This lesson is based on one of my favorite artists, Marc Chagall.  I just love his fanciful Surreal paintings, and my students always en...

 Last week was the first week of school.  Every year during the first week, the classroom teachers read the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin H...

I love summer because I have time to paint.  During the school year, I spend so much time planning lessons that I have little time for my ...

This summer I am teaching clay lessons at the local community center.  I have a mix of ages in this class.  They are anywhere from five to...

Recently my students took a field trip to the zoo, so I thought it would be fun to create giraffes.  I had my students draw the giraffes w...

 I finally completed the clay tile mural today.  Attaching these tiles was extremely time consuming. First I had the custodian screw a ...

 A few weeks ago, I posted on the Clay tile mural that I am doing with my fifth graders.  This mural is in the style of Keith Haring.  I...