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  1. Beth CarterJanuary 20, 2015 at 11:38 AM

    I love your blog. How did you do the chalkboard lettering?

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    1. UnknownJanuary 20, 2015 at 1:33 PM

      There are tons of free online chalkboard font downloads, here's a good one to check out http://www.the36thavenue.com/chalkboard-fonts/. Sometimes I copy and paste the font I want to use from a word document, but it doesn't always show up the best in the blogger platform. For the above, I actually created an image and just inserted it.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2015 at 11:31 PM

    the layered snowflakes done by 5th grade are stunning. Absolutely beautiful. Trying to figure out exactly how it was done. Would love to know the process.

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  3. UnknownAugust 30, 2015 at 6:40 PM

    Abby! Congrats on your new teaching gig! I am teaching first grade now----I will miss all your rad early childhood art ideas :(!

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  4. UnknownAugust 30, 2015 at 6:41 PM

    Abby!! Congrats on your new teaching gig! I will miss all your rad early childhood art ideas :(!

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  5. UnknownSeptember 11, 2015 at 9:41 PM

    Hi Abby,
    I love your crayon. watercolor, salt butterfly paintings. I am getting caterpillars to hatch with my class soon. Trying to figure out how you made those. Any words of advice? Thanks!

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    1. UnknownSeptember 13, 2015 at 9:19 PM

      That sounds fun, what an experience for your students. To make the butterfly paintings we first started out by talking about symmetry. We then drew the butterfly bodies together, but I did not have them create the wing designs yet. I gave them handouts of butterfly wings that they used to design the wings on their own..they just had to make sure the wings were symmetrical. We did a simple crayon wax resist with the watercolor. I used liquid watercolor and had students pick 2 to 3 colors (using the color wheel) they thought would mix well together. I always had to help them with salt, so I walk around with the salt and a spray bottle of water. I let the students sprinkle the salt and I spray overtop with the water. This works really well for those students whose work dries before you get to it! I hope this is helpful!

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  6. UnknownSeptember 11, 2015 at 9:42 PM

    Hi Abby,
    I love the watercolor, crayon, salt paintings done by 1st graders. I am getting caterpillars soon to hatch with my class. Trying to figure out your process. Any words of advice?

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  7. Jill WileyJanuary 9, 2017 at 9:35 AM

    Hi. You have a really great blog. I especially love your authenticity and enthusiasm. Your cool projects (especially no-kiln ceramics) really amaze me. I was wondering if you ever accept guest posts. My e-mail is jill_wiley@hotmail.com Best wishes to you.

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  8. Kelley LaineFebruary 9, 2017 at 6:22 PM

    I don't know how I didn't realize it before, but you're from Nebraska. I'm from Nebraska! Omaha, went to Westside District 66! That was more of a side note...First I should have said, YOUR BLOG IS MY FAVE. Like legit, its the only one I have bookmarked besides NAEA. Tie dye is my favorite color! I have tie dye everything. Sheets, socks, yoga pants (my fave), and anything white is of potential for tie dye. I'm going through student teaching now to receive my masters of teaching in art education in georgia as my last semester. I'm placed in a middle school and its my first experience. I'm going to teach them the grid method because it's how I draw and learned how to the best, and your post on it made me feel really relieved! Keep posting please :)

    P.S. not to be super awkardly weird saying this, but I wish we were friends. In a way like how I also want to be friends with Amy Schumer and Snoop Dogg.

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