Third grade students cut out textures and patterns from magazines to create a City Collage. Art Lesson Video: City Collages PowerPoint: City Collages Supplies: 9″ x 12″ paper Magazines Scissors Glue sticks Scrap paper to use as glue mats One of the things I have learned this year with our six day rotation schedule is…
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Brushstroke Paintings
After observing artwork by Alma Woodsey Thomas, second graders created a watercolor background and filled their painting with brushstrokes using tempera. Art Lesson Videos: Brushstroke Paintings, Part 1 & Part 2 & Part 3 PowerPoint: Alma Woodsey Thomas Supplies: 9″ x 12″ poster board or watercolor paper Brushes Watercolor paints Tempera paint Scrap paper to create shapes…
Kandinsky Drawing Game
After learning about Kandinsky, second graders played a drawing game using crayons. Later, they painted over their artwork with ink to create a wax resist. Art Lesson Video: Kandinsky Drawing Game, Part 1 & Kandinsky Drawing Game, Part 2, Ink Set-up Video Drawing Prompts: Kandinsky Drawing Game Supplies: 9″ x 12″ white paper Crayons India Ink, one…
Chalk Pastel Observational Drawings
After observing still lives by Georgia O’Keeffe, elementary art students create their own “up-close” observational drawings. Art Lesson Videos: Chalk Pastel Observational Drawings, Part 1 & Chalk Pastel Observational Drawings, Part 2 PowerPoint: Observational Drawings Supplies: 9″ x 9″ colorful construction paper Sharpie Chalk pastels Assorted objects I wanted to put a new spin on my usual Georgia…
Draw a Verb
After reading Lines that Wiggle, elementary art students drew lines inspired by a verb and colored their artwork using markers and colored pencils. Art Lesson Videos: Draw a Verb, Part 1 & Draw a Verb, Part 2 PowerPoint: Draw a Verb Supplies: Lines that Wiggle by Candace Whitman 9″ x 12″ drawing paper Markers Colored pencils…
Warm and Cool Shapes
After cutting and gluing organic and geometric shapes, elementary art students use warm or cool colored markers to fill the background of their artwork with lines. Art Lesson Videos: Warm and Cool Shapes, Part 1 & Warm and Cool Shapes, Part 2 PowerPoint: Warm and Cool Shapes Supplies: 9″ x 12″ white paper Sets of warm and cool…
Frank Stella Inspired Drawings
Fourth grade students created drawings using geometric or organic shapes after viewing artwork by Frank Stella. Art Lesson Videos: Frank Stella Drawings, Part 1 & Frank Stella Drawings, Part 2 Supplies: 9″ x 12″ white drawing paper Pencils, erasers Drawing tools (rulers, protractors, compasses, etc.) Colored pencils Markers PowerPoint: Stella Drawings I was inspired by a post I…
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