Posted in Freebies, Frugal!, Getting Started, Life Stories, Real Life Art, Yes, You Can Teach Art! on Mar 9th, 2009
10 Quick Helps to Ignite Art Success in YOUR Home!
An encouraging 10-page download from Yes, You Can! Publications available TODAY ONLY at Jim Erskine’s Freebie of the Day website.
Posted in Art through The Year, Drawing, Newsletter, Yes, You Can Teach Art! on Nov 24th, 2008
PROJECT:Make a Thanksgiving ‘Thank You’ Banner!
Years ago I wanted to do something tangible to help my young children understand being thankful. So when my eldest were three and five-years-old, and with an 11-month-old in tow, we set out to make a small Thanksgiving banner.
Over the past decade or so, our banner has grown to 22-feet [...]
Posted in Ask a Question, Getting Started, Real Life Art, Yes, You Can Teach Art! on Aug 10th, 2008
Lay aside your fear of not ‘covering everything.’
Get rid of the idea that there’s a perfect curriculum out there that you haven’t yet found
Resolve to let your children make a mess this year … at least every so often(!)
Remember that making mistakes is often the best way of learning … both your [...]
Posted in Art, The Bible, Yes, You Can Teach Art! on Aug 5th, 2008
Looking for art connected with a particular bible story?
Try the site below. You’ll find images listed by artist, by city of origin and of course by bible text.
Posted in Family Art Notebook, Getting Started, Yes, You Can Teach Art! on Aug 1st, 2008
What Should I Use?
Many homeschoolers ask me to recommend the right art curriculum for their child.
(And one of my goals for our newsletter and blog is to give honest reviews of current homeschool art curriculum.) And yes, I know you need some specific guidance with how to teach art.
But it’s easy to fall into the [...]
Posted in Paper cutting, The Art of Seeing, Yes, You Can Teach Art! on Jul 9th, 2008
Check out the paper cutting art of Danish artist Peter Callesen.
Using just one sheet of familiar art paper, he creates extraordinary 3-D images. Spend some time looking at these together, using these guidelines:
Posted in Life Stories, Yes, You Can Teach Art! on Jul 7th, 2008
Can you imagine a more ordinary sight?
Sparrows splashing in a puddle.
Picture a thirteen-year-old English girl sitting on an old bench, looking intently at just such a puddle of chirping, splashing sparrows.
At her back is the warm, yellow stone of a beautiful cathedral, a place where God has been worshiped for 900 years.
The girl is early [...]
Posted in Art, Newsletter, Yes, You Can Teach Art! on May 29th, 2008
Sculptures … Memorials …
Public art is all around us in cities and towns in the form of murals, statues and memorials. We can grow so accustomed to passing these pieces of art, we don’t even notice them, let alone know their story.
But pay attention and you may have a treasure trove of story telling [...]
Posted in Family Art Notebook, Getting Started, The Ultimate Homeschool Expo, Yes, You Can Teach Art! on Apr 12th, 2008
In your copy of the April Newsletter, I talk about starting a Family Art Notebook. Well, I just got an email from my friend, Cindy Rushton. She’s pumped about her upcoming Ultimate Homeschool Expo. Cindy just sent me permission to give you a sampler of one of her free gifts that’s included on the [...]
Posted in Art, The Ultimate Homeschool Expo, Yes, You Can Teach Art! on Apr 11th, 2008
Join me live online at
THE ULTIMATE HOMESCHOOL EXPO 2008
Saturday May 3rd, 2008 3pm CST
HOW AM I GOING TO TEACH ART WHEN NO ONE TAUGHT ME?!