(Klimt inspired, gold paint and pastel) Hi! So many things that make kids into happy adults are impossible to measure: people skills, grit, ...

( Natural Patchwork giveaway winner is... VIOLET MUNDAY! email me and I will ship it off to you!) Dear Melissa, I always, always struggle t...

We don't get snow in our part of California, but I love looking at winter landscapes in January. Two favorites are Monet's Magpie , ...

"Blue Willow" is an animated short film made by New Zealand filmaker Veialu Aila- Unsworth, based on the old chinese fairy tale o...

We did Paul Klee in my daughter's second grade class this week - it was really fun. Here was my lesson plan, in conjunction with this s...

This last Friday in my daughter's class we made water lily pictures, inspired by Monet's. We used water color pastels, which are so ...

Our parent art docent program is off to a good start this year. It's been so wonderful to see other mothers (and I'm hoping for some...

Here's a sampling of our school's 7th graders' first finished art projects of the year - making a Modern Mona Lisa. (One of the ...

The Yellow House, watercolor by Van Gogh Starlit Night, Georgia O'Keefe Lierre, Matisse Van Gogh's drawings of hands I'm in the...

Masterpiece on top by Modigliani; masterpieces below by some of the kids in my son's second grade class. We just did portraits of his te...

I love art. My obsession began when I was a little girl - I grew up right outside of Washington, D.C. and my parents took us to the Smithson...