Teaching art to children is magical. Our workshops show you how to teach the best techniques for kids, discover the best art materials and experiment with engaging projects.

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Imagine rejuvenating your creative spirit this school year…

You might be feeling drained, burned out, and disconnected. Curling up by the fireplace might be all that you have energy for. 

But I know you have questions…and thoughts…

WHY don’t I get the same results as other art teachers?

HOW do I teach craftsmanship? My student’s skills are so low this year…

HOW do I make art exciting? For me and my students?

 

We’re committed to helping YOU discover what lights you up as an art educator, so that YOU can design your dream art class.

We want you to create an art program you love and walk into any classroom with the confidence that you deserve.

Wild for Watercolor and Creative Juices are designed to bring your love of teaching art back to life!

Are you ready to join the Deep Space Sparkle creative team as well as a group of talented art educators, artists and studio owners?

Heck YES! I’m in!

Imagine rejuvenating your creative spirit this summer…

After a long school year,  you might be feeling drained, burned out, and disconnected. Curling up in a hammock might be all that you have energy for. 

But I know you have questions…and thoughts…

WHY don’t I get the same results as other art teachers?

HOW do I teach craftsmanship? My student’s skills were so low this year…

HOW do I make art exciting? For me and my students?

We’re committed to helping YOU discover what lights you up as an art educator, so that YOU can design your dream art class.

We want you to create an art program you love and walk into any classroom with the confidence that you deserve.

Wild for Watercolor and Creative Juices are designed to bring your love of teaching art back to life.

Are you ready to join the Deep Space Sparkle creative team as well as a group of talented art educators, artists and studio owners? 

Heck YES! I’m in!
By the end of these courses,  you’ll learn…

✓ A variety of new techniques that you can practice in your sketchbook before bringing to your classroom.

✓ A variety of sketchbook creating techniques that  you can reference for years to come.

✓ How to earn valuable PD hours (without boring lectures!)

✓Inspiring take-aways from thousands of other art teachers in our private Facebook community

✓How to re-energize your passion for art by creating technique swatches, exploiting media and testing art materials throughout both courses.

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About Our Courses

Our Newest Online Art Course Wild for Watercolor

Whether you're nervous about introducing watercolor paints because you think it's a tricky medium, or your students aren't familiar with the properties of watercolor, in this course, you'll learn all the techniques that will engage your students.

Learn 26+ eye-catching watercolor techniques through guided experimentation, step-by-step projects, and a collaborative Rainforest Mural with out NEWEST online course.

Perfect for those who have never tried watercolor before, don't feel that their students are ready, or have recently changed from regular ed to beginning art teacher.

Inside Wild for Watercolor, the Creative Team at Deep Space Sparkle will show you how to add magic to the art room by teaching kid-friendly art techniques developed by others in your field.

Imaging going from novice to advanced watercolorist as you create unique technique samples alongside Team Sparkle and place them in your new watercolor toolkit.

Get support and encouragement from other art professionals and expand your teaching strategies, so you feel fresh and newly inspired throughout the school year.

Build your confidence with multiple videos per module with our talented team of enthusiastic instructors, as you depen you knowledge and creativity with an immersive watercolor course designed to help you teach art to children.

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Creative Juices Course

This online, self-guided course is designed to walk you through cool projects that will help you grow as an art educator and empower you to know what types of materials, techniques and philosophies will work for your art program.

As you watch our presenters deliver ways to make teaching art to children exciting, you’ll be guided through a sketchbook-making process that allows you to experiment, record and play with the techniques and projects.

Your sketchbook will record your ideas and will serve as your technique toolkit for years to come.

It will offer you a place to record the techniques and create the projects you learned from the presenters using the materials you have on hand.

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Plus, you’ll be backed by our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. If you decide you don’t 100% love our art philosophy, we’ll refund your enrollment fee. You’ll have 48 hours to opt-out of the course.

I'm Patty. 
I've taught art in California for over 13 years and now help art teachers just like you hone your craft, discover exciting new ways to teach art to kids and fill your own creative well. I'm excited you're here.

I'm Patty. 
I've taught art in California for over 13 years and now help art teachers just like you hone your craft, discover exciting new ways to teach art to kids and fill your own creative well. I'm excited you're here.