by Dennas Davis | Feb 2, 2016 | Extras, Teachers@Firstlight
Every winter we use modeling clay in our ArtSquish lessons. Students learn how to draw things better if they have held them with their own hands right before drawing them, and creating the shapes is even more helpful. It’s also a great way to teach anatomy, and...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 27, 2016 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5
OVERVIEW Students will learn how to push their ideas and think creatively. Several exercises are used, along with dialog, to understand how to get outside the normal boundaries and use their imaginations along with their pencils. After idea thumbnails and sketches, an...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 27, 2016 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students learn how the concept of harmony applies to visual art just like music. A flower is drawn from reference and painted as a spectrum in watercolor for color-wheel flowers. The arrangement of the colors is used to show harmony, along with some games of...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 7, 2016 | Extras
Everyone has ’em. Here at ArtSquish we have 4 big rules. The first rule is…. drumrolll… 1. Not. Too. Many. Rules. This is funny, but it also makes a point. There are not a lot of rules in creativity. You either like it or you don’t. If you want...
by Dennas Davis | Dec 5, 2015 | Extras, OLD articles
Gingerbread House Week is coming December 14-18! [su_row][su_column size=”1/4″][/su_column][su_column size=”3/4″] Every student needs to bring some things for this project [su_panel background=”#2fb619″ color=”#ffffff”...
