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Host an Acrylic Paint Party
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Host an Acrylic Paint Party: Easy Tutorials for All Ages

Looking for a creative and engaging way to bring friends, family, or classmates together? Host an acrylic paint party! Whether at home, school, or for a special event, these easy tutorials for all ages will help you unleash your inner artist—no experience required! All of my tutorials are 100% free and can be used in a variety of settings. Try them for a date night, … Continue reading Host an Acrylic Paint Party: Easy Tutorials for All Ages

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Moonlit Night Monochromatic Painting Sticky post
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Moonlit Night Monochromatic Painting

Have a paint night at home! This step by step acrylic painting tutorial will help you create a moonlit night monochromatic painting. This is an art tutorial for beginners, intermediate or even advanced painters. You can adapt this lesson for many party or group environments and this would make a great high school or middle school painting lesson. I’ve even taught this to fifth graders! … Continue reading Moonlit Night Monochromatic Painting

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Art Distance Learning Ideas Sticky post
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Art Distance Learning Ideas

The year 2020 will be one of those years we never forget. It has completely turned public education on it’s head leaving students, parents and teachers feeling overwhelmed and anxious. I channeled my stress during quarantine into cranking out art distance learning ideas on YouTube. This post includes links to FREE full length video tutorials that I have either used, or plan to use, for … Continue reading Art Distance Learning Ideas

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Inside My Head Collage | Collage Portrait Tutorial for Self-Expression Sticky post
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Inside My Head Collage

Classroom Ready Guided Tutorial: We are living in historic times. Students today are surrounded by uncertainty and disrupted routines. I like to think I am a well adjusted adult, and I am STRUGGLING with how my daily life has changed in 2020. Creating art is such a powerful tool to explore our thoughts, emotions, beliefs and values. I tell my students as often as possible … Continue reading Inside My Head Collage

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Full lesson plan and complete video tutorials! Great for teaching beginners how to use acrylic paint.
long form lesson plan

Monochromatic Night Landscape Painting

This video will walk your students through every step. There are also some of my older videos linked that break that steps up. I used to be scared to give acrylic paint to my 5th graders. ACRYLIC PAINT STAINS FOREVER would flash through my mind any time I imagined my youngest artists. They still fall out of their chairs! They still rocket puke without warning! … Continue reading Monochromatic Night Landscape Painting

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