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Mixing Skin Tones Using Primary Colors

November 14, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 9 Comments

Using primary color tempera paints to mix skin tones for art class.

I’m back with more color mixing! Last week we mixed secondary and tertiary colors (check out this video) and today we are mixing skin tones using primary colors! This is pretty sophisticated stuff, and hopefully I do a good job of explaining the concepts of mixing browns in the video below. Don’t be intimidated, though,…

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Color Mixing for Art Class

November 3, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 15 Comments

Color mixing tempera paints for art class! In this video I will show you how I make vibrant and opaque colors for use on cardboard, paper, and more. Learn about primary, secondary, and tertiary colors (the best ones to make)!

I’ve been wanting to make a color theory and color mixing video for YEARS! I’m so exciting to finally share this video that I made showing you how I mix my colors for art class with tempera paints. (Watch Part 2 here, where I show you how to mix skin tones using primary colors.) […

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NEW Website for At-Home Learning Guides!

September 2, 2020 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

Art and Play Learning Guide for September 2020, from The Creativity Project.

Our new website is called The Creativity Project and it’s up and live and looks so good! Shannon and I are so excited to have a new hub for our at-home learning guides. If you followed along in the Spring when we launched our first Art + Play Guides here on this website, you how…

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Summer Art Camp Guides for At Home

June 23, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 2 Comments

Summer Art Camp at Home, download "Dream House" and print, 26 pages with 20 original creative ideas, for kids ages 3-9 with variations for toddlers and tweens.

I’m so excited to announce the launch of a new business, a new website, and THREE new summer camp guides!! First, the business. As you know, my friend and colleague, Shannon from Hatch, and I collaborated in the Spring on 7 (seven!) weeks of learning-at-home guides. We decided to turn it into a new business,…

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Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home / Week 7

April 25, 2020 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

This Weekly Art & Play guide for learning at home promotes math, literacy and science through creativity. Join us for Provocations week!

Week 7 of our Art and Play Activity Guide is all about Provocations! Provocations week will be a little bit different than our other weeks. Instead of asking children to act on an idea that we present, we will be asking them to take the lead and show us what they can do! This week…

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Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home / Week 6

April 17, 2020 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

This Weekly Art & Play guide for learning at home promotes math, literacy and science through creativity. Join us for Fabric & Yarn week!

This week we celebrate the fiber arts as we play around with FABRIC & YARN! Yay!! It’s also Earth Day on Wednesday so we’ll be honoring Mother Earth, too. Many of us are spending time decluttering and cleaning out closets. This week we’ll use some of our old clothes for fabric collage, or cut up…

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Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home / Week 5

April 10, 2020 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

Our Art & Play Guide for Learning at Home will help you navigate these quarantine days. They promote math, literacy, science, and community connection through creativity. Join us for Paint Exploration week!

It’s Painting Week! Before you run in the other direction or call us out for being totally crazy to make a whole week of painting experiences, worry not, we’ve got you covered. In Week 5 of our Art & Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home, we will be holding your hand every step of the…

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Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home / Week 4

April 4, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 1 Comment

This Art and Play guide for learning at home promotes math, literacy and science through creativity. Join us for construction week.

It’s hard to believe that this is our FOURTH guide for learning at home! We are thrilled to hear that so many of you have established a rhythm and routine for the day through our weekly guides, found bright spots of curiosity and creativity, and created memories while making things together. This week is no…

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Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home / Week 3

March 29, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 4 Comments

Learning at home with your kids because of the coronavirus? This Art and Play guide will help. Promoting math, literacy and science through art and play.

Welcome back to Week 3 of our Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home! Shannon and I hope these guides have been helping you loosely frame your days. Children need routine because it makes them feel safe and more relaxed. And parents need routine because it allows them to find some time for…

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Art and Play Activity Guide for Kids in Quarantine / Week 2

March 22, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 2 Comments

Are you and your kids quarantined at home because of the coronavirus? Well this Art and Play guide will help! Promoting math, literacy and science through art and play.

Welcome to Week Two of our Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home! Shannon and I were blown away by the response to Week One‘s launch of our “kids in quarantine” series. I wish I could share with you all of the incredible and heartfelt comments we received via email and on our…

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