Deep Space Sparkle Art Lessons for Kids
Drawing Animals is a 17-page art booklet designed for grades one through six. The booklet includes how-to-draw handouts, full-photo tutorials and student galleries. Lessons Include: Dancing Cows is inspired by the famous “Cows” Creamery in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The business has a staff of artists who create funky cows images for their private label [...]
Picture books and art projects go hand-in-hand. These four art lessons inspired by popular children’s books, 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 stunning birds. Great lesson for color, [...]
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My wee first graders splattered their way to a beautiful autumn collage. The process was fun (painting paper) and skill building (drawing, cutting and pasting). If you have pumpkins and squash available (fake or real), bring ‘em out! The visuals really help the kids. Supplies: Lots of white drawing paper Gold Tempera Paint or Gold [...]
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Have you ever wanted to experiment with different supplies with the same project? Of course you have! You are an art teacher! I wanted to add a new spin on my favorite scarecrow collage. For one school, I used the standard watercolor paint technique but for the other, I used tempera paint outlined in black. [...]
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Oh, the expectations. First grade students are perfection: they know the rules (well, almost) and are at their beginning of artistic creativity. I have never heard a first grader say they couldn’t do art. Not once. Just not in their vocabulary. Needless to say, art lessons for this age group are the MOST fun lessons [...]
Here is a fun and very easy art project for any age and for anytime of the year. You can vary the subject matter to feature anything you like (flowers, boats, cats, dinosaurs, etc.). The supply list is simple: tissue paper and some liquid starch. The challenge here is to have the children think visually, [...]
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In keeping with my theme for line drawings, I’m posting a few of my samples that I have done with my students over the years. I don’t like to show “teacher samples” as I don’t feel that helps you much with your expectations, but I’m making an exception here. Hopefully, you’ll get inspired to try [...]
Line drawings are a super easy way to start off your art curriculum. I usually do some type of line drawing with all my grade levels at the beginning of the year. Not only is the set-up simple and there is virtually no clean-up, but it gives me a chance to get to get to [...]
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Here is another quick and beautiful art lesson for early elementary children. I came across a souvenir sailboat that I purchased one summer thinking that it would make a great visual for an art lesson. Three years later, I finally put it to use. I did this project in one 60-minute art session but you [...]
I’m always searching for one session lessons. You know the type: art projects that don’t take two or three classes to complete. This Joan Miro inspired lesson is one such lesson. I teach this lesson to first grade, but second or third grade would enjoy it as well. First grade students have a good laugh as [...]
All successful watercolor projects begin with a great drawing. Use the how-to-draw handouts to help your students to their best work. This 19-page art booklet features four Watercolor Projects that are suitable for all elementary school grade levels. PROJECTS INCLUDE: Tweet! Tweet! An easy directed line drawing turns into a stunning piece. Perfect for Kinder [...]
The quintessential art lesson for elementary school: self-portraits! This 24-page lesson plan booklet includes six easy portrait ideas. Easy-to-follow steps, supply lists, full-color photo-tutorials, original Deep Space Sparkle handouts and student galleries included. The Portrait Lessons includes: Matisse-Inspired Portrait for early elementary: Using oil pastels, kids draw a simple self-portrait following either a directed line drawing [...]
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Eric Carle is one of my favorite children’s book illustrators. His iconic style is an inspiration for many of my art projects. Children adore his books and are thrilled to create art that look just like the book. They get to play with paint, experiment with textures and best of all, create their own masterpiece. But [...]
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I recently posted a lesson on creating Fancy Glitter Fish. If you have time and want to extend this lesson, here is a great alternative for you. This extra step provides a great opportunity to develop the fine motor skills necessary for cutting. Also, it gives the kids another opportunity to be creative. After all, [...]
These clowns are a perennial favorite in the art room. They add color to the art room walls, bring smiles to your budding artist and teaches a plethora of art techniques. You can either cut out the clown and paste onto a black piece of paper or leave as is. I have done both but [...]
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