With getting orders of paintings and ornaments completed in time for Christmas, my studio area remained pretty messy! Not much time to clean-up after arriving home from my full-time work at Liberty University. I kept my supplies out so I could come home, sit down and begin painting. Anyway, as you can see from the […]
Matthew 1:21: She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” We are sinful. It’s a fact in the record of history called the Bible. Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHILDREN: THE MESSAGE IN THEIR HEARTS New Children’s Book Brings Light To Children Learning To Plant The Word Of God In Their Hearts Lynchburg, VA – December 12, 2013 Liberty University Alumna, Michelle Marttila, releases her new children’s book, Happy Heart: Fill’er Up! Providing a resource for parents to help their children […]
BARN DOOR FRAME I just love reusing items and giving them new life! While looking for some Christmas decorations to jazz up my front porch table, I came across this old country blue barn door frame. It was just collecting dust in my garage and would be perfect for what I had in mind for […]
Since we are approaching the winter season, I decided to have my 1st – 3rd grade students work on sparkling snowflakes. With a little demo on what to do with lines & shapes each set off to design their snowflakes. They first used pencil to practice and come up with their snowflake designs. Then I […]
Our projects during this session was all about how special each and everyone of my students are in life. I wanted them to know that are wonderfully and uniquely created. The artwork focused on them and showcased their uniqueness (YOU-NIQUENESS)! Project 1: Be You-nique Word Art
Working on designs with my 1st – 3rd graders that incorporate the element of shape called the “dot”. So in keeping with this, we discussed pointillism art. I had the students look at artwork from Georges Seurat www.georgesseurat.org
As the cool air of fall approached, I decided to give my front porch a little boost of autumn tones to bring in the season! I love all things metal and I was thrilled to score this old bundt pan at a yardsale for pennies! Also, I grabbed a few other metal pieces that were […]
My first art show was birthed out of supporting a foundation my brother started to find a cure for childhood leukemia. My nephew, Eli Seth Matthews was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in 2007. While he was undergoing treatment for the second time, I decided to sell what artwork I had on hand to […]
When I first started teaching I knew I wanted to have children make things that would be keep-able and not thrown away. At first, I would take nine weeks to do one project. Also, I was a little overwhelmed on how to accomplish my plan to have the children make beautiful work. I wondered if […]
Adding a little color to any children’s area (bedrooms, playrooms, class and/or Sunday school rooms) will brighten it up and make it much more fun for the children! A local church in my area needed a little help to make their children’s space welcoming for the all the kids. I used their church theme/names to […]
