that artist woman
Blog URL http://thatartistwoman.blogspot.com/
Located Calgary, Alberta Canada
Tags watercolor painting, tutorials, art lessons, holiday crafts
That artist woman chronicles the ups and downs of watercolor artist Gail Bartel as well as the art lessons she develops for her work as an elementary school art teacher. Numerous step by step tutorials using a variety of mediums with lots of pictures.
Latest Blog Posts
- Candy Box Advent Calendar on Nov 19, 2009 in kids painting Christmas kids activities
Well here is my project with the leftover boxes from our Halloween treats....an advent calendar.I wanted to capture a sort of "Grandma Moses" type scene incorporating the city skyline as the boxes reminded me of skyscrapers.If this seems daunting you...
- Paper Roll Squirrel on Nov 16, 2009 in paper rolls fall kids activities
A few weeks ago I had to come up with a craft for my son's Beaver's troop fast. They were discussing squirrels and it had to involve a nut.As with most Beaver crafts it had to be fast and doable for boys aged 5 to 7. These turned out to be such a hit...
- Remembrance Day Mixed Media Project on Nov 9, 2009 in Remembrance Day art project kids painting
Sorry I haven't been around much but I have been preparing for a conference..as well as planning for our annual Christmas Craft Day. So enough excuses here is a second Remembrance Day project. A mixed media Peace painting. This combines painting wit...
- Remembrance Day Huichol Yarn Painting on Nov 3, 2009 in Remembrance Day kids activities
Well I hope everyone had an awesome Halloween...we sure did! Now for the next project...On November 11th we celebrate Remembrance Day in Canada and our art projects center on this theme. The poppy is a symbol of Remembrance Day in Canada and it is o...
- Spooky Interactive Portraits on Oct 26, 2009 in halloween kids painting kids activities
Here are some spooky interactive portraits I'm doing with Grade 6 this year.Same picture just able to shift the eyes and mouth with pull tabs...similar to the mechanisms in pop-up books.They are quite easy to do once you get the hang of the mechanism...
- Glue Resist Skeletons on Oct 22, 2009 in halloween kids painting kids activities
Earlier this year I did a glue resist dinosaur with Kindergarten. I thought it would make an interesting project for Halloween so here it is.Materials Required:heavy paper like posterboard or watercolorwhite gluetempera paintlarge round coin or bottl...
- Monster Portraits on Oct 18, 2009 in halloween kids painting kids activities
I wanted to do a Monster portrait similar to the Owl one I did last year.Using paper mache I enhanced the eyes and nose and then using a variety of paper and painting techniques, created the material for the rest of the monster.Here's the how to just...
