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Art Teacherin' with Cassie Stephens

The Paintbrush Ballerina Book

The Paintbrush Ballerina Book

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As an elementary art teacher, I am always looking for fun and clever ways to teach young artists. I noticed that students of all ages often use paintbrushes with a heavy hand. To illustrate the idea of painting lightly and keeping a paintbrush on its 'tippy toes', I came up with The Paintbrush Ballerina. 

When introducing this idea, I told artists that their brush is 'like a ballerina, always on her tippy toes'. Immediately they were able to recognize if they were holding their paintbrush correctly and with the right amount of pressure. With this and other proper painting concepts in mind, I wrote The Paintbrush Ballerina.

Inside the pages of this 8.5" X 11", 42-page children's book, artists will learn all about using their paintbrush from how to hold it, clean it, load it with paint and know why it might be making scratchy lines. They'll also learn that not knowing all of these things is okay! This is why we keep trying.

The bright and bold illustrations will allow young artists to easily understand and learn.

In this book, I poured all of my paintbrush instruction into a fun rhyming story. As narrated by a paintbrush who claims:

'I was squashed by an artist

Who painted with me today!

And now it seems I'm only fit

For the Bootie Scootie Ballet!'

Note: Legend has it that the Bootie Scootie Ballet is where paintbrushes whose bristles have been smooshed and smashed are left to live out their days. It's a sad state of paintbrush affairs.

Like Larry the Line and Alfred the Ape Knows his Shapes, this book is over 40 full color pages of fun and rhyme that will leave your artists asking you to 'Read It Again!' It's the perfect addition to any elementary classroom.

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Kelly Schmidt
My Kinders loved this!

Love this book! My younger students love that you carry Larry and Alphie into this story. They squeal with delight every time they see these characters. And any chance to say Bootie Scootie is big hit! Keep these book coming, I am a loyal customer and long time follower who loves your generous spirit and art teacherin ways.

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Jen Duer
The book I didn’t know I couldn’t wait for!

I’ve been using the Cassie Stephen’s “Paintbrush Ballerina” metaphor to teach kids how to paint since my first year as an art teacher. I was so psyched to see she turned it into an amazing picture book and rushed to buy it right away. I have already used it to teach my newest batch of kindergarteners and they absolutely loved it! This is a must have for any elementary art room.

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Madeleine Guertin
The Paintbrush Ballerina

Wonderful book! The book teaches the importance of using a paint brush properly with great illustrations.

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Elizabeth Connolly
Class favorite!

The kids were enthralled and listened to the whole story quietly-K-2- and the worksheet that works with the book was wonderful. Reading the book and demonstrating the worksheet was a great mini-lesson and lead in to the painting project we were doing. Thank you Cassie!!! I have a student teacher and she loved it.

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Erin Hartsfield

Great book for my K-2 students. We are all learning to keeping our ballerina on her tippy-toes. Wish I had this book years ago!