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    Gift Guide for the Artist 2020
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Nov 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Gift Guide for the Artist 2020

    Here I've shared some of my favorite art supplies for the artist in your life. I include great supplies for the grown up maker, and kid...
    Gift Guide 2020
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 7 min

    Gift Guide 2020

    This gift guide covers gifts for men, women, and kids. I have been reviewing all the things I've bought on Amazon for as long as I have...
    Learning About Shapes and Creating a Geometric Animal
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Jun 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Learning About Shapes and Creating a Geometric Animal

    This project is fun and playful while also introducing students to shapes and different ways to use them in art. Materials: construction...
    Positive and Negative Space Project
    Caitlin Hanson
    • May 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    Positive and Negative Space Project

    A positive shape, also known as, the figure, is the foreground shape or the main subject in a design, or the dominant shape in a...
    Animal Collage: Practicing Symmetry
    Caitlin Hanson
    • May 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Animal Collage: Practicing Symmetry

    This is a multi-step project that was a challenge, while also a project most can do. The collage took a total of six, forty-five minute...
    Cardboard Portrait Project Relief Sculpture
    Caitlin Hanson
    • May 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Cardboard Portrait Project Relief Sculpture

    Materials: printed photo for reference, pencil, cardboard, craft scissors, pen or extra fine tip marker, Elmer’s glue A relief sculpture...
    Bear Pillow Project Box Progress
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Mar 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    Bear Pillow Project Box Progress

    Alright, I have hit a bump in the Bear Pillow Project. I made Prototype Number 2 and the shape is still far from where it needs to be;...
    Bear Pillow Project Box Update: Prototype Number One
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Feb 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bear Pillow Project Box Update: Prototype Number One

    I finished printing both sides of the pillow. For the second side, I taped down the fabric, so, it wouldn't move while I printed, which...
    Bear Pillow Project Box: Progress Update
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Feb 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bear Pillow Project Box: Progress Update

    So, I started on the Bear Pillow which led me to realize several things.  First, I need a small funnel to fill up the small bottles with...
    Bear Pillow Project Box Progress
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Feb 13, 2019
    • 3 min

    Bear Pillow Project Box Progress

    So, I almost have everything I need to start making the bear pillow. I got the fabric in yesterday and it looks perfect. I was going...
    Bear Pillow Project Box Work in Progress
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Feb 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Bear Pillow Project Box Work in Progress

    Last night, I drew the bear pillow template on poster board. Next, I’ll cut him out and trace him to see how the the shape looks. If...
    Project Box: Bear Pillow Project Work in Progress
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Feb 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    Project Box: Bear Pillow Project Work in Progress

    So, I am working out the details for the second Project Box (I'm kicking this name around for our art box). This project is the Bear...
    Art Project Box: Project Quilt Square, Documenting Work in Progress
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Feb 4, 2019
    • 3 min

    Art Project Box: Project Quilt Square, Documenting Work in Progress

    So, I announced I had an idea that was influenced by many things around me including: makers I see on Instagram and Facebook, beautiful...
    Favorite Art Supply for Kids: Chunky Triangular Crayons by Melissa & Doug
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Jan 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    Favorite Art Supply for Kids: Chunky Triangular Crayons by Melissa & Doug

    Melissa & Doug Jumbo Triangular Crayons are chunky in a good way. They are easy for my toddler to grip, and they don't break easily like...
    Favorite Wood Picture Frames for Family Photos and Artwork
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Dec 31, 2018
    • 1 min

    Favorite Wood Picture Frames for Family Photos and Artwork

    I have a background in art, as a student, as a teacher, as an artist, as a curator, and now as a mom. So, I have photographs, drawings,...
    Drawing Project for Toddlers
    Caitlin Hanson
    • Jul 27, 2018
    • 4 min

    Drawing Project for Toddlers

    So, I have some old drawings of mine from when I was about 3 years old, but they are not in good shape. The paper has been folded and...
    Rebels & Renegades:                       Art by Shaun Roberts
    Caitlin Hanson
    • May 6, 2018
    • 1 min

    Rebels & Renegades: Art by Shaun Roberts

    Had a date night and got to go see some art. Artist Shaun Roberts currently has a show up at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in...

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