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Archive for March 2012

How To Draw A Chameleon

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I showed my students how to draw a chameleon last week, which have lots of possibilities when it comes to coloring. Here’s my breakdown of ...
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Dinosaur Fossils

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This is really fun for students that are learning about fossils and imprints. 1. I found some inexpensive plastic dinosaurs skeletons at Or...
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Another Chuck Close Portrait

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This is another example of the Chuck Close Portrait Project that I posted earlier this year. It’s also a good example of what the more expen...
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Art Journal ”Happiness List”

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I saw this “Happiness List” idea somewhere on the internet, and really like the positive message it gives to both kids and adults. It’s a re...
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Tinted Ugly Bunny

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One of the arts standards for elementary students is learning how to tint colors by adding white. My students had fun making bunnies that di...
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Sticker Art Trading Cards

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Sometimes kid’s creativity just blows me away. I brought round colored stickers to my Art Trading Card class today, thinking that everyone c...
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How to Draw a House

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I had great success with this project for kinders recently. Several even came back later saying they went home to draw more houses. Love it ...
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Art Journaling Magazine Circles

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I’m so excited that I found a new combination of art supplies that I really like. This is made with 2" magazine circles, Sharpie marker...
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Art Journaling Collage Drawing

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Some of the coolest art journal pages I have seen on the internet involve lots of layering. A common approach seems to be that a background ...
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Art Journaling Watercolor Blocks

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I started an afterschool class for art journaling last year, and this is one of the first projects I started with. The goal was to find a fu...
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Magazine Tree Journal Page

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Pattern scrapbook paper could also be used to make these leaves, I was just trying to use what I had on hand. 1. Students cut out a tree tru...
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Finished Rainbow Collage

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My collage projects were so much fun last week I swear I had trouble stopping. Shown here is Rainbow Collage No. 2, all covered in clear pac...
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How to Draw a Cow

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Last spring my school had a special assembly that featured a cow and her calf. I decided to take advantage of the fact that everyone was see...
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Homemade St. Patrick’s Day Card

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I made this card with just a little watercolor paint and a gold paint marker. The markers are not cheap, but add a special touch if you can ...
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Overlapping Circles Printmaking Project

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Save your paper towel or toilet paper rolls for this very simple printmaking project. 1. Students use a cardboard roll dipped in black tempe...
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Camouflage Painting

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Can you see the student’s hand in this picture? My 2nd graders had such fun doing this project! After studying camouflage, they had this cha...
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Rainbow Collage in Progress...

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Here’s a new idea I had today – to make one giant class collage instead of a lot of half-done individual ones. I started with a piece of pap...
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M.C. Escher Tessellations

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A tessellation is created when a shape is repeated over and over again covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps. I learned the hard way...
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Ceramic Fish

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This fish could be made with many different types of clay. I am partial to ceramics and the layering of color, for obvious reasons, I think....
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Homemade Easter Card

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Easter calls for sweet images with gentle colors. This bunny face can easily be drawn by any age. 1. I like the soft look of a pencil drawin...
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Sewing Party in New York

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Great news! The people over at Oliver + S Pattern Company are hosting a sewing party for HOPE Art’s ongoing Haiti Dress Drive. If you live ...
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Lots of Logs Painting

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I was inspired by a print at “Geninne’s Art Blog” and turned it into a study using neutral colors. In third grade, students can start to le...
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Mission Drawings

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Each spring in California, 4th graders are assigned a California Mission research project. I've found this to be the perfect time to wor...
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Outdoor Mural Update

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The colors still look great, but there was a fair amount of wrinkling going on due to the wet canvas shrinking in the middle and not on the ...
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Koi Fish Painting

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 It’s fun to change your point of view sometimes, like looking down on fish instead of across at them.  1. Students started with drawing the...
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Russian Buildings

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Architecture drawing is a really fun area to explore with children. I've seen many students that have little or no interest in drawing p...
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Panoramic Landscape

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I was inspired by a stock art drawing, and made just three rules for this lesson: the horizon line had to be curved, close shapes were to be...
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Van Gogh Ceramic Landscape

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Van Gogh was known for his thickly painted landscapes, so you can replicate the look with clay and kiln and glazes. 1. Give each student abo...
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Colored Pencil Apple Drawing

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Did you know that good colored pencils can actually blend together like oil pastels do? I didn’t until I purchased some new supplies. 1. Dem...
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Butterfly Collage

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Just about any Eric Carle book can make a good visual aid to this project. 1. It is important to begin with quality watercolor paper, one t...
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      • How To Draw A Chameleon
      • Dinosaur Fossils
      • Another Chuck Close Portrait
      • Art Journal ”Happiness List”
      • Tinted Ugly Bunny
      • Sticker Art Trading Cards
      • How to Draw a House
      • Art Journaling Magazine Circles
      • Art Journaling Collage Drawing
      • Art Journaling Watercolor Blocks
      • Magazine Tree Journal Page
      • Finished Rainbow Collage
      • How to Draw a Cow
      • Homemade St. Patrick’s Day Card
      • Overlapping Circles Printmaking Project
      • Camouflage Painting
      • Rainbow Collage in Progress...
      • M.C. Escher Tessellations
      • Ceramic Fish
      • Homemade Easter Card
      • Sewing Party in New York
      • Lots of Logs Painting
      • Mission Drawings
      • Outdoor Mural Update
      • Koi Fish Painting
      • Russian Buildings
      • Panoramic Landscape
      • Van Gogh Ceramic Landscape
      • Colored Pencil Apple Drawing
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