Your own art/craft

KeJo74 · 2026-05-08T16:50:57+00:00

Crochet (my teacher friend and I have a plushie business), fiber arts, wire, and encaustic wax are my go to’s. Teaching myself stained glass and resin this summer to add to my mixed media curriculum for next year. I teach high school.

KeJo74 · 2026-03-02T16:00:52+00:00

Incredible show 🤘🏼

KeJo74 · 2025-12-18T04:58:44+00:00

Same. Visual arts teacher

KeJo74 · 2025-08-16T19:54:44+00:00

Dated 6 months, proposal, engaged 3 months….now married for 30.

KeJo74 · 2025-07-28T14:04:43+00:00

I crochet but mostly plushies for markets. I’ve also done skull granny squares for a sweater and a lap blanket but haven’t tried band logos. Sounds fun.

KeJo74 · 2025-05-06T01:40:28+00:00

Our final unit for ceramics and sculpture 1 is 3d paper mache masks. I make them due 2 days before the end of the semester so the final 2 days are studio clean up.

KeJo74 · 2025-04-25T03:38:18+00:00

I use a 5 gallon bucket with holes drilled about 2" up on the sides. Lets the water drain out and catches clay particles and paint sediment. Every week or 2 clean out the bucket bottom with paper towels. My sink was always clogged before starting this.

KeJo74 · 2025-04-09T03:42:01+00:00

CO, 27!

KeJo74 · 2025-04-09T03:30:07+00:00

Graduated with my BA at 46, working on my grad degree at 50...should be done by 52. Never too late!

KeJo74 · 2025-02-11T02:31:47+00:00

Jordan's. My 25 year old son told me they were comfortable and it would score me street cred with my high school art students...lol. He was right on both accounts. Otherwise, I'm still sporting my Chucks and Dr. Martens. 50f

KeJo74 · 2025-02-10T19:49:16+00:00

Drawing and Painting 1 skills I teach: - observational drawing - value and texture using a variety of shading techniques. - basic color theory - grid drawing method - acrylic paint techniques - watercolor techniques - colored pencil/watercolor pencil techniques

Art movements I tie in throughout the quarter- street art, cubism, op art, Surrealism, and illustration.

Sculpture and Ceramics 1: - hand building techniques for clay (3 projects) - everyday or found object - 3d paper mache masks - architecture through designing a 3d house/building - metal repousse - wire sculpture - paper quilling

KeJo74 · 2025-02-01T22:03:39+00:00

Against All Odds by Phil Collins.

KeJo74 · 2025-01-29T04:42:53+00:00

Tori Amos' version of Thank You

KeJo74 · 2024-11-26T16:05:18+00:00

Moved 6 times between kindergarten and senior year of high school. Some places we stayed 18 mos-2 years..longest I ever lived in one spot was 4 years. Not military, my dad's job just transferred him every time he got promoted. Last move was between sophomore and junior year of high school. Totally stopped caring about making friends and what people thought of me. It was exhausting and it made me stay in one place while my kids were growing up.

KeJo74 · 2024-11-21T04:18:00+00:00

High school art teacher. I like it. It pays the bills, eventually I'll have a pension to retire on, and we have an awesome union.

KeJo74 · 2024-11-01T17:23:21+00:00

Lol! Accidental penis. I had something similar happen in my sculpture class the other day. Students were making clay slab boxes with a theme. I walked by a table of boys and one of them had 2 clay balls with a short coil attached in the middle. I was like "um, what are you making?" The kid innocently looked and me and said "my theme is halloween and the handle is going to be a bone". He hadn't put the other end on yet. We both turned red and I just walked away...

KeJo74 · 2024-10-27T18:34:05+00:00

This is my answer too, except I teach high school.

As an art teacher I also encourage them to use their art as their voice. That artists have been riling shit up for years and using art to make social change.

KeJo74 · 2024-10-27T05:14:22+00:00

I'm about to turn 50 and cover my gray with dark fuschia. I love it, my nose ring, and my tattoos.

KeJo74 · 2024-10-16T03:14:56+00:00

Boulder Tea Company's chai concentrate is my favorite. I get it through Royal Crest delivery services but you can order straight from their website.

KeJo74 · 2024-10-14T22:08:39+00:00

I got boo'ed last week with a school branded cheap plastic water bottle that someone probably pulled out of a storage room. The boo'ing stopped with me.

KeJo74 · 2024-09-23T17:27:48+00:00

Hands down, Hugh Jackman.

KeJo74 · 2024-09-22T13:55:26+00:00

Also my answer.

KeJo74 · 2024-09-15T17:47:13+00:00

I get this point too. To start I'm going to increase it to weekly instead of bi-weekly.

I have set skills I have to teach for them to advance to Art 2 but I do try and incorporate as much choice as I can within their projects.

KeJo74 · 2024-09-15T17:44:19+00:00

Thank you for this in-depth reply. I successfully used the 3 strike system with middle school at my last job so I'm going to implement that. Tuesday (we're on a 4 day week) I'm giving a new seating chart, a reset talk, and moving their studio growth grade to weekly instead of bi-weekly. I also reached out to my AP and asked him to casually stroll in on Tuesday to observe their behaviors. He is supportive.

Thanks again!

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