Join me today as we complete our weeklong celebration of Hearts in Art. Today we will take a look at Jim Dine’s “Concentric Hearts” If you want to create a concentric hearts picture with Jim Dine as our inspiration, bring construction paper, white tempera (if you’re using dark paper) or your favorite color that contrasts with the paper you will print upon., a brayer, scissors, glue stick, oil pastels, colored markers or colored pencils, a dull pencil and a piece of Styrofoam.

Join me today as we continue our weeklong celebration of Hearts in Art . Today we will take a look at Romero Britto’s “A New Day 2010” and read “Happy”. If you want to create a “New Day” picture with Britto as our inspiration, bring: White Paper , a variety of colored markers or watercolors, oil pastels and a black permanent pen.

Join me today as we continue our weeklong celebration of Hearts in Art. Today we will take a look at another James Goldcrown’s Love Wall, Bleeding Heart Murals. If you want to create a heart mural with Goldcrown as our inspiration, bring: Black Paper, a variety of colored construction paper, black permanent marker, scissors, glue stick.

Join me today as we continue our weeklong celebration of Hearts in Art. Today we will take a look at James Goldcrown’s Love Wall, Bleeding Heart Mural and read/sing “Mail Myself to You”. If you want to create chalk art hearts with Goldcrown as our inspiration, bring: Black Paper. Chalk pastels. tissue and newspaper.

Join me today as we begin a weeklong celebration of Hearts in Art. Today we will start with Robert Indiana’s “Love Stamp”. We will sing “L Is For The Way You Look At Me”. If you want to paint a love stamp with Robert Indiana as our inspiration, bring white paper, paints, masking tape, a pencil, ruler, paintbrushes, sponge… if you want to sponge paint, paper towels and water.

Join me today as we complete our weeklong celebration of Clementine Hunter’s birthday. Today we will take a look at Hunter’s “Pecan Picking” and read “Nuts to You”. If you want to create a pecan picking picture with Clementine as our inspiration, bring pink paper, colored construction paper scraps for people, scissors, glue stick, oil pastels, tempera paint, brushes, water, cotton swabs (Q Tips)

Join me today as we continue our weeklong celebration of Clementine Hunter’s birthday. Today we will take a look at Hunter’s “Wash Day” and read “Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up the Wash”. If you want to create a memory house with Clementine as our inspiration, bring white paper, construction paper scraps, scissors, glue stick, oil pastels, watercolor pencils, brushes, water.

Join me today as we continue our weeklong celebration of Clementine Hunter’s birthday. Today we will take a look at Hunter’s “Memory House Project” and read “Chores! Chores! Chores!”. If you want to create a memory house with Clementine as our inspiration, bring pink paper, scissors, oil pastels, colored pencils and a ruler.

Join me today as we continue our weeklong celebration of Clementine Hunter’s birthday. Today we will take a look at Hunter’s “Chicken Hauling Flowers” and read “Little Red Hen”. If you want to create a mixed media chicken hauling flowers with Clementine as our inspiration, bring white paper, brown hen paper, brown wagon paper, scissors, glue stick, Pastels (oil or chalk)

Join me today as we begin a weeklong celebration of Clementine Hunter’s birthday. Today we will start with Hunter’s “Zinnias in a Pot 1965”. We will read “Art From Her Heart”. If you want to paint a pot of zinnias with Clementine as our inspiration, bring white paper, red, white, green, blue, yellow, and brown tempera paints (I am putting mine into an egg carton) paintbrushes, paper towels and water. Tomorrow after the paint dries, I will add detail with chalk pastels.