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Animal Sculpture with Air-Dry Clay

By Cheryl Trowbridge 6 Comments

Kids LOVE using clay, maybe more than any other art medium, yet most schools and homes do not have a kiln for firing. If this is your situation, don't let this stop you from sharing the experience of working with clay with your students! Crayola Air Dry Clay is a good alternative to the traditional clay that requires kiln firing. We used the art of French sculptor Francois … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D / Sculpture, Abstract (Representational), Animals, Clay, Lessons, Pompon, Francois, Product Reviews, Style, Supplies / Products Tagged With: artist Francois Pompon, clay, product reviews, sculpture

YES! Paste / BEST! Paste

By Cheryl Trowbridge 6 Comments

If you work with kids and don't already know about YES! Paste, you need to. YES! Paste puts your traditional glue stick to shame. How many times have you used a glue stick to attach something, only to have it pop off a few days later?? Or maybe you've tried mounting art with a glue stick and then had it refuse to lay flat even after being pressed under a stack of books?? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Product Reviews, Supplies / Products, Tips for Teaching Art Tagged With: product reviews, YES Paste

Art Demo ~ Crayola Model Magic

By Cheryl Trowbridge 3 Comments

Here are a few scary (and sadly, out of focus!) monsters from a product demo I did yesterday for Crayola, using their Model Magic modeling material. These imaginative creatures were created by an 8 year old boy who couldn't get enough of this stuff!Before being asked to teach this demo, I always thought Model Magic was more of a pre-school type of thing, but after spending a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D / Sculpture, Clay, Product Reviews, Supplies / Products Tagged With: clay, Model Magic, product reviews, sculpture

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