thursday, April 22, the holiday’s 51st anniversary. This holiday is…

Free “We Can Do It!” Mini Mural
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Free “We Can Do It!” Mini Mural

ByKathleen Barbro

“We Can Do It!” was a famous American wartime poster produced in 1943 to boost morale. Now you can make your own mini version to post wherever you need. This mural will measure about 15″ x 20″ when complete. Just use the link below to download your own copy, and follow the directions if you…

atc trading
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Another Leaf Art Project

ByKathleen Barbro

This leaf art project showcases the contrast of opaque metallic lines on top of a shiny marker drawing. These colorful leaves were made for an art trading card project, but the idea could easily transfer make other applications as well. The basic idea is to make a very colorful shiny marker drawing, and then add…

Bleeding Tissue Paper Art: Painting Winter Skies
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Bleeding Tissue Paper Art: Painting Winter Skies

ByKathleen Barbro

This winter art projects uses bleeding tissue paper to create a lovely swirl of snowy skies with a very random blend of color. All you need to make these lovely blue and purple winter skies is watercolor paper, bleeding tissue paper, and water. (Please see the link below for an example bleeding tissue paper, which…

halloween art lesson plans
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Six Fun Coffee Filter Art Projects

ByKathleen Barbro

If you are looking for fun halloween art lesson plans, simple black marker drawings on coffee filters that are painted with watercolors look amazing. The way the filters soak up the watercolor will just make your eyes pop! Bat Drawings on Coffee Filters Materials • Bat template to trace • Jumbo coffee filters, 13″ x…

Mega Art Journal Pack

Mega Art Journal Pack

This Mega Pack includes eight art journal eBooks: Elements of Art, Principles of Design, Spring Projects, Extra Long Projects, World Landmarks, Egyptian, Valentine, and Christmas Drawing. That’s a total of 152 projects!