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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Showing posts with label abstract. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abstract. Show all posts
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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Abstract Fish Drawing
One art concept even young students can embrace is the idea of making an abstract work of art. I like to describe it as coloring just for fu...
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Miro Watercolor Painting
Joan Miro was a Spanish artist who developed a very whimsical style back in the 1930s. His painting called “People and Dog in Sun” is f...
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Abstract Flower Drawing
This is a little twist on the dissecting and coloring technique. If at the end you shade the corners of each shape you make, you get a sof...
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Abstract Tree
This abstract tree makes a really bold image and also offers a lesson is using positive and negative space. 1. Starting with a square piec...
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Watercolor Collage
I love what torn edges do for a project, even though most students seem resistant to it. I think it maybe just takes time to trust that “hap...
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Draw Klimt’s Tree of Life
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau movement. His wonderfully ...
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Kandinsky Trees
Kandinsky is perhaps most famous for his abstract circle paintings. But if you apply his idea to construction paper, some pretty interesting...
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Abstract Portrait: A Lesson in Cropping
To crop a picture is to remove outer parts to accentuate the subject matter. Chuck Close was famous for making portraits of people extremely...
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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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Geometric Landscape
Would you like to make sure your students know how to mix a color, in this case green? Then give them one of Crayola’s Watercolor Mixing Set...
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Dubuffet Self Portrait
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) was a French painter and sculptor who preferred what he called “raw art”. This came from non-professionals who w...
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Oil Pastel Klee Portrait
Paul Klee was a Swiss artist from the early 1900’s who liked to turn things into simple geometric shapes. This sample is based on his “Head...
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Scratch Art Landscape
You don't have to buy expensive scratch art paper, if you have some good oil pastels , you can make your own. 1. Give the students a hea...
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How to Draw a Laurel Burch Cat
This project was inspired by a talented artist named Laurel Burch , who has now sadly passed away. She developed an abstract style of painti...
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Abstract Numbers
Charles DeMuth was an American artist who lived in the early 1900's, and became famous for his abstract paintings that used lines to fra...
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Abstract Shape Drawing
I’m finding that almost anything looks good when drawn on black paper, and colored heavily with oil pastels. This is more of an exercise, bu...
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Watercolor Still Life
When it comes to painting, most children need to practice looking at subtle changes in color. The skilled student may already see this, but ...
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