America’s Southwest Landscapes Art Lessons

March 21, 2013 By 7 Comments
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Bryce Canyon and Arches National Park in Utah offers the most humbling panoramas. Majestic rock formations, iron-rich colors and endless blue skies are an artist’s dream. These landscapes in my newest PDF offers the student artist a glimpse into the magic of Utah.

In this 15-page lesson plan, student’s learn how to draw a landscape focusing on perspective and space to create distance. Students use chalk and oil pastels to draw arches, hoodoos and cacti. Using the vibrant colors of the Southwest, children observe through photographs the rock formations and draw their own landscape.

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Filed Under: America, Chalk Pastels, Fifth Grade, Fourth Grade, SHOP FOR LESSON PLANS

Skyscraper Line Drawing

March 17, 2013 By 14 Comments
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Inspired by illustrator, Marz Jr. 5th grade students looked at pictures of skyscrapers and created a retro line drawing of their observations. The students used a black sharpie to draw the contour lines of a skyscraper (we looked at famous New York landmarks) and then got busy adding the dozens and dozens of extra windows and doors. I suggested drawing 2-3 skyscrapers on the colored paper and leaving enough room for a 4th skyscraper somewhere on the paper.

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Filed Under: Buildings and Architecture, Fifth Grade, Line Drawings

Romare Bearden Collage

January 28, 2013 By 5 Comments
Romare Bearden Art Lesson

Part of my grade 5 art curriculum is to introduce a collage art lesson. The concept of collage seems easy; placing and arranging layers of paper, paint and subjects on a piece of paper, but in truth, it is a hard concept to grasp. For children, the inherit action to place objects around the perimeter [...]

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Winter Art Projects Lesson Plans

January 10, 2013 By 2 Comments
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Fill the cold winter months ahead with a bevy of beautiful Winter Art Projects! This 22-page booklet offers three cute, painterly and technique driven lessons to date. Inspired by a very large moose, a tranquil winter scene and the Great White North, these three lesson are adaptable for grades 1st-6th.

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Filed Under: Fifth Grade, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Second Grade, Sixth Grade, Winter Art

Watercolor Art Projects for Grades 4-6

December 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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The best watercolor projects start out as great drawings. Learn my simple techniques for creating wonderful pen drawings and the best approach to enhancing each project with pan and liquid watercolors. Designed to enhance upper grade units of study, the booklet can also be purchased with access to three video lesson tutorials! This 21-page booklet [...]

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Filed Under: ART LESSONS by Technique, Fifth Grade, Fourth Grade, SHOP FOR LESSON PLANS, Sixth Grade, Watercolor Projects

Dia de los Muertos Art Project

October 29, 2012 By 3 Comments
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One of the most popular celebrations in Central and South America is Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead. It is a special day to remember loved ones who are no longer living. The art represented in the Day of the Dead celebrations are vibrant, energetic and colorful. It’s hard not to be [...]

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Filed Under: Fall Art, Fifth Grade

Watercolor Leaves Resist Project

October 10, 2012 By 15 Comments
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A simple, yet lovely art lesson that builds upon the principles of watercolor applications. My fifth grade students used liquid watercolor paints, “black” glue (white school glue mixed with black paint) and 9″ x 12″ 90 lb watercolor paper to achieve this lovely project. To start, the students drew leaves onto their watercolor paper with [...]

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Filed Under: Drawing with Glue, Fifth Grade, Watercolor Projects

Paul Klee Art Lesson

September 26, 2012 By 11 Comments
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Paul Klee has quickly become one of my favorite artists to showcase in my art room. Purchasing The Cat and the Bird by Geraldine Elschner and Peggy Nille is a big reason for this excitement. It’s so much easier holding up an exquisitely illustrated picture book than coming up with my own powerpoint or dry explanation [...]

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Filed Under: Art and Literature, Buildings and Architecture, Color Wheels & Theory, Famous Artists, Fifth Grade

Watercolor Resist Tropical Fish

June 19, 2012 By 8 Comments
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Fish are easy to draw and the color opportunity is fantastic. My fifth grade students always do a few watercolor lessons and this year I wanted to use good old fashioned crayons as my resist tool. I have a variety of crayons: construction paper, glitter crayons and plain crayons. My students loved getting all variety [...]

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Filed Under: Fifth Grade, Fish and Sea Life, Watercolor Projects

Modern Masters Art Lesson Plans

April 1, 2012 By 6 Comments
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Modern Masters introduces children to the wonderful world of Van Gogh, Cézanne, Chagall and Matisse. Using  famous paintings to understand the artist’s styles, children reproduce their own paintings. These lessons are classic examples of how mixing art history with simple techniques can create the most beautiful works of art that every parent will want to [...]

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Filed Under: Famous Artists, Fifth Grade, Fourth Grade, SHOP FOR LESSON PLANS, Sixth Grade, Third Grade

George Rodrigue’s Blue Dog Art Lesson

March 7, 2012 By 13 Comments
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George Rodrigue was born and raised in New Iberia, Louisiana.  What a colorful character he must be to produce such wonderful pieces of expressive art! His personal website is filled with his paintings and all the things he cares about, like the George Rodrigue Foundation in which he promotes and supports art education. He is famous [...]

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Filed Under: Animals, Book Reviews, Famous Artists, Fifth Grade

One-Point Perspective Art Lesson

March 5, 2012 By 24 Comments
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I’m so pleased to post this lesson. It is my first successful perspective art lesson and I owe it all to Natalie at Smart Class. Her drawing steps for one-point perspective is so perfect that I didn’t change a thing. For anyone who hasn’t introduced a lesson on perspective to your students, I encourage you [...]

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Filed Under: Fifth Grade, Watercolor Projects

Miro Art Lesson

December 5, 2011 By 6 Comments
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Joan Miro, a Spanish artist who studied in Paris, is best known for his whimsical abstracts. Many of his paintings combine lines and colors that create wonderful shapes that may or may not tell a story–depending on your perspective! I love teaching Miro as his art is so engaging. For little ones, I like to [...]

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Hundertwasser Watercolor Art Project

November 7, 2011 By 4 Comments
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Here is an easy art project that takes minutes to complete. After studying Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and creating a colorful collage, some of my fifth grade students finished early. Instead of doing random free-choice art, I handed them a small piece of watercolor paper (9″ x 12″), some colored waterproof markers and a pan of watercolor [...]

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O’Keeffe Inspired Graphic Flowers

October 31, 2011 By 10 Comments
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This Georgia O’Keeffe inspired art lesson is quick, easy lesson that all grade levels will enjoy. Needing a one-lesson project for the end of my sixth grade art rotation, I was inspired by an O’Keeffe art print on my wall. But instead of focusing on the center of a flower and creating a detailed drawing, [...]

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Filed Under: Famous Artists, Fifth Grade, Fourth Grade, Sixth Grade, Spring Art, Third Grade
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