Mary's Art Spot

I adapted last year's pagoda lesson to allow for more choices on the part of the students. They were able to choose between printing, dr...

I have done this mandala lesson for a couple of years, but have adapted it this year to allow the students some choice in their final produc...

5th graders have begun making their sketchbooks for the year. I bought the same book making pack that I did last year ( 5th grade sketchbook...

Last year's mandalas:  Mandalas 2011 This year:

I found this lesson plan in one of Sax's lesson plan booklets-  Mosaic Embellished Boxes . The students had a great time with this, howe...

I found this lesson in the April 2011 issue of School Arts magazine. I started the project out by reading the students the book Nadia'...

OK, fellow art educators! I am in the process of having all of my kindergarteners take photos of themselves and edit them on a website that ...

 Fifth grades study of Asia moved on to the Ming Dynasty. The students looked at different examples of Ming pottery. I showed them pieces ...

This is an idea I got from the teacher resource  Thinking With a Line . I have used the printing ideas previously, but only with PreKinde...