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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

Related categories: 4th Grade Art Lessons, Line Drawing, Portraits, Spring Art

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

Related categories: 2nd Grade Art Lessons, 3rd Grade Art Lessons, 4th Grade Art Lessons, Art and Literature, Collage, Fish and Sea Life, Line Drawing

Watercolor Sunflower Resist Art Lesson

I tend to revert to flowers as the subject of my art lessons near the end of the school year. They provide an opportunity to explore a wide color palette...Learn More

45 Min

Related categories: 1st Grade Art Lessons, 2nd Grade Art Lessons, Art and Literature, Flowers, Pastels & Crayons, Spring Art, Watercolors

Sky Color Expressive Art Project

Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds celebrates the creative process with endearing illustrations and simple, but powerful words. I read this book to my K/1st grade combo class and set out...Learn More

40 Min

Related categories: 1st Grade Art Lessons, Art and Literature, Line Drawing, Quick Art Lessons, Watercolors

Colorwheel Clowns

Second grade is perfect grade level to introduce primary and secondary color mixing plus creating tints. It’s the tint factor that creates the WOW in this painting lesson as it...Learn More

1.5 Hrs

Related categories: 2nd Grade Art Lessons, Color Wheels & Theory, Line Drawing, Tempera Paint

Pinch Pot Animals for Kinder and First Grade

At the request of one of my Kinder teachers (who showed me a very cute ceramic cat and bird inspiration piece), I created a seemingly simple pinch pot animals lesson...Learn More

60 Min

Related categories: 1st Grade Art Lessons, Animals, Ceramics & Clay, Kindergarten Art Lessons

Easy Tissue Paper Art Project for Early Finishers

Sometimes I need a make-up day for my students to complete unfinished projects. Sounds great but there is always a group of kids whose portfolios contain all finished pieces. Wouldn’t...Learn More

Related categories: 2nd Grade Art Lessons, 5th Grade Art Lessons, Paper Projects, Quick Art Lessons

Horace Pippin Imagination Drawings

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin is a beautifully illustrated and written book about American self-taught painter, Horace Pippin. It’s what I call a perfect...Learn More

Related categories: 5th Grade Art Lessons, Art and Literature, Famous Artists, Line Drawing, Watercolors

You Be You Watercolor Fish Project

YOU BE YOU WATERCOLOR FISH PROJECT Looking for an adorable art lesson that bridges literature and art? You Be You by Linda Kranz (author of Only One You) sets out to...Learn More

55 Min

Related categories: 1st Grade Art Lessons, Art and Literature, Fish and Sea Life, Kindergarten Art Lessons, Line Drawing, PreK Art Lessons, Quick Art Lessons, Summer Art, Watercolors