I used to think that only watercolor paper could bring about bright and colorful watercolor paintings. This collage was made with just white...
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Gilded Halloween Portrait
I found a great book simply called “Halloween” by Joanne O’Sullivan, which has a ton of creative ideas. This is an adaptation of a portrait ...
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Positive / Negative Pumpkin
One more Halloween project. This is short and sweet but makes a very graphic image. 1. Give each student a square piece of black paper and a...
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Tree Silhouette
One of the drawing tendencies I would love to break students from is making trees with blunt ended branches. I think it comes from thinking ...
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Fall Watercolor Tree Collage
This was recently a very successful project for 3rd to 5th graders. I like the contrast of the soft watercolor against the crisp cut leaf ed...
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Maple Leaf Drawing
Today I combined two past projects – how to draw a maple leaf and making a batik-looking watercolor and crayon drawing. The key is to use ch...
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Funky Witch Feet
Yep, another idea that originated from stock Halloween illustrations. I think it offers some colorful seasonal fun, and some good symmetrica...
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Make a Paper Pumpkin
This project turned out to be a very quick and easy way to make a 3D shape out of strips of paper. 1. I used orange construction paper in th...
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Student Fundraiser Art
The beautiful butterfly art was sent to me this week, along with a wonderful explanation of how it was made. I thought I’d pass it on as it ...
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Scarecrow Painting
I found this idea of a watercolor scarecrow over at Artsonia.com. If anyone would like credit for the idea of drawing him in this closely-cr...
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Get an Original Turkey Art Print
You can receive a hand signed, original high resolution print of my turkey art, just in time for the upcoming holidays and support a good ca...
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Contour Fall Leaves
Contour drawings are made with just lines, which also add a bit of visual energy to this picture. 1. I started by making a sheet of line dra...
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Scarecrow Marker Drawing
I started an afterschool Marker Drawing class, and this was our first lesson. The goal was to make a nice composition that had good contrast...
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“Day of the Dead” Skull Pattern Drawing
Day of the Dead is also known as All Souls Day, and is celebrated in Mexico to pray for and remember friends and family members that hav...
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Tree Silhouette
I was inspired for this project by a stock art illustration. I really like how it turned out as it lets students focus on how detailed tree ...
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Folk Art Halloween Cat Painting
Folk art has been traditionally created by those with no official training in the arts. This style really lends itself to children’s art as ...
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Pumpkin Festival Photo Op
My school's biggest annual fund raiser is our Pumpkin Festival. With Halloween themes galore, I decided to blow up my mural of “The Scre...
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Pastel Indian Corn
Fall is full of colorful imagery, be it pumpkins or leaves or corn. For some reason, glue drawing on black paper with chalk pastels, seems t...
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Mr. Model Skeleton Tutorial
I have a hard time throwing away multiples of anything, as I am sure they are just a few steps away from becoming a great art project. This ...
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Black Cat Face
In my search for some new black cat art ideas, I found an extreme close up of a face that got me thinking... 1. I’ve got a wide range of age...
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How to Draw A Haunted House
I love all the creative possibilities of Halloween. Students can practice their architectural drawing while changing just a few elements to ...
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Batik Crayon Pumpkins
Batik is a resist-dyeing process that originated in Indonesia. Children can simulate the look with crayons and watercolor. 1. Show the stude...
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Haiti Market Day Mural
I created this mural to celebrate the colorful work of Haitian artist Berny Mathias, and to continue to raise funds for Project HOPE Art in...
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Watercolor Pumpkin
I feel that you pretty much can’t lose when you make pumpkins your subject matter for a painting. The line work alone is perfect for teachin...
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Ceramic Halloween Pumpkins
This project comes from Ellen at Clayworks Studio . It's basically making two pinch pots and blending them together. My kids grade 3-5 l...
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Art Journaling 136, Tissue Paper Fall Leaves
Fall leaves are made of lots of fun curvy shapes, so I had my art journal students trace them today to make a tissue paper collage of maple,...
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Munch’s “The Scream” Self Portrait
There’s no denying the popularity of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”. It’s one of the most famous paintings from the Expressionist movement, and...
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Plastic Bag Mache Pumpkin
This pumpkin is made from about 40 plastic grocery bags, some Saran wrap, 3 rubber bands, newspaper, paper towel and mache, topped off with ...
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How to Draw an Owl
My students really enjoyed learning how to draw this owl last week. 1. Follow the steps shown above to make this pencil drawing of an owl. 2...
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Coffee Mug Fundraiser for HOPE Art
I’m happy to announce that some of the amazing art that was created on Project HOPE Art’s last trip to Haiti is now being offered on CafePr...
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