Trends Modern Art

I'll be at the CHA Winter Conference & Trade Show tomorrow. I'll be there to cover the event for Mamiverse and of course, Modern Art 4 Kids. I am super excited to get on the floor and meet the people and companies who make all of the great art and crafting supplies that I use on a daily basis with my children and in the classroom, such as oil pastels, craft paint, watercolors and craft glue. And collage scrapbooking papers. And clay. And Mod Podge. And art markers. And color pencils. And....you get my drift!

We use so many different mediums at Modern Art 4 Kids that I'll be like a fat kid in a candy store! That said, I can't wait to get my hands dirty and take part in all of the fun make and takes, new techniques and tutorials! Keep your eyes peeled for all of the upcoming posts when I share about all the really cool things I'll discover over the next few days. I'm a total rookie when it comes to craft conventions, so I am prepared to have my mind blown. 


Yay me.

The image above is an adorable hand-painted rock from one of my art students. She gave it to me for Christmas. Can you tell what it is? It's a paint palette!

I decided to make a new banner for Modern Art 4 Kids. You could say I sort of have a prejudice against computer-generated art. Sure, Photoshop and Illustrator and all those programs are fine and dandy and yes, it takes a great deal of skill and talent to create magic with them but....there is something to be said about art that you make with your hands.

I always encourage my children to draw instead of just making something up on the computer. I feel if they cultivate their drawing skills, then it will only add to their technical skill on the computer.

I was working with some paper the other night and so I decided to make my own Modern Art 4 Kids banner out of cut paper--a collage. It was fun. I love that you can still get the tactile sense of the paper cut and glued onto paper. This is what happens when you buy a huge box of scrapbooking squares on clearance at Michael's for $5.99. Yay, me! It's been screaming at me to open it.

The original artwork is fairly small, around 8 X 11. I wanted to make it small enough to fit on my scanner. So, what do you think of it?