My goal with this drawing was to show students how curves could add a lot of dimension when trying to draw round shapes, such as this lighth...
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All American Father’s Day
I traced this template from Keep Designing to make this art, but any hand drawn image would make a nice gift, too. 1. Using sharp, adult sc...
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Gold and Black Greek Vases
My quest for multi-cultural art continues, which has led me to a new media combo that I really like. It’s using food wrap paper like this , ...
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Japanese Wind Sock Puppet
This project was inspired by Gail at “That Artist Woman” blog. I love the batik look, which usually requires hot wax and expensive dyes. ...
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Abstract Cat Face
Let me just say, I adore this piece of art. It was made recently by a 2nd grader who was struggling with my suggestions of how to draw cat ...
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Father’s Day Watercolor Picture
I love this old photo of my father on his John Deere tractor. The image was cut off a bit on the bottom, so for his card this year I made a ...
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Father’s Day Scratch Art
This scratch art project was a huge hit. Also a mess, but so worth it when I heard students say “this is so cool!” 1. I found the perfect D...
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Kinder Self Portraits on Canvas ... Completed
Here’s my favorite way to make canvas art for fundraisers. This is a composite of 125 kinder self-portraits, all done with permanent markers...
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Mondrian Abstract Circuitboard
This project can introduce young students to the idea that not all art has to be about recognizable images. Some can just be about lines and...
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Kandinsky Cityscape
Kandinsky is perhaps best known for his abstract work, but I personally love the rich city life paintings he made, such as “Houses in Munich...
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Keith Haring Drawing
Keith Haring was one of the first artists to mix street art with the world of high art back in the 1980s. He got his start by decorating bi...
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Art Journaling 134, Tissue Paper Trees
I’ve found that this combo of tissue paper and glue stick works really well to get delicate flat paper to lay flat, with a minimum amount of...
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Mark Rothko Abstract Art
Mark Rothko emerged during the 1940s to create a new form of abstract painting. My goal was to have students think about the visual “weight”...
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My First Flower Painting
This was a very successful introduction to painting lesson. If you have kids who have never painted before this is a good project to start w...
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Mandala Drawing on an Old CD
A mandala is an abstract design that is usually circular in form. It is a Sanskrit word that means “circle”. ...
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Folk Art Bird Painting
This cute bird painting is an example of Folk Art, which is primarily made by untrained artists. In this lesson I encouraged students to pai...
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Desert Landscape
The first step in learning perspective is noticing that objects get smaller as they move away. I used this desert landscape theme to have st...
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How to Draw a Dog
I’ve lately found that if I give my young kinder and 1st grade students a template to trace for just the first step of a project, they tend ...
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