This was very popular with my drawing class students a few weeks ago. 1. Students first folded and creased their paper in half in both direc...
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One Point Perspective Drawing Exercise
I created this exercise sheet so students could practice creating their own one-point perspective. And why not practice with stars for the 4...
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How to Draw a Grizzly Bear
I was inspired to create this bear drawing from the diagram at Appalachian Bear Rescue . I altered their instructions a bit to make the bear...
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Cityscape Painting
I’ve never been a big fan of tempera paints, they often seemed a bit dull to me. But if you team them up with a fat black marker, it makes f...
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Tinted and Shaded Cubes
The California Standards of Visual Arts recommends that 4th graders learn to “use shading to transform a 2D shape into a 3D form”. 1. I gave...
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Wayne Thiebaud Ice Cream Cones
Wayne Theibaud is famous for his paintings of cafeteria-style food. His art often spoke to the repetition of pies and cakes, so having stud...
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Art Journaling 135, Summer Flip Flops
I have trouble throwing away clean colorful food boxes, and was inspired by the beach theme of these cracker boxes for my art journal class....
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Toucan Painting
When young students are just learning how to paint, large size paper really helps allow for more freedom of movement. 1. Starting with appro...
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How to Draw a Lion
I saw this basic idea for drawing a lion in an Ed Emberley book. I think his books have been around for awhile, but the step-by-step drawin...
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Scratch Art Film
Kids these days just don’t know how lucky they are. There are so many cool new art materials coming out almost every day. I’ve found Clear-S...
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Pastel Kimono
Studying the art culture from other countries offers a a new perspective on common items such as clothing. 1. I made t-shaped cardboard temp...
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Oldenburg Style Installation Art
Most installation art is intended to have you look at your environment with a different perspective. Claes Oldenburg was famous for depicti...
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More Fundraiser Art for Haiti
My student’s art traveled to San Francisco last week. I flew up with this canvas of self-portraits for a fundraiser dinner, hosted by an ama...
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Japanese Wind Sock Puppet
I found this project at “That Artist Woman” blog, and love how it made very batik-looking fabric, which usually takes hot wax and expensive...
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Sharpie Drawing on Dry Wax Paper
I’m still having fun playing around with old family photos, permanent markers, and dry wax paper. I found my dry wax paper at Smart and Fin...
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Batik Baskets
One way to give any crayon piece of art an aged look is to crinkle it up in your hands, smooth it out, and paint over with watercolor. The p...
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Paper-Mache Bowl
Paper-mache projects can work really well with any upcoming Earth Day themes. My favorite recipe for the mache is included below. 1. Tape a ...
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Chuck Close Portraits
This project takes a bit of prep work and digital photography, but I love the results so much that it all seems worth it. 1. I started by sh...
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Giant Paper Mache Pencils
These giant pencils were a favorite among students and parents alike in my private art class. The basic shape comes from a mailing tube, wh...
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How to Draw City Buildings
The very first lesson in perspective is learning to draw depth. This is basically turning squares into cubes, and making a city skyline. 1. ...
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Maud Lewis Cat Painting
Renowned Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis (1903 – 1970) painted colorful scenes of rural Nova Scotia using random art supplies and painfu...
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Updated Scratch Art Father’s Day Card
This is my favorite way for students to make a scratch art picture, a black marker drawing first, and then layers of oil pastel on top. The ...
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“Finish the Picture” Drawing
I often find that if students have an image to look at when they draw, they tend to surprise themselves in what they can do. 1. I used the i...
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Handpainted “Etchings”
I found a great website that has lots of FREE art to download, and every picture looks like an old etching. If you paint over printouts ligh...
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