Based on the book “Cat Tales” by Michel Hale, children explore the color wheel by creating secondary colors from primary colors. Using shapes to create the Cats from the book,... Learn More

SNOWMAN COLLAGE PROJECT This happy snowman teaches color theory, collage techniques, and perspective in about two, 45-minutes art classes. I did this snowman collage project with two first grade classes... Learn More

Atmospheric perspective is a big word for kinder and first grade students but in this lesson they get to play with color value and distance to achieve it. To set... Learn More

Ted Harrison is one of Canada’s favorite painters. He was born in England in 1926 but immigrated to Canada’s Yukon in the 1950’s. His vibrant paintings of the people and the... Learn More

A reader asked me how to mix paints the way I do for my art lessons. She asked for a recipe, but I’m afraid to say there really isn’t one.... Learn More

Although Jack O’Lanterns have a strong association with Halloween, it is the one “holiday” based activity that I do. Here are two lesson tutorials that I’ve created last year:  Painted... Learn More

I needed a quick art lesson for my last day of art with my first graders. Something fun, engaging and applicable to our unit on color & line. My Kinders... Learn More

After my post on Open-Ended Art lessons, I couldn’t wait to try a little color theory experiment. It seems as though we are a divided community of art educators, feeling... Learn More

APPLE ART PROJECT While searching for a literature tie-in for this lesson, I found Nikki McClure’s exquisite book Apple. The story takes on you in a visual journey of the life... Learn More