Art Lessons for Kids
Wow! America! by Robert Neubecker is one of my favorite resources for art lessons. I love his dynamic illustrations. This picture book inspired this Space Shuttle art lesson. I created this lesson for my Kinder class but see how art teacher Hannah Millard from Highland Elementary adapted this lesson for fourth grade. I think the results [...]
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Salmon are beautiful. Period. The tangerine flesh screams yummy…accompanied by a tangy ginger sauce or on a bright blue paper! This project was inspired by the book Wow! America! by Robert Neubecker. The illustrations in this sadly out-of-print book are engaging and fun. Just like my kinders. To begin, start with a bright orange piece of [...]
Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert I was organizing stacks of art the other day and came across these beautiful pieces. I featured these birds in my “Art and Literature” PDF Booklet but wanted to share the images with all of you. This project was highly successful, meaning that children embraced the project with so [...]
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Here is a great Dr. Seuss Day art project for your little ones. Inspired by my favorite “One Fish Two Fish”, this lesson is perfect for any lower elementary grade including Kinders. Supplies 2 @ 12″ x 18″ white paper black oil pastel blue, yellow, green and red tempera paint glitter and glue Drawing the [...]
A trip to the library last fall yielded a plethora of art ideas. Keith Baker’s Big Fat Hen is filled with fabulous illustrations. Colorful, vibrant, detailed and adorable. Perfect for fifth grade! Similar to my chalk lizard project, this lesson produces fabulous results even for the self-proclaimed artistically-challenged student’s. Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker I [...]
Picture books and art projects go hand in hand with these four art lessons inspired by popular children’s books. This 33-page booklet contains full-color tutorials, Prep and Set-up tips, drawing handouts, templates and student galleries. The lessons include: “Pie in the Sky” by Lois Ehlert:Lower grade students create painted paper and use templates to create [...]
While looking through the library one afternoon, I stumbled across Kevin Henkes’s picture book, “Old Bear”. The adorable illustrations inspired me to create a combination bear painting and leaf print art lesson for my fourth graders. We used one 50-minute period to draw and paint the bear and another period to print the leaves. This [...]
Based on the book “Manana Iguana” by Ann Whitford Paul, this adorable collage lesson is perfect for little kinders. Children learn how to draw Tortuga the Turtle as drawn in the picture book and paint a desert background. I do this lesson in three thirty minute classes. Supplies: 12″ x 10″ white paper Oil Pastels [...]
I knew I wanted to do a watercolor lesson with my first graders and typically I do a fish or a flower. Tiring of those particular lessons, I wanted something new. While racking my brain, I glanced up at my bookshelf and noticed a worn copy of Where The Wild Things Are by Maurine Sendak. Perfect! [...]
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After a trip to the library, I was inspired by the book Chameleons are Cool illustrated by Sue Shields. I love her use of color and large shapes plus the abundance of watercolor techniques on each page. If I had a color printer at school, I’d photocopy a page and hand a sheet to every [...]
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Who says giraffe’s can’t dance? According to my first grade students, they not only dance, but sway, gyrate and hip hop! Based on the book of the same name, the lesson was done in two 40 minute sessions. Supplies Giraffe White 12″ x 18″ paper Pencil/eraser Brown, orange, yellow and black broad tip markers [...]
Sometimes inspiration comes in many forms. I was perusing one of the many art supplies catalogs that happen upon my desk and I saw metallic paint for sale. Gold, bronze, copper, silver…rich, showy colors. I immediately thought of Gustav Klimt. I picked up a copy of Klimt and His Cat by Berenice Capatti. The story [...]
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