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Monday, February 28, 2011

Lollipop Warmup Drawing

My after school drawing class needed a new warm up exercise. A chance crossing with a candy store brought me this week’s solution – lollipops. I handed out the pops and the kids lightly traced the circle and then drew their own stick. The drawings were then traced over with a black marker and filled in with colored pencils. Older students were shown how to add shadow to the stick by just shading half of it gray. And of course, they got to eat the lollipops when they were done. Now my biggest problem is finding something just as tasty for next week...
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

FREE Butterfly Drawing Download

For the study of butterflies, or for symmetrical coloring practice, here’s a blank butterfly I created a while back. I thought it might be helpful to some busy teachers and/or parents. To download the pdf, just click HERE.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Student Art from Chilliwack, BC, Canada

A teacher in Canada wrote that she created a series of lessons about peace, and shared the role that my Warm Hands template played.  I love the way she built her unit around a theme, which you can read about HERE.
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