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Ceramic Guppies

I usually do regular pinch pots with my first grade students, but this year I was inspired by all the little fish I’ve seen throughout art teacher blogs. These are...Learn More

Related categories: 1st Grade Art Lessons, Ceramics & Clay, Fish and Sea Life

Grand Canyon Painting Lesson

Here is another lesson inspiration from the book, Wow! America! by Robert Neubecker. A journey across the United States brings us to the great Grand Canyon. Layers of rock, canyons and...Learn More

Related categories: 3rd Grade Art Lessons, 4th Grade Art Lessons, America, Art and Literature

Lady Liberty with Watercolor or Newspaper

The Statue of Liberty is a great subject for teaching art techniques; watercolor, collage, tempera, marker…pick any medium and the project will turn out great. The drawing itself is quite...Learn More

Related categories: 5th Grade Art Lessons, America

Space Shuttle Art Project

Wow! America! by Robert Neubecker is one of my favorite resources for art lessons. I love his dynamic illustrations. This picture book inspired this Space Shuttle art lesson. I created this...Learn More

Related categories: America, Art and Literature, Kindergarten Art Lessons

Buffalo Painting Art Project

The paintings in the book, Paintings of the American West, depict the lives of Native Americans, complete with beautiful sunsets, buffalo hunts and vast plains. As part of my unit...Learn More

Related categories: 2nd Grade Art Lessons, America, Animals, Blog Posts

Colorwheel Bouquet Art Lesson

COLORWHEEL BOUQUET ART LESSON This is a great lesson to teach the colorwheel, reinforce cutting and pasting skills and sharpen color observation and recognition. I did this lesson with my...Learn More

Related categories: Color Wheels & Theory, Inclusion/Special Needs Art Projects, Kindergarten Art Lessons, PreK Art Lessons, Spring Art

Focal Point Fish

Composition is hard. How do you know when a picture “looks” right? That’s what I asked my fourth graders today. We talked about what grabbed our attention and how our...Learn More

Related categories: 4th Grade Art Lessons, Fish and Sea Life, Summer Art, Watercolors

Keith Haring Art Project

This is a perfect lesson to get you through the end-of-the-year or even a mid-year slump. 5th graders love the graffiti nature of Keith Haring. It’s not hard to be...Learn More

Related categories: 5th Grade Art Lessons, Contemporary Artists, Famous Artists, Line Drawing

Painted Pigs Art Project

Simple. Cute. Fun. What more could you want from a first grade art lesson? Last year I did a watercolor pig art project and couldn’t resist doing it again. This...Learn More

Related categories: 1st Grade Art Lessons, Animals, Inclusion/Special Needs Art Projects, Spring Art