One last Valentine idea – a teddy bear holding a heart with message of choice. I loved how this worked out in my drawing class today. 1. Thi...
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Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts
Art Journaling 122, Valentine’s Day
I plan to do this page layout with my afterschool art journal class. It involves layering crumpled tissue paper shapes with watery glue. I l...
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Valentine’s Day Card, FREE Download
To make a super quick Valentine’s Day Card, just click HERE and download my template that you can color, fold and deliver. The letters all ...
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Valentines from Texas
I’d like to share these two inspiring works of art that were emailed to me last week. Julia from Pearland, Texas wanted to show what her tw...
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Valentine Art Trading Cards
I adapted my earlier “Hearts of Many Colors” project, thanks to having some Strathmore Art Trading Cards on hand. They are made to work wi...
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Paper Mache Valentine Heart Box
I used modeling clay to first form these Valentine heart boxes. If you can buy the clay at a ceramic supply store, it can be pretty inexpen...
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Symmetrical Valentine Birds
I showed students how to create texture in their watercolor paintings, just by sprinkling a little salt while the paint was still wet. The s...
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Jim Dine Shiny Valentine
Jim Dine, an American Pop artist, used a lot of common images in his art, but is best known for his heart paintings. His creative style is o...
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Hearts & Trees
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright told his students, “Limits are an artist’s best friend.” That’s because they force us to find answers we might ...
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“Cool Shades” Art Journal Page
I like to give students photos of items as a kind of drawing prompt. In this case I was looking for images of sunglasses, and came across ...
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Valentine LOVE Card
I’ve noticed that a lot of students are interested in drawing block letters. This project ties to a contemporary pop artist, and makes a n...
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Tinted Valentine Hearts
First graders need practice mixing secondary colors, but I just can’t get too excited over making color wheels on paper plates. Instead I ha...
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Homemade Valentine Card
If you can get your hands on some fancy colored paper, this simple layout can make a really nice card. I used some sample rice papers from a...
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Red Chalkboard Wall
I’ve known about chalkboard paint for awhile, but I never knew you could mix your own. My super clever friends at Project HOPE Art knew ho...
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Recycled Paper Heart Valentine
This heart is made from just newspaper, white glue, string and some pretty sparkle paint. 1. Tear about 8 sheets of newspaper (lengthwise wi...
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How to Draw a Rose
I have a feeling that many students are going to be asking their teachers and parents “How do I draw a rose?” in the next few weeks, so I th...
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Hearts of Many Colors
I believe there are times to plan your art with a pencil, and there are times you just need to jump right in and draw with a brush. You can’...
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“Focal Point” Valentine
This is an exercise to have students think about how they can make their art have a focal point by using different colors, patterns, values,...
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Sitting Valentine Kids
I’m a sucker for personalized Valentines, and I’m guessing most parents are too. The most time intensive part of this project is getting e...
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Glitter Heart Painting
One last heart project that I want to share because it’s the first time I let students use only Dick Blick Glitter Watercolor Paints . The r...
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