The basic concept behind perspective is learning that the further away objects are, the smaller they appear. This painting idea comes from o...
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Line Pattern Leaf
This is a study of patterns that could be simplified for kinder and 1st grade students. I drew my leaf and filled it in, but a large templat...
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MiDesign at Michaels.com
I’m so excited that my friends at Michaels are allowing me to try out their online store called MiDesign , which is a great place to customi...
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How To Draw Another Turkey
Here’s another version of how to draw a turkey – a bit more realistic than my original post, but still very symmetrical and easy to draw. Ju...
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Scratch Art Turkey
This scratch art technique is called “sgraffito’, and it works well with turkeys drawings that need lots of lines on their feathers. 1. I ma...
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How To Draw the Mayflower
In 1620, the Mayflower landed near Plymouth, Massachusetts. This amazing ship is made of dozens of sails, ropes, masts and windows. I simpli...
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New Project HOPE Art Book
Want to read how Haiti children cook? Most recipes start with "First you build a fire..." Buy this book to find out more.
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Hand Colored Thanksgiving Day Cards
This is my gift to all you super-busy creative types who like to make homemade holiday cards, but have trouble finding the time. I used deco...
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Chalk Pastel Fall Landscape
This kind of loose, simple landscape lets chalk pastels do what they do best – make smudgy, soft colorful shapes. 1. Starting with an orange...
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Layered Leaf Drawing
Metallic markers are great for adding a bit of “highlight” to any drawing or painting. 1. Draw many large simple leaves that are overlapping...
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Layered Apple Basket
This basket of apples is a good project for young students that are ready to add layers to their artwork. 1. Draw the basket by starting wit...
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Cardboard Weaving Necklace
I saw this project on Pinterest thanks to Artrageous Afternoon , and loved it immediately. It’s a great way to make a little weaving project...
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Friendship Bracelets
This project was a hit not only with girls but with boys as well. I think they are just “surfer” looking enough to work for both. 1. These b...
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Pastel Tigers
Henri Rousseau was a French artist that lived in the late 1800s. He tried to paint in the schooled manner of the traditional artists, but th...
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Fall Oil Pastel Tree
I found this project on Artsonia.com . I love how it makes students think of trees as a series of branches, and not just a fluffy shape th...
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Mosaic Rainbow
My creative curiosity has been peaked with a recent discovery of colored paper tape. It really makes any type of mosaic work a slam dunk, wi...
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Watercolor Witch Hats
I don’t know how many times I have to relearn that the simplest ideas are often the best. Apparently once more, because I first thought that...
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Cubist Paper Bag Costume
A Halloween book that included faces on paper bags inspired my “Cubism” costume. I used a regular brown grocery bag, and started by drawing...
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FREE Download Spider Template
If you give students half of a symmetrical image, they will have all the info they need to complete the missing side. If you search for spid...
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Coffee Painting
I saw this idea in a recent Arts and Activities magazine. I thought a haunted house would be a good subject matter because of all the mo...
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Printed Pumpkins
I introduced my kinders last week to their first printmaking project. Learning how to draw different expressions on the faces, like those in...
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Crazy Watercolor ATCs
It turns out that lemon juice does a pretty cool thing if you leave it on a watercolor painting. Give it a few minutes to soak, dab away wit...
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Day of the Dead Drawing
Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico in which family and friends pray for and remember friends and family...
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Positive / Negative Scratch Tree
This starts as a “negative” scratch art picture and is completed as a “positive” marker drawing. Students can become more familiar with both...
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More Fall Leaves
I like using grids to organize art and fill a page at the same time. It eliminates the “tiny drawing on a large paper” syndrome. 1. I used m...
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HOPE Art Photo Essay in School Arts!
It’s confirmed, Project HOPE Art’s Melissa Schilling will have her photos and essay published in the Feb. issue of School Arts Magazine, on...
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A Jackson Pollack Pumpkin
Want to show your neighbors how creative you are? Get this white pumpkin from Michaels and pour lots of colorful acrylic paint over it. Let...
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Watercolor Crayon Resist Leaf
This is so simple but really makes a beautiful image. 1. Cut corrugated cardboard into rectangles that are at least as large as your drawing...
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Mosaic Tape Pumpkin
This is basically my Mosaic Michaels Pumpkin project applied to paper. But rather than make a picture that just goes in a folder, students ...
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American Gothic Face-in-the-Hole
A reader sent me this great photo a few days ago and wrote: “I am sending you these photos to show you how I adapted your American Gothic mu...
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Another Folk Art Cat
I loved this folk art painting project last year. I brought it out again today but simplified it. The basic idea is to draw in a primitive ...
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Zack’s Abstract Cats
This marker drawing project was inspired by a “Jazzy Cat” painting in the AliceinParis Etsy Shop . I love the simple white cats with the sup...
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Mr. Model Skeleton
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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Winner of Project HOPE Art Giveaway...
Kassie Mayo who wrote... I have twin students who were adopted from Haiti. I know their family would LOVE these mugs with art from their hom...
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Leaf Art Trading Cards
I went back to my favorite markers today, Sharpie brush, for my ATC class. Those brush tips just make for the best coloring! 1. Coated paper...
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Witch Feet Art Trading Cards
Symmetrical witch feet make for a good drawing exercise with this Halloween theme art trading card project. 1. Draw the witch feet in pencil...
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Frankenkids Cubist Collage
Mix Frankenstein with computer illustrated eye drawings and kids can have fun making some very silly faces. 1. Those on a budget could use ...
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Cat in a Pumpkin Painting
Consider this drawing a study in circles. The head, eyes and pumpkin give kids plenty of practice in making round shapes. 1. Start by drawin...
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Mosaic Michaels Pumpkin
I’m rather proud of this idea that actually came to me by chance. I was experimenting with a black foam pumpkin that I found at Michaels an...
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How To Draw A Bat
This bat drawing worked really well for me last week with 1st through 4th graders. Short and fat or tall and thin, they all were very cute! ...
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Project HOPE Art Giveaway $70 Value
Project HOPE Art is proud to sponsor a very special giveaway – a set of coffee mugs printed with watercolor paintings from four Haitian orp...
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Kandinsky by Matson
If you need a simple oil pastel project that works for many grade levels, try my “Kandinsky Colorweaver” project. I had prepared the paper...
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Leaves with Lines
This is a good exercise for those small motor skills. I’ve found students have a lot of fun just losing themselves in their patterns. 1. Car...
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Watercolor Landscape
One of the very first steps in learning perspective is noticing that the further things are away from you, the smaller they appear. A fun wa...
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Glowing Pastel Pumpkin
I found some amazing pumpkins HERE at Artsonia.com, which I believe should be credited to Whitney Elementary School in Strongsville, OH. I ...
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Marbled Construction Paper Pumpkin
Thanks to this art teacher’s wonderful posting over on Flickr, I’m going to have my students do a one day version of it with this new Creat...
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Art Trading Cards for Kids
I have admired Art Trading Cards for years, amazed at what some dedicated artists can create on the very small 2.5"x 3.5" format. ...
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Haunted House Mural
My Haunted House Mural is designed to be just the beginning of a very “scary” creation. This classic Victorian house comes with separate pum...
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