Be the Artist: The Beauty of Tattoo Art
Tattoo art is as varied as the people who wear and design them. Explore your favorite tattoo art styles in this easy art vase project.
Continue ReadingTattoo art is as varied as the people who wear and design them. Explore your favorite tattoo art styles in this easy art vase project.
Continue ReadingDoes adding highlights, doodles and remarques to prints make it original art? Well, it certainly gives a print a more personal touch.
Continue ReadingPlastic canvas became a favorite of ’70s yarn crafters. Here’s a way to give this practical craft an artsy abstract edge.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Lisa takes us into the world of the kitchy, yet mesmerizing, velvet art that was popular in the 70s and 80s.
Continue ReadingThis summer’s Be the Artist series is coming soon with some well-known types of art and answers the question, “Yeah, but.. is it art?”
Continue Reading‘Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars’ by Sam Maggs is set in the years between Fallen Order & Survivor & catches us up with the Stinger Mantis crew.
Continue ReadingThe first Between the Bookends of 2023 is a month late but I hope you find something to enjoy in this eclectic mix for the new year.
Continue ReadingCan you believe it’s time for the final Between the Bookends of 2022? We wish you a happy holiday season filled with reading time.
Continue Reading‘Convergence’ by Zoraida Cordova kicks off Phase Two of the Star Wars High Republic and is set generations before the events of Phase One.
Continue ReadingIn this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie and Scott read a wide mix of books from fantasy to contemporary, romance to non-fiction.
Continue ReadingThis month’s Between the Bookends is a double column and also (unintentionally) entirely filled with middle-grade reads.
Continue ReadingRay Harryhausen’s wonderful stop-motion fantasy creatures still influence animators today. Here’s an interactive project inspired by his work.
Continue ReadingCelebrate the colorful neon style of the early ’80s with this family-friendly and “A-Muse-ing” ‘Xanadu’-inspired project.
Continue ReadingJackie Ormes was the first female African American to be nationally syndicated, and she used her characters to bring her own voice to life.
Continue ReadingIn ‘The Princess and the Scoundrel’ by Beth Revis, Han and Leia marry and take their honeymoon aboard the luxury Star Cruiser Halcyon.
Continue ReadingIn this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie reviews 4 books including a YA dystopian thriller and a memoir from one of her favorite singers.
Continue ReadingCharles Schulz used his alter ego, Charlie Brown, to turn the ups and downs of childhood into a comic strip loved around the world.
Continue ReadingIn ‘Shadow of the Sith’ by Adam Christopher, we follow Luke Skywalker and his old friend Lando Calrissian as they take on a new mission.
Continue ReadingYayoi Kusama took on the art world one dot at a time. Try this family-friendly way of celebrating her famous Infinity Rooms.
Continue ReadingUb Iwerks was not as famous as Walt Disney, but he helped create the most iconic character in animation. Let’s create a “mouse” of our own.
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