Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Dec 19, 2011, 3:20 pm
Today was the day! PET/CT results were in. We hoped and prayed in one direction and asked others to do the same, but rejoiced in God's will and His grace regardless. I am overjoyed to announce that the scans were clean. There are no currently visible signs of cancer! We are not completely free of al...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Dec 11, 2011, 7:57 pm
It's time for an update. It's been time for an update for a while actually. My blogs do not whine the way my two year old does, nor do they bicker and fight the way my junior high boys do. They are very easy to keep moving to the bottom of the "to-do list". However, I have had a couple of phone ca...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Oct 30, 2011, 6:05 pm
   "Don't Ruffle Feathers in the Henhouse."  So here is my completed challenge based on movement. I would love to hear your commentary on it before I start explaining it. Do you think it is successful? Why or why not?
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Oct 25, 2011, 2:33 pm
I am putting together a kids art calendar which I plan to offer for sale on my blog and website. The proceeds will go to benefit local non profit groups(American Cancer Society, The Pendleton Foundation) that support patients and their families here in my hometown who are dealing with cancer. The th...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Oct 24, 2011, 2:15 pm
Sixty Free Art History Based Lessons for Grades 1 through 6 I just saw this link over at Homeschool Freebie of the Day. It looks like it could be a huge and very valuable resource for all elementary art educators- whether in public and private settings or for homeschool parents. It was perfect tim...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Oct 21, 2011, 3:14 pm
After repeated  failed attempts to leave a comment with a link to this lesson for Ms.ArtTeacher, I am reposting it here in hopes she will see it or hear about it from other art teacher bloggers that google does not deny commenting ability to. I have no idea why that happened. Anyway here was the ch...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Oct 20, 2011, 11:50 pm
So obviously I haven't been posting much. I do have some pretty good reasons not to. The biggest reason may not be neccessarily what you think though. I simply haven't been posting because I haven't been teaching. Not art anyway. I am still homeschooling, but Ryan's illness has made teaching a tri...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Aug 15, 2011, 1:37 am
If you are interested in keeping up with my son Ryan's battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, then please check out and follow my new blog... A Hope and A Future
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Aug 12, 2011, 11:28 am
Hodgkins Lymphoma. I knew the diagnosis before the Dr. told us. A quick google search on "lymphoma in kids"  was enough to take me to a list of symptoms that fit perfectly, especially with the description of the "hard rubber like ball" the surgeon told us he'd removed during the biopsy of Ryan's lu...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Aug 11, 2011, 6:10 pm
I think the hardest part of being here has been seeing all these other precious children. Some are bald, some are not. Some are tall and some are no bigger than my own little one who hugs me at my knee. My heart goes out to them and their parents, and I wonder if we are heading down the same path th...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Aug 10, 2011, 9:33 pm
Here we sit waiting to be taken in to see our son who has just come out of surgery- a biopsy procedure of the lump we found near his collarbone eight days ago. Let me back track just a bit... yesterday we were waiting for results of CT scans, when our pediatrician asked us to come in. The scans sho...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Aug 9, 2011, 7:16 pm
Yesterday, I left the story in a place of uncertainty. It's never a fun place to be, yet it's the place where we can gleen the most opportunities to deepen our relationship with God and our faith and trust in Him. We have been in these types of places a lot as of late. I will explain more about what...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Aug 8, 2011, 4:52 pm
I have always imagined the whole of history(past and future) as an enormous multi-dimensional tapestry, puzzle, or for the sake of making my metaphoric title work; a painting. The trick is that there is only one who can see the whole painting at one time. If we work very hard, we can see behind us ...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Jun 19, 2011, 3:09 pm
I would have liked to blame this latest incident for my blogging break, but alas it was not the cause. It will be the cause of the next one though... Never tempt fate. No sooner had I shared a post on Facebook in regard to adopting minimalism- especially in regard to kids stuff, than most of said ki...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - May 24, 2011, 3:01 am
This week's top twenty... .Art Threads: Monday Project - Scrap Felt Coasters and Trivets   mrspicasso's art room: Monet Gardens   The Paper Pear: 5th Grade Lanterns *Fun Art 4 Kids: New Circus Elephants  Chesterbrook Academy Elementary School, Raleigh, NC Academic Year 2010 / 2011: (G3,G4) The li...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - May 20, 2011, 10:04 pm
I had a pretty good pace going there for projects and posts which all came to a screeching halt because of a sick baby and even sicker husband. After five bouts of vomiting and that other wonderful thing in only four weeks, her doctor and I decided it must be a food intolerance issue. She was alread...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - May 11, 2011, 11:36 pm
