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Starlight Pumpkins | Art Project for the Fall Season

These beautiful, glowing pumpkins have a lot going on! This multi-step pumpkin art project includes drawing from observations and sequence, primary color mixing, adding highlights, cutting and pasting skills and...Learn More

60 Min

Related categories: 1st Grade Art Lessons, Color Wheels & Theory, Fall Art, Kindergarten Art Lessons, Pastels & Crayons, Watercolors

How to Draw an Easy Guided Pumpkin

You’d think drawing pumpkins is easy. Not so! After watching my students scribble oddly shaped circles onto paper, only to have them not like it, crumple it up and throw...Learn More

30 Min

Related categories: Art at Home, Blog Posts, Chalk Pastels, Fall Art, Pastels & Crayons

Painting Tips for Kinders and PreK

I had three Kinder classes one year with one of the classes being considered a Transitional Kinder combo. What does this mean? In California, Transitional Kinders are children who are...Learn More

35 Min

Related categories: Blog Posts, How to Teach Art, Kindergarten Art Lessons, PreK Art Lessons, Teaching Philosophies

Fall Leaves for Kinders

Looking for a quick Fall art project for your Kinders? In this one day lesson, students focus on line and shape as they draw, color and outline their beautiful Autumn...Learn More

45 Min

Related categories: Blog Posts, Fall Art, Kindergarten Art Lessons, Pastels & Crayons, Quick Art Lessons, Tempera Paint

Children’s Books for the Fall Season

One of the best ways to transition children into art-making is through a book. And if that book connects with the season, all the better. During the days when children...Learn More

Related categories: Blog Posts, Book Reviews, Fall Art

Acorn Art Project Using Watercolors

Looking for a quick, fall-themed project that you can do with minimal supplies? This simple acorn teaches symmetry, shape, line and watercolor techniques. Here’s what you’ll need: – 9″ x...Learn More

Related categories: 3rd Grade Art Lessons, Art Lessons by Technique, Blog Posts, Fall Art

3 Ways to Honor National Hispanic Heritage Month

From September 15th to October 15th, we celebrate and honor National Hispanic Heritage Month. If you’ve ever wondered why it begins in the middle of the month, it’s because September...Learn More

Related categories: Blog Posts, Culture Based, Mexican Culture

Celebrating Pablo Picasso in Your Art Room

Few artists are as innately interesting to children as Pablo Picasso. With the use of bright colors and geometric renderings of humans and objects in his art, Picasso instills a...Learn More

Related categories: Blog Posts, Contemporary Artists, Famous Artists, How to Teach Art

What to do in your art room in September

September in the art room typically means one thing; back to school! Whether you are just starting back after Labor Day or you’ve been back for a few weeks already;...Learn More

Related categories: Art Lessons by Subject, Art Room Management, Blog Posts