Author Archive: Chrissy

Learn And Create – Corvids

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Sources: What in the World is a Corvid? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corvid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae https://www.animalia.bio/northwestern-crow Meet The Corvids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/browse/taxonomy/Corvidae https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/corvids-of-the-british-isles https://www.oiseaux-birds.com/page-family-corvidae.html Corvids in Myths and Legends https://www.mythosblog.org/post/corvids-as-symbols-of-misfortune https://corvidresearch.blog/2015/11/15/why-the-crow-is-black-and-other-mythology/ https://www.scienceandpandas.com/magpies-ravens-crows-the-evidence-evolution-behind-corvid-cognition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae Corvid Themed Yoga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakasana Fun Facts: https://corvidresearch.blog/2015/10/25/5-corvid-facts-that-will-surprise-you/ https://naturenotesblog.blogspot.com/2021/12/compelling-corvids-8-interesting-facts.html?m=1 https://www.ranker.com/list/smart-bird-corvids-facts/chase-christy Why Do Crows Collect Shiny Things? https://corvidresearch.blog/faqs-about-crows/comment-page-1/ https://www.farmersalmanac.com/how-smart-are-crows-119776 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31604026 Watch this Documentary about Corvids What Can Humans Learn […]

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Chalk Painting with Kids

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It’s summer time! It’s a perfect time of year to pull out the big messy art projects that look like a lot of fun, but require a lot of cleaning up or a lot of space. Take the projects outside! Use a hose for clean up, use the yard for space. And let the kids […]

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How to Make Your Own Stamp

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I fell in love with block printing many years ago. I love creating my own stamps and lino prints. The logo for this site was created with block printing. I use block prints in my collage artworks a lot of the time. Here are instructions on how to make simple stamp. You can expand on […]

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How To Make A Mini Zine

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I love making Zines! Zines are self-published magazines or booklets. They can be on any subject, and there are lots of different formats. They generally have a small circulation- you might make one copy, or you might make a bunch. In the olden days before computers, zines were created all by hand, with typewriters or […]

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Kandinsky Inspired Monoprints

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I’ve seen a lot of tutorials out there on the interwebs for art projects based on Concentric Circles by Wassily Kandinsky. Most involve painting concentric circles or cutting out circles. I was thinking of something that involved printmaking… no surprise there, right!? Well as my printmaking students were doing their monoprints the other day, I […]

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My Weight Loss Journey

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This is my story. The story of how I took back my life. I’m writing it here as my first post because it’s not something I talk about a lot, and I’m pretty self conscious about it. The only people I’ve talked about my weight loss journey with are the ones who loved me before […]

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Social Media Marketing

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Please don’t share this link or the slides with anyone outside of this group. I am working on improving them and creating an online seminar. Thank you!! If you have any questions, feel free to email me at [email protected] Notes: On the slide about using emojis in your instagram profile – some ideas might be: […]

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