Idea No. 131: Salty Watercolors
the idea: sprinkle salt on a drying watercolor painting This is an old art-teachers trick that I have learned from too many different people to just credit one. however I did …
Idea No. 126: The Dinosaur Postcard
the idea: have kids make postcards by drawing a picture and writing a message on the back This is one of my favorite things to teach because kids always write the …
Idea No. 98: Draw with Them
the idea: make art while you teach art This may seem like a fairly obvious idea, but not that many people do it so I’m going to put it in anyway. …
Idea No. 97: Sink Stains
the idea: photograph the watercolors running down the sink I love liquid watercolors. I had never used, seen, or heard of them before I worked at the MFA but now …
Idea No. 29: Teaching Watercolor Experiments
One of the last classes that I taught before taking my holiday break from Boston was on watercolors. The problem with doing watercolors with kids is that they often finish …