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

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

Fun with Art Movements

January 4, 2013 By 6 Comments
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Fun with Art Movements introduces Impressionism, Expressionism and Cubism to young children with three easy, colorful art lessons. Inspired by Van Gogh, Monet and Picasso (you can’t get any better with these three!) this 23-page booklet shows how to introduce these art movements in a fun, exciting way through coloring pages/drawing guides, full-color tutorials and special techniques. 

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Filed Under: Famous Artists, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Kindergarten, Second Grade, SHOP FOR LESSON PLANS, Third Grade

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

Diego Rivera’s Mother’s Helper Art Lesson

July 30, 2012 By 8 Comments
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Diego Rivera is one of the most famous painters in the twentieth century. After studying in Spain and France, he returned to his homeland of Mexico. There he travelled across the country, exploring the cultures, architecture and history of the different regions. Returning to Mexico City, Diego began painting murals for which he became famous. [...]

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Filed Under: Chalk Pastels, Famous Artists, Fourth Grade, Mexican Unit

Robot Painting Art lesson

May 19, 2012 By 9 Comments
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Robots are great fun to draw and until I saw this amazing robot lesson on John Post’s website, I never thought about painting robots. I love John’s hi-lighting and shading techniques that he incorporated into his lesson. For me, this was a perfect opportunity to teach my fourth grade students not only about shading but [...]

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Watercolor Iguana Art Lesson

April 18, 2012 By 10 Comments
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Here is an easy watercolor art project starring an interesting creature…iguanas! My fourth grade students had a blast drawing the iguana with a black oil pastel and then using watercolors and special watercolor techniques to create these stunning pieces of art. Simple supplies are required: 12″ x 18″ watercolor paper, black oil pastels, pan-style watercolor [...]

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Filed Under: Fourth Grade, Reptiles, 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

How to Draw a Truck

February 23, 2012 By 11 Comments
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Drawing trucks is one of my most requested how-to-draw subjects in art class. I love the stories of the people who drive them, the cargo they haul and the best question of all…where are they going?  Inspired by the incredible picture book,Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! by Patricia Hubbell and illustrated by Megan Halsey, my fourth grade [...]

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Filed Under: Art and Literature, Boats, Cars and Trucks, Fourth Grade

Op-Art Line Doodle

January 12, 2012 By 26 Comments
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I made a vow at the beginning of the year to step out of my teaching comfort zone and introduce art projects to my students that may not be something I would normally gravitate to. These line drawings were such a thing. Other art teachers have done this lesson and according to their blogs, quite [...]

Filed Under: Fourth Grade

Fairy Tale Kings and Queens Art Project

January 9, 2012 By 11 Comments
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Continuing along with my Fairy Tale Royals art unit, fourth grade students used the classic double-loading paintbrush technique and drawing with black paint to create these stunning Fairy Tale Royals. Starting Off To begin, hand each student a piece of 12″ x 18″ white drawing/construction paper. Place small tubs of black liquid tempera paint (mixed with [...]

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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 11 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

James Rizzi Birds Art Lesson

October 24, 2011 By 11 Comments
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Artist James Rizzi has been providing my art students with fabulous inspiration this Fall. After finishing another James Rizzi art lesson before class was over, some students continued on the Rizzi path and created these adorable birds. The 2012 James Rizzi Wall Calendar (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch Edition) is a great visual aid [...]

Filed Under: Birds, Famous Artists, Fifth Grade, Fourth Grade, Third Grade, Watercolor Projects

Watercolor Poppies Art Lesson

April 17, 2011 By 8 Comments
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Here is a very easy watercolor lesson for any grade. Simply add puddles of liquid watercolor paint (or well-watered pan watercolors) onto watercolor paper. Before the puddles “dry” tap the paper onto the table surface to create streams of paint. These are the flower stems. After the paint dries, the artist can use chalk pastels [...]

Filed Under: Fourth Grade, Spring Art, Third Grade
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