Kusama Art Projects! These Yayoi Kusama art projects for kids are perfect for the classroom or the art room.
Here is another great lesson for kindergartners to practice cutting and pasting skills. This Van Gogh inspired project looks super displayed next to one
Fun and easy art activities for kids. Learn about famous artists and be inspired to create your own masterpieces with our step by step guide.
Use this collection of Paul Klee teaching resources and complete Klee Famous Artist Unit lesson plans to teach elementary art class.
Super fun project for your Pre-k, Kindergarteners, and even 1st Graders. Your students will have so much fun mixing colors, whether they are just learning about color, or revisiting color mixing. This project is very versatile and can be created using a variety of mediums such as watercolor paint, t...
Continuing our grade level projects, Kinder and First Grade classes worked together to create some amazing cooperative paintings. Wassily Kandinsky was our artist inspiration. We started with basic shapes and painted right onto the large sheets of paper. After the shapes covered the paper, students connected the shapes with different kinds of lines. Students then worked together to add lots of vibrant color. These are beautiful - please come see them in person on Thursday February 6th at Zilker Family Night! Our school will be open to visitors from 5:30 - 8 pm....hope to see you there!
Review Line types with your students. Have the pages laminated and practice tracing with dry erase markers. Review together on your smart board so students can practice.
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Yayoi Kusama was the inspiration for these works created by the kids for The Art of Colour. I was keen to show the kids that it wasn’t just about the finished work, but about enjoying the jou…
ΡΕΝΕ ΜΑΓΚΡΙΤ! Rene Magritte"The Empire of Light "1953 Προβάλλουμε τον πίνακα για 30 δευτερόλεπτα και ζητάμε από τα παιδιά να μας πουν τι θυμούνται από το έργο. Συζητάμε για την εικόνα,τα χρώματα ,αν είναι μέρα ή νύχτα.Τι το παράξενο έχει το τοπίο αυτό;Υπάρχουν τέτοια τοπία στην πραγματικότητα; Γιατί;Πως θα μπορούσαμε να επεκτείνουμε την εικόνα;υπάρχουν άλλα κτίρια εκεί;Πώς μπορούμε να αλλάξουμε το τοπίο; ΝΥΧΤΑ -ΜΕΡA ΟΜΑΔΙΚΕΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΕΣ Επέκταση Εικόνας ΑΤΟΜΙΚΕΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΕΣ ΜΕΡΑ - ΝΥΧΤΑ (ΑΝΤΙΣΤΡΟΦΑ) Παρατηρήσαμε τα πουλιά και φυσικά ζωγραφίσαμε!
How adorable are these?!? This lesson took (2) art classes to finish (and I had JUST enough time to squeeze in one more lesson before the end of the year)! It’s a simple one —but packs in a bunch! …
My first graders are studying Claude Monet right now! First we watched a cute video (below) to learn about the artist Then we drew the garden and the Japanese bridge with oil pastels on watercolor paper. Students had to use three different shades of green, have lily pads that begin large at the bottom of the page and get smaller as they go up the page. The lilies can be any color, detailed or blobs. We used cool colors for the water, plants, and tree reflections. I use liquid watercolors because they are the BEST!! Before each student takes their paper to the table I swipe the whole paper with a very very wet towel. Then they begin with some splotches of turquoise Then they use blue Then bits of purple, making sure to leave the top and bottom for the green Then finally add the green at the top for the trees reflecting on the water and on the bottom for the grass You can add salt for texture OPTIONAL Then finally we use a dark green watercolor marker to add some Here is the version with salt after it dried. I love how it created a green vignette around the top!
Georgia O'Keeffe art activities for kids. Great for teachers and parents —art rooms and classrooms. Kid tested and approved!
Reading self-portraits, clay snails, and much more!
My first graders are studying Claude Monet right now! First we watched a cute video (below) to learn about the artist Then we drew the gar...
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Keith Haring 1st grade art lesson Hello! I'm still teaching on a cart because of COVID! As you might know many of the classes at my school do not have sinks so I'm trying to come up with messy free art projects for the kids. Believe me it has been a challenge! This is one I came up with that is all about Keith Haring. I have this board book in my art library titled "Pop Art Baby". It is perfect for my emergent readers (it only has a few words) and it is a board book so it wipes clean! There are many books available on Andy Warhol as well as kid friendly videos on You Tube. You can watch my demonstration video below. We modeled our art project after his "Dancing Figures". Students glued a piece of 6" x 18" purple paper to a 12" x 18" piece of yellow construction paper. They added lines or dots to show rhythm at the bottom with a black marker. We drew stick figures onto 4" x 4" pieces of construction paper and then drew bubbles around them. Remind the kids to draw fat bubbles! Students used red, green and orange paper for the figures. The last part was to cut them out, glue them down and add lines to show the movement! Remind students to put glue on the pencil side. They really enjoyed this lesson!
Kindergarteners have been very busy! We spent 2 classes learning all about line and contour lines. Then we moved on to learning about shape and how artists use shape and line together to create great art! To put it all together, my kinders created these awesome shape trains out of pre-cut circles, rectangles, squares and triangles. To finish their pictures off, they added details using their new found drawing skills and different kinds of lines. The result are some pretty awesome shape trains!
A North Park University community art project. Participants made images of fellow North Park students (or in a couple cases, faculty). 67 blocks total, mounted on a gold-leafed tondo.
Create a Syllabus That Your Students Will Actually Want to Read. Free Resource to download to help you create an Art Syllabus for your art students. Want to try your hand at a visual syllabus? We'll give you three helpful hints. This article will take 8 minutes to read.
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Quest'anno nelle terze abbiamo parlato di Van Gogh in modo poco convenzionale: dopo aver visto il bel film di animazione "Loving Vincent", h...
I turned the kids into Pharaohs! Took photos of them and printed them out. Cut and pasted onto brown paper. Then, I had the kids use markers to draw clothