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4th Grade Art Lessons

Kids draw flowers with a marker and use liquid watercolor paints to add glorious color

How to Draw & Paint a Bouquet of Flowers

HOW TO DRAW & PAINT A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS Learning how to draw flowers is a must in any art room. To make the lesson easy for a younger child, it...Learn More
80 Min
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Gunslingers & Outlaws Art Project

I introduced this Gunslingers & Outlaws lesson way back in 2010 and it instantly became a favorite of classroom teachers. I created the lesson after experimenting with ways to teach...Learn More
50 Min
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An easy watercolor resist lesson that is essential and fun for the early art years. Watercolor resist art project for kids.

Easy Watercolor Process Lesson

EASY WATERCOLOR PROCESS LESSON Honestly. It’s like the kids have never seen this before. The ooh’s and ahhh’s that result in painting over an area of white oil pastel is...Learn More
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Based on the painting The Great Wave off Kanazawa by Katsushika Hokusai, kids draw and paint their own version of Mount Fuji and the great wave.

The Great Wave Art Project

Inspired by the book “The Great Wave: A Children’s Book Inspired by Hokusai” by Véronique Massenot and Bruno Pilorget and the painting The Great Wave off Kanazawa by Katsushika Hokusai, my...Learn More
55 Min
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An easy cubism art project to do with your kids. All you need is card stock and some colored markers.

Easy Cubism Art Project

Cubism is one of my favorite art genres to teach. Because of the influences of contemporary artists (think Romero Britto), children are familiar with how artists transforms everyday objects into...Learn More
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Sugar Skull Line Drawings & Collage

SUGAR SKULL LINE DRAWINGS Sugar skull line drawings are a great lesson in which to teach symmetry, line and pattern, plus a dive into the South American culture. The Sugar Skull is a...Learn More
1.5 Hrs
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Maud Lewis Folk Art Projects

Maud Lewis is a Canadian Folk artist who hails from my neck of the woods, Nova Scotia. Her childlike landscapes depicting life in the maritime provinces are loved all across Canada....Learn More
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Father’s Day Portraits Art project

For the last art project for my third/fourth combo class, I asked the teacher if she had any requests. She didn’t hesitate to say that she has no idea what...Learn More
1.5 Hrs
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Jacques Cousteau and Jane Goodall Art Projects

Sometimes books take me away to that creative place where I just want to break out the tissue paper and pastels and get busy making art. The illustrations in Dan...Learn More
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