Art Lessons for Kids
James Rizzi has left his mark on the world. His amazing illustrations has made an indelible impression on me and my students. Last Fall, my sixth graders did a unit on James Rizzi which included Faces and Simple Birds. This time we had fun with James Rizzi Inspired Skyscrapers. This is a super easy lesson [...]
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My Kinder students joined in on the fairy tale fun by learning how to turn lines and shapes into a castle. By combining squares, rectangles, triangle and a few half circles, Kinders created their very own castle. You don’t need many supplies; a 12″ x 18″ piece of regular drawing paper, some liquid watercolors and [...]
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Castles are a sure thing in the art room. Every grade level loves to make castles and I often do a castle project with my fourth grade students. But this time, I wanted an easy, two-lesson project better suited for my second grade students. The castle project from Knights and Castles Things to Make and [...]
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Usborne Activities’s 365 Things to Draw and Paint (Activity Books) is a great resource for art techniques and ideas. I love the look of the Futuristic Cityscape lesson and knew it would translate well for my group of 5th and 6th graders. The idea of a line drawing with shots of color appeals to me as [...]
My last art project with my K/1 class was designed to use up my left-over paints and paper scraps. I’ve done a City Skyline Art Lesson with my Kinders before, but I changed up the background with this lesson. Instead of a plain background, students painted swirls to imitate Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting. I’ve [...]
I’ve done this architectural drawing lessons for the past few years. It’s a great way to teach how math and art collide. Rectangles, triangles, perspective….you name it, this project has it! As a new spin, students colored small areas with markers and painted larger areas with pan watercolor paint. We spoke about monochromatic colors, but [...]
I love paper: craft paper, painted paper, wrapping paper, colored paper…you name it, I have it! In my art room, students make their own painted paper all the time. As a result, we have loads of extra paper scraps that I can’t bear to throw out. The next five art lessons turn my paper scraps [...]
Last summer, I purchased the book Ship-Shapes by Stella Blackstone and illustrated by Siobhan Bell. The fabric art provided just the inspiration I needed for a shape-based lesson for my kinder kids. Shapes and color plus cutting and pasting are a perfect match for the kindergarten curriculum. Instead of reading the story (which in my [...]
My fourth grade students completed these fantastic castles today. I followed the instructions and template technique from my Architecture Made Easy PDF Lesson Plan but changed the medium. Instead of colored pencils, I suggested the students use colored markers for the small sections of the castle (windows, flags, banners, doors, etc) and liquid watercolors for [...]
Here is a super easy lesson that I snagged from Painted Paper Flicker Page. If you have any desire to be utterly inspired let alone be swept away by color, visit this link. This gal is my ultimate inspiration! Couldn’t quite find the “barn” painting to refer you to, but it’s in there somewhere! Anyway….like [...]
Drawing buildings are fun but can be a challenge. Use the clever techniques in this 23-page booklet to turn every child into a budding architect! The templates provide the basic outline so that the students can spend more time developing the fun details. Templates provide confidence and structure and eliminates [...]
Here is another great lesson for kindergartners to practice cutting and pasting skills. The project looks super dynamic displayed next to one another on a wall or bulletin board. Supplies Needed: Scissors & glue stick per student Construction paper in various colors cut into rectangles 1 12″ x 18″ black paper per student white tempera [...]