 Materials8 1/2 " X  11" cardstock cut in half length wise.tempera paint or acrylic in various colors including black, yellow, and purple.oil pastelsold credit card decorative edge scissors old toothbrush shape templatemetallic markers This piece was created in stages. The background was stapl...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - May 11, 2011, 3:01 am
I begin this lesson by introducing or reviewing color theory and the color wheel. We talk about primary and secondary colors. We also discuss complimentary colors or color opposites and how those combination are always the result of a pairing of one primary color with a secondary color. We also expl...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - May 9, 2011, 9:51 am
This is a reworking of an earlier project The Shady Side Of Picasso. We followed the drawing directions from this lesson, but when it came time to color, we used oil pastels and followed the technique from this lesson Hoppin Down The Bunny Trail. How do you rework and mismash lessons to get new resu...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - May 6, 2011, 3:14 am
Welcome to what I hope will become a weekly feature around here... My weekly top 20 favorite art lessons I have found in the blogosphere. It is also a wishlist of sorts, since I hope to use these lessons in my classes at some point as will you I hope! There's something for just about every age group...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - May 4, 2011, 3:01 am
This you will probably recognize as two different projects that have been very popular as of late. For some reason, I felt the need to combine them and this is what resulted. The links for each lesson are here for the optical illusion background and here for the elephant. This piece was created wi...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - May 2, 2011, 3:01 am
After seeing a great link to a science experiment post about making fireworks with milk, dish soap, and food coloring, I wondered if the results might yield a print. Boy did it! You can find the original instructions for the experiment here...http://unplugyourkids.com/2011/03/06/fireworks-in-a-dish-...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Apr 30, 2011, 11:02 pm
This was a really fun project, but it did take quite a long time to complete.. I had the students cover the front side of a copied black line coloring page with white chalk pastel. We then flipped the paper over on to the black construction paper and secured with blue painters tape. The black lines ...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Apr 28, 2011, 10:55 pm
I was so honored to receive this award from not just one, but two amazing bloggers; Art at Chesterbrook Academy   and Outside the Lines Young Artists' Studios  Being recognized by individuals whose work I admire and respect so much is truly edifying! Of course this award does come with a few res...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Apr 26, 2011, 2:31 am
Well, I said Monday, but being it is only Monday for another hour, I am going to leave my award post for Tuesday. In the meantime, I will leave you with this... Recently I purchased bathtub crayons for my 15 month old. Technically they are for 3 and over, but my little one doesn't put them in her mo...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Apr 24, 2011, 12:02 am
I've seen this project around quite a bit lately, so I just had to give it a try. Of course, I did give it an Art Fairy tweak or two. Instead of using the traditional sphere shape, we used an egg in honor of Easter. This was also done in two pieces. The eggs were done on a separate paper, cut out an...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Apr 20, 2011, 2:03 am
First I found a stained glass coloring page- a very simple oval one. Then we cut up each section of the oval into five or six smaller irregular pieces. This first "stained glass" piece was accomplished by using Prismacolor markers on regular copy paper. The ink bled through heavily. So what we are s...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Apr 13, 2011, 5:48 pm
People often assume that because I am an art teacher, that my kids take lessons from me and that they must love having an art teacher for a mom. Kids tell me they wish their mom or dad was an art teacher. The fact of my profession is pretty much lost on my kids though. They hate taking classes with ...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Apr 12, 2011, 11:42 am
"Good artists borrow, great artists steal." A famous quote supposedly uttered by Picasso. Whether or not he actually said it though, it is a universal truth. This article explores this and gives some other great advice for artists of all ages. Go and check it out. Bookmark it while you're there, you...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Mar 29, 2011, 10:50 pm
If you are an art teacher and have not heard of Zentangle yet, then you are sorely missing out. It is really a lot of fun and kids and grown up alike love learning how simple and easy these complex looking designs really are to draw. If you already know about Zentangle, chances are you love it as mu...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Mar 26, 2011, 12:26 pm
In my classes of late we have been exploring relationships between art and math. If you ever go down this path, it is almost a requirement to include a lesson on MC Escher. I usually try to present some biographical information about the artist we are studying. Using a short video to accomplish this...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Mar 24, 2011, 4:14 pm
One of the numerous innovations we can give credit to Leonardo da Vinci for is some of the first concept designs for helicopters. Drawing helicopters is far easier than you might think, and my first grade class pulled it off pretty nicely. This was a guided drawing lesson, (Monart style) so as I dre...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Mar 22, 2011, 7:34 pm
