Most people think that you have to be a super talented artist to teach art.

Being creative can really help but it’s not necessary.

I’ve helped thousands of parents, classroom teachers, grandmas, art docents and quite a few over-worked art teachers teach art with ease.

And I can help you, too.

Not long ago, I was teaching art to 3 public elementary schools in Santa Barbara. When I stepped into my first teaching job, I knew a lot about creativity but very little about art instruction, supplies or classroom management.

I gathered every art resource I could find: from tattered photocopies to books from the library and I created a skeleton of a curriculum.

This got me through my first few years. We painted color wheels, explored artists, mixed colors and did all the right things. Then I discovered something: what I thought kids should be learning wasn’t necessarily what made them excited about art.

I switched up my program by combining techniques that were appropriate for each grade level with exciting subjects that kid’s loved. We went from static learning to expressive art-making.

I loved it and so did the kids.

Deep Space Sparkle is the result of everything I’ve done in the art room. Your journey is about to start, too….select from the options below so you can start creating art with your students!