My Creativity Blog

I read an article the other day titled The Importance of Art Trips in Art Education. You can read it if you click on the title in the previous sentence.  The point of the article by Sarah Curtis is that students need to be exposed to art. They need to see the real thing.  Seeing [...]

When I first started out drawing and painting, I was so interested in getting to the painting part that I didn’t really give much thought as to why I was painting a particular subject or what I was trying to portray. I didn’t think about having a focal point or how the eye would move [...]

If your child is interested in drawing, buy them a sketchbook. Any size will work.  They don’t need special pencils, a #2 pencil will work just fine. A #2 pencil can be used for shading. They can press harder with the lead when they want a darker value. If you want to splurge, you can [...]

When my kids were visiting from Texas we made a day trip to the northern section of the Oregon coast. We went to Cannon Beach, Indian Beach, and Seaside.  Swimming was not the main activity on the beach because the water was very cold.  We did see some surfers in wetsuits braving the elements. My son even took [...]

When I decided to have a school art show, I didn’t have a clue how to display the student art work. My school had concrete-block walls and acoustical tile ceilings.  Nothing could be taped or nailed to the walls.  The hallways were narrow and therefore freestanding panels could not be used. My budget was pretty [...]

I love to doodle.  You can find me doodling when I am talking on the phone, watching TV, listening to the sermon in church, or in a teacher’s meeting.  I don’t save my doodles.  I don’t doodle anything of significance. I am a very visual person, visual learner.  I sometimes have trouble listening and comprehending.  [...]

I just recently flew home to Hawaii from the mainland. I was lucky to get a window seat.  When I wasn’t sleeping or writing,  I watched the cloud formations in the sky. The sun was setting slowly in the west, but as we moved westward we were catching up with daylight. The cloud formations over [...]