We Are Woven Together!

I've been thinking of new art lessons to bring into my art room this coming school year. I always want my lessons to have a focus on kindness, acceptance, empathy and love because, to me, that's what art is all about. I have put together a list of my favorite books to use when teaching and I thought I'd share it with you. 

As for the weaving project, you'll need a piece of white and black paper; yellow, red, white and black paint; a paintbrush and a cup of water; scissors and glue. Here we go:

I've been getting a lot of questions lately on how I plan to approach these types of lessons in my art room. Honestly, I'm going to be spending my summer reading, listening and learning. I don't know the answer to that question...yet. But I am open to learning. For now, this is my starting point and I thought I would share. 

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Origami Ocean Collage!

Happy Summer Vacation! In case you missed out on creating an Origami Ocean Collage last week, here's the video! These are the supplies you'll want to gather:

Now let's create:

Have fun! 

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Let's Draw a Disco Ball!

Got markers? Then you have all you need (well, you'll also need paper, a plate or bowl to trace, a cup of water and a paintbrush too) to create your very own disco ball. Throw some crayons in there and write a little message under your ball as well. This project is fun, easy and SUPER COOL! Let's boogie, y'all!

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Pet Week: Origami Cat, Dog and Cup!

Have you ever made an origami cat, dog or cup? Origami is so much fun and one of my favorite things to teach! Join me as I share with you how to create each one of these. Here is the list of supplies you'll need:

Alright, let's create!

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Under the Sea Week: A Wrap Up!

Under the Sea Week was so much fun! If you missed any of the LIVE art classes from last week, they are now all up and on my YouTube channel! I add new videos there all the time, so be sure to subscribe! 

On Friday, We created a Mermaid and Poseidon and then did a cool printing trick in the background!

On Thursday, we had a blast drawing Sharks Eating Snacks!

Wednesday was big fun as we made Salt Dough Shoe Print Sea Turtles...a HUGE hit!

On Tuesday, we put our collage skills to good use by creating Coral Reef Relief Collages!

And on Monday we made Bubble Print Snorkelin' Selfies!

Be sure and tune in this week as we celebrate Pet Week! I go LIVE everyday at 11am CT on my Instagram and Facebook page!

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Pet Week!

The Art Class with Cassie kiddos have been requesting Pet Week since we started doing LIVE art classes and it's finally here! I'm excited to share this week's lineup of creative fun. 

We are going to kick things off with a Pet Filter Selfie! All live art classes happen at 11am CT on my Instagram or my Facebook page. If you miss any art classes, don't worry. All of them end up on my YouTube channel. I add new videos to my channel all the time so be sure to subscribe. 

Origami is one of my favorite things to teach! We've not really done much origami yet in art class...my students always love creating these origami pets!

I know, I know, more salt dough! I love this stuff! Let's create a fish bowl this week. 

 If you've never made these puppets, you have got to join! They are so fun and easy to make!

 Honestly, I had the most fun drawing these cuties! I am looking forward to this lesson. 

See you real soon!

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Let's Draw a Crab and Make Black Light Bubble Prints!

During Under the Sea week, I got a lot of requests for how to draw other sea creatures. So in this video, I'll show you how to draw a crab and his whole family! I'll also be sharing with you how to do bubble prints...that glow under black light! Bubble printing can be done with just water, dishsoap, food coloring and a straw. But if you want the bubbles to glow, you'll have to give fluorescent paint a try. Here we go:

Have fun!

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Let's Create a Mystery Word Painting!

Here's a fun little project that you can do with your friends and family...a Mystery Word Painting! Grab a white crayon, paper, watercolor paint and a plastic gift card and let's create!

Have fun!

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Under the Sea Week: Sea Turtle Salt Dough Shoe Print!

 Did we have the most fun yesterday making these sea turtles! The Art Class with Cassie kids loved this one, especially since we got to STEP on our clay! Here's the supplies we used to create our own clay:

 And here's the video for you to follow along:

Today we are creating Snackin' Sharks! You can join the LIVE art class on my Facebook page, my Instagram or catch it later on my YouTube channel. See you real soon! 

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Under the Sea: Snorkel Selfies!

Yesterday we had so much fun creating our Snorkel Selfies and I think everyone would agree that their favorite part was creating the bubble print backgrounds. In case you missed, here is the video!

Here is the list of supplies I used:

If you would like to join the fun today, then you can grab these supplies:

To join my live art class, you can find me on my Instagram or my Facebook page at 11am CT. Or you can watch later on my YouTube channel. New videos are added to my channel everyday so you might want to subscribe!

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Snacktastic Chefs Week: Salt Dough Pizza and 3-D Cake!

 Alright you snacktastic chefs! Here's a little bit of a round-up of our projects from Wednesday and Thursday. In case you missed, we made Salt Dough Pizza! Here's the list of supplies:

And here's the video:

On Thursday, we made cake!

 All you need are the following supplies:

I'll show you how to draw both of these cakes right here:

Today we are BAKING! It's important to set that butter out about an hour before I go LIVE so it is softened. You can bake cookies with me on Instagram, Facebook or catch me later on YouTube. New videos are uploaded to my channel multiple times a day so you might want to subscribe!

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Let's Make a Star Pop-Up!

Need a fun project for Mother's Day or any day? For this Glow Gallery star project, I'm using supplies by Pacon. You can shop their entire glow store here for all of your glow art show needs! I am using their Pacon paper and their Creativity Street Tempera Sticks. You can check out the video here:

I did this project years ago as a sub plan, if you can believe that! Here is what we created then and the supplies we used:

You can see more about this project in this blog post. Also, here is the video for this lesson:

Have fun!

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Snacktastic Chef's Week: Hamburger Sculptures and Chef Selfies!

If you missed yesterday's art project, don't worry! The video is now here. This one was an Art Class with Cassie favorite. The hamburgers the kids created were AMAZING! I hope you have fun. Here's the video:

Also, if you missed the Chef Selfie project here you go:

Join me LIVE today as we make a slice of pizza! We'll be sculpting our own pizza made from salt dough clay. Here's the supplies you'll need:

To join us LIVE, you can find me on my Instagram, my Facebook or just catch the afterparty the following day on my YouTube channel. I add new videos every day (sometimes more than once a day!) so you might want to subscribe so you don't miss any! 

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Snack-tastic Chefs Week!

Who is ready for another week of art-making! I'm pretty stoked about this week as it is based on my favorite thing: snacks! And, despite the fact that I'm not such a great chef myself (have you even seen Season 3, Episode 3 of Nailed It!?), we are going to be BAKING COOKIES on Friday! Which is all kinds of funny as the judges spit out my cookie that I made on T.V. Let's just hope y'all don't do the same. 

So get read for another fun week and be sure and share this with friends and family so they can join the fun too. We'll kick things off with a Chef Selfie!

On Tuesday, I'll be sharing a lot of paper folding and paper sculpture techniques in this Hamburger Sculpture project. 

 On Wednesday, let's make a Salt Dough Pizza! 

On Thursday, I'll show you how to draw a 3-D cake! It's a piece of cake! 

And on Friday, we are gonna bake! I'm so excited about this!

To join me live, you can find me on my Instagram and my Facebook page. If you miss the LIVE session, no worries. You can catch the video the next day on my YouTube channel! Be sure and subscribe. I'll be sharing lessons there (in addition to these) all week for Mother's Day! 

See you real soon!

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