With their long tusks and shaggy fur, woolly mammoths were unique animals that lived during Prehistoric times. With the popularity of the movie Ice Age, I was inspired to use... Learn More
Based on the book The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall and illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault, children draw a simple honeybee and create a beautiful soft pastel background. This project demonstrates two... Learn More
Lily Wool by Paula Vásquez is a way to introduce your students to where wool comes from and its use in making clothing. In this adorable story, we find Lily,... Learn More
With this lesson, you will be teaching young kids how to draw the human body. It’s a simple lesson focusing on proportions by drawing a fashion figure, also knows as... Learn More
In this lesson, first grade students will explore the paintings of artist Paul Gauguin while gaining experience with acrylic paint and a dabbing technique of applying the paint. Line, shape,... Learn More
This lesson includes a literacy tie-in, drawing/tracing skills, painting and creating tints, as well as using chalk pastel to create texture. A template is provided to help the children learn... Learn More
In this lesson, children learn to draw a simple line drawing of a space shuttle using a guide or a template with oil pastel or crayon. They also explore the... Learn More
This lesson celebrates the art of American author and illustrator Ashley Bryan and has been inspired by his picture book Beautiful Blackbird. Students will focus on cutting, pasting, repetition, balance... Learn More
In this lesson, children create a portrait of surrealist painter, Salvador Dalí. Using only white paper, black oil pastel and black chalk, this striking portrait can be as simple or... Learn More
There is such beauty in simplicity. This art project captures the design elements of Gond Art (curved lines, dots and dashes) plus a limited color palette. For younger grades, you... Learn More
Drawing like Miró is quite fun. Often times the lines don’t make sense, which is why it’s such a great project to do with kids. Again, oil pastels are the... Learn More
Children learn how lines form shapes with this easy art project that can take less than 40 minutes to complete. Use cake tempera paint and a waterproof marker to help little ones explore... Learn More
This is an easy project that illustrates Calder’s use of line, shape and form and is a great project to introduce children to primary & secondary colors.... Learn More
There are many shapes in a clown drawing—an oval or circle for the head, a triangle or square body, rectangles for arms and legs—you get the idea. Children at this... Learn More
Instead of battling metal clothes hangers to create a mobile, pipe cleaners make quick work of this easy and calm-inducing art project for the younger set. This is a perfect... Learn More
If you can make a pinch pot, you can make a mouse, elephant, pig, sheep, cow…anything! The idea is to create two same-size pinch pots and score together. Add a... Learn More
Learning how to make a pinch pot leads to an infinite amount of possibilities for other projects. In this lesson I’m going to show you how to teach the pinch... Learn More
Creating anything with clay is one of my students most loved art projects. What I love about sculptural projects like this is that some kids can create better with form... Learn More