It officially Spring! So along with some other Spring cleaning that desperately needs to take place at my house, it is time for a little upkeep here at the blog. What better way than to start fresh? Welcome to The Art Fairy. This is a place for anyone, young or old who has ever said "I wish I could ...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Mar 22, 2011, 3:40 pm
Please be careful when you leave me comments... If you leave an art teacher blog a comment,  The art teacher will have to check out the commenter blog, When she checks out the commenter blog, She will be find an impressive art project. She will want to try said art project immediately, But she will...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Mar 21, 2011, 11:07 am
This is a project that needs to be done. Logistically it looks to be a nightmare, but with a little careful planning, the process and end result look to be absolutely worth it... Here you can see how Teacher Tom brought the scale down and did the project with preschoolers. Teacher Tom took the scale...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Mar 19, 2011, 7:59 pm
If you have not seen this blog, you must go there right now! Seriously, I command you, you really need to see it. Pink and Green Mama
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Feb 9, 2011, 8:14 pm
You have to understand, I have no time. No time for myself and definitely no time for blogging. I do have these great ideas though. The good thing is those ideas are in use in my classroom. The bad news is that I am totally frustrated in not getting to share them. My frustration is compounded when I...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Aug 13, 2010, 12:12 pm
Ok. I think I may be out of a job. How cute is this? She apparently has a whole little series of these videos. Totally awesome!
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Jul 31, 2010, 2:18 pm
Hi there y'all. I know I've been out of circulation a bit- if your baby was as cute as mine, you probably would be too! But she's a bit older now and I am slowly but surely being drawn(ha ha, get the pun?) back into the art teacher blog world. It has grown while I was gone and I have been finding so...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Jul 27, 2010, 3:07 pm
This past week we learned about Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. If you know Klimt's work, you may think that not an appropriate choice for a kids class. For the most part, I would agree, but he does have several family friendly pieces and his contribution to the art world is still significant. Not to ...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Jun 13, 2010, 3:25 pm
Welcome to the June 14, 2010 edition of the Hands On Homeschool Blog Carnival. I am so very honored to be the host for this edition. Please accept my sincere apologies for this late edition. But better late than never, right? At least that's what I keep telling myself(and almost everyone else now t...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Jun 8, 2010, 5:01 pm
This is the lesson I am presenting to my students this week. It's sort of a challenge to for them as it doesn't teach them to draw anything. The point is to draw what they can based on the given criteria. Jan Vermeer (1632- 1675) Jan Vermeer was born to an art dealer father in the city of Delft i...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - May 30, 2010, 2:33 pm
Just thought y'all might like to know what's been taking up all my time and energy lately. Emberjayne is doing fabulously well as you can see. At just a week or so before five months old, she is measuring at 26 1/2 inches long and weighing in at around 18 pounds. She is rolling over from her back t...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - May 7, 2010, 10:20 pm
As promised, here is a lesson on how to draw the face of Venus using correct proportions all based on the eye.
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Mar 29, 2010, 9:25 pm
Materials 7 sheets of paper, red, orange, green, blue, purple, white paper plate pencil paper trimmer and or scissors stapler clip(optional) 1.Start with 7 sheets of paper stacked in this color order, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and white. Use a paper trimmer or scissors to cut the pape...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Mar 26, 2010, 11:18 am
This was a post from a while ago, but what the heck, a classic is always in style, and I am beginning to have visits from these lovely creatures in my backyard again. Many a seemingly complicated drawing project is really simple if you just break it down into steps. When teaching a lesson, I always...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Mar 21, 2010, 9:40 pm
What in the world do the Easter Bunny and Cubism have in common? Really not much at all except that I chose Fernand Leger to be my Artist of the Week in art class and it is also two weeks until Easter, so I chose to do a bunny in a cubist style. What you will need Paper pencil oil pastels or crayons...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Feb 25, 2010, 8:58 pm
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Feb 25, 2010, 8:58 pm
This was a post from a while ago, but what the heck, a classic is always in style, and I am beginning to have visits from these lovely creatures in my backyard again. Many a seemingly complicated drawing project is really simple if you just break it down into steps. When teaching a lesson, I always...
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Julie M. posted an article on Ms. Julie's Art School - Feb 23, 2010, 8:08 pm
oil pastel and watercolor resist the art teachers start pulling out lessons on Georgia O'Keefe's flowers. Yes, spring has sprung where I live and the rainbow in my backyard is blooming again! In art class last week and the week before we focused on Georgia O'Keefe. She has a very interesting biogr...
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