Handbook of Nature Study: Free Downloads ..

Handbook of Nature Study: Free Downloads From My Sidebar: Autumn 2009 Notebo...: EDIT 9/8/11:

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Really like this web site. Lots of downloads and information about nature study for home schoolers.

Sketching in Nature: Woodland Mouse

Sketching in Nature: Woodland Mouse: Woodmouse, Apodemus sylvaticus , Ink. Yesterday he (or she) showed up on our terrace again. Although I get a bit worried when I see a mous...

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Another sketching site that features nature. Check it out.

Why Do Leaves Change Colors?

Cute video for kids !

Apple Pickin' Time- a song about things we do in the Fall

Catchy tune to this little song about fall.

Sunflower Pastel

Like Van Gogh, many artists love to paint and draw sunflowers. This artist uses pastels to depict this sunny field of flowers. He makes it look so easy.

G. R. I. T. S. Journey of Southern Ladies: ( How well I remember cutting out Betsy and her ...

G. R. I. T. S. Journey of Southern Ladies:  
( How well I remember cutting out Betsy and her ...:   ( How well I remember cutting out Betsy and her family and friends. We did not have McCalls magazine in our house. Even if we had, it wou...

 

Betsy and her mother have modest, fun, comfortable clothes to wear at the beach. No bikinis or thongs for them ! Right click on paper dolls, choose save as and download. Then print. For more Betsy dolls go to Marlees Paperdolls.

Mary Maxam - paintings: Country Road

Mary Maxam - paintings: Country Road: Country Road     8"x8"   oil        The drama of this simple country road comes from the lighting in and behind the clouds, but I was actual...


( Really love the colors and style of this artist, especially this lovely country scene. )

KinderArt - Free Art Lessons and Lesson Plans, Projects and Art Education Information for Toddlers, Elementary, Middle and Secondary School.

KinderArt - Free Art Lessons and Lesson Plans, Projects and Art Education Information for Toddlers, Elementary, Middle and Secondary School.


(ONE OFF MY FAVORITE ART LESSON SITES . EXPLORE AND ENJOY !)

I See A Song

(COLORFUL ART AND BEAUTIFUL VIOLIN MUSIC BRING ERIC CARLE'S BOOK TO LIFE.)

Postalguarelas: O esboço do dia / Today's sketch - 538

Postalguarelas: O esboço do dia / Today's sketch - 538

(I am very impressed with these daily sketches and watercolors by Paulo J. Mendes from Portugal ! )

How to Draw in One Point Perspective-option2

How to Draw with One Point Perspective - option1

*The Graphics Fairy*

*The Graphics Fairy*

Tons of free, vintage downloads on this web site.

 

 

Unfinished surf and bird oil 19x 20 DMatthews

 

This has been sitting around for about 5 years. I don't know why I can not finish. Any suggestions?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Sky through the Trees.....

 

Photo by Debbie Stoney Mt. August 2011

Dazzling Wine glass

 

Love all the reds ans blues. 2011

 

 

(Photo taken by Deborah , Spring 11. This is a small valley about three miles from our house. The purple plants are called henbit. Beautiful to see, but the farmers do not like them growing in their fields. )

 

 

OT Books Song ("Let us sing the books of...")

Skidamarink - I Love You

The Clever Feather: Getting ready to 'Get Ready!' Melted Crayons

The Clever Feather: Getting ready to 'Get Ready!' Melted Crayons: Today I checked the calendar and noticed we are down to a few weeks of summer until we as teachers have to report back to school a...

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Now I know what to do with all those broken crayons ! Matter of fact I have several shades of melted crayons all over the back seat of my car. Still have not figured how to get it out. When you get older, sometimes you forget to tell grandchildren not to leave crayons in the car when it is hot.

My Messy Art Room: Light Painting

My Messy Art Room: Light Painting:  This school year I started teaching LINES to my kindergarten.  For the past 2 weeks we been drawing lines and using them in different ways....

Panther's Palette: 1st Grade: Seascape Paintings

Panther's Palette: 1st Grade: Seascape Paintings:    First grade artists learned about seascapes and created their own! First, they drew their seascapes and outlined them with a black Sh...

Art Teacher’s Best of 2008

Art Teacher’s Best of 2008

Splish Splash Splatter: Pop-Up Houses

Splish Splash Splatter: Pop-Up Houses: Second graders are the best group of kids to work with!  They still have that young uninhibited creative spirit and yet they are skillful en...

Art lessons from Belgium: A name Mandala: Step by step

Art lessons from Belgium: A name Mandala: Step by step: You can find this project a number of times in the  Artsonia gallery. As wel in this way as in rectangles or alien names. I'm going to...

Pastel Painting Demo Step by Step

Pastel Painting Demo Step by Step

Meet Judy Rogers

MY CHILDREN LOVED THESE CDS. NOW MY GRANDCHILDREN LOVE THEM TOO! AND OF COURSE I STILL LISTEN TO AND ENJOY THEM TOO.

*The Graphics Fairy*

*The Graphics Fairy*

Marley Kaul, Egg Tempera