When I am introducing color to my students my go to is the Design Seeds website. It is my absolute favorite site to find good color schemes! Click here to check it out! Once my students figure out what color scheme they want to use I have them look up the colors in my Color Mixing Recipe Books! Yes I have color RECIPE books and they are AWESOME!!!! This teaches students/artists how to mix colors and get out of the practice of using colors straight from the tube! Kids love t

Introduction to Value and grid drawing

Learn the importance of embracing your unique voice and creativity. This post encourages authenticity and avoiding the trap of being a copycat. Do you know people that copy the work of other artists and call it their own? Unfortunately the answer is most likely a big YES It is even worse when your own work has been plagiarized! In the classroom students like to copy clip art, characters, and various images. Sometimes they just think teachers are being mean by not letting t