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Clay Leaf Tutorial

November 5, 2012

clay leaf tutorial

I needed a clay craft that I could do with my art lesson students that could air dry.  Here is a tutorial for these sweet little leaf “bowls.”  These all turned out very pretty and it even worked one-on-one with my six-year-old.  The clay I use says it dries in 2-3 days, but it took [...]

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October Art Lesson Gallery

November 2, 2012

Fall is my favorite time for art lessons:-)  We celebrated fall in art by making beautiful mixed media birch trees, learning a few basics about designing tee shirts, painting pumpkins, painting ON pumpkins, printmaking with leaves, and sculpting leaf bowls. Learn more about art lessons

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iPraise Art Studio 9/26/12

September 28, 2012

I don’t have nearly as many pictures from iPraise this time- nearly forgot!  Its hard to squeeze everything into thirty minutes! This Wednesday Joseph and I went on a nature walk to pick up lots of the very first pretty Fall leaves.  The kids traced around them over and over, making sure to overlap.  They [...]

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iPraise Art Studio 9/19/12

September 20, 2012

Last night in the iPraise Art Studio the kids started off with watercolor paper and sharpies.  They each thought for a little bit about what they most wanted to praise God or thank him for.  I love that the kid’s minds went to so many different places.  I’m glad that they didn’t find it easy [...]

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iPraise Art Studio 9/12/12

September 13, 2012

Last night in the iPraise Art Studio at Hillcrest, we completed our praise murals!  They kids wrote letters to God, or song lyrics, or just words of praise!  As promised, here are the finished product pictures!

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September Art Lessons

September 7, 2012

September art lessons start next week!  We had such a blast this month.  My Monday class is full, but I would LOVE to have your 2-6 grader in my Tuesday class! Here are some pictures of our last project this month! Sign up for art lessons or learn more.

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iPraise Art Studio 9/5/12

September 6, 2012

Eeeeeee!  iPraise is some exciting stuff:-)  On Wednesday nights at Hillcrest, we will be doing “iPraise: Creative Worship Arts for Kids”  Kids will be able to choose between different tracks each semester.  This semester we have Art Studio, Drama, Foot Praise, and Sign Language. There are so many ways to PRAISE our creator.  Lets teach [...]

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A Little Sunshine in my Life

August 14, 2012

Scripture Art

Yesterday I started art lessons back for the school year.  I love the energy and creativity that comes from my kiddos! I also love how the project tied into what I worked on yesterday in the “studio.” In this project we made a collage for the background, coordinating the colors to match what we intended [...]

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My Favorite Projects from Summer Art Lessons

August 13, 2012

scripture painting

I’m getting ready to start fall art lessons today!  I thought I’d share my two favorite projects from summer art, featuring two pretty girls, Lexie and Peyton. My favorite two were this pretty paisley painting and the scripture art.  Both are things I’d like to make more of!  I’ve been planning some fun projects for [...]

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Fall ART LESSONS start next week!

August 9, 2012

Fall ART LESSONS start next week!

I’m excited about kicking off another fun semester of after school art lessons! Art lessons are held at 4:15 at Hillcrest Baptist Church, New Albany, MS.  Lessons are one hour long and I provide all the supplies! This year I will be teaching grades 2-8.  If you are grades 2-5, you may choose between coming [...]

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