My Creativity Blog

Since I am back teaching in public school I have had an opportunity to think about my decision to teach art again. I have had several people ask me why I teach art. So here is a short list of my reasons. I would love to hear from other art teachers around the world to get [...]

It is that time of year. If you are a teacher, it is time to give semester finals and get all your grades together. Plus it is time to get ready for Christmas. Putting the two activities together could be an overwhelming experience. Notice the word “could”. I have learned throughout my years of teaching [...]

Hi! Some of you may have been wondering where I have been for the last month and a half since I have not been updating the blog. Well, I have had a few things change in my life. Back in June as I was finishing my series of articles about the book, The Creative Call, [...]

Ever find a book you did not know you had? I was cleaning out my bookcase when I ran across an old book titled, Creative Teaching in Art.  I have no idea where this book came from.  It may have been given to me by someone when I started writing my creativity blog. I must [...]

The other day I was called to substitute for an Art teacher. YEAH!  I wrote a little bit about it the other day when I talked about the Reynolds High School Art Show and Auction.  I was asked to teach about blind contour drawing. I was excited because I love doing blind contour drawing. I [...]

Hi Everybody! I am excited about a couple of new creative ventures I am working on. First of all I have started a new blog. It is Art For Homeschool. Art for Homeschool is a website devoted to helping parents give their children art instruction through various ways.  You will probably notice that I have placed links to [...]

When I taught Art in public school, I started the first day of the year by giving my students a “Creativity Test”.  There was nothing fancy about the test. It was a piece of paper with several rectangles, circles and triangles on the page. I got the idea to do this when I went to [...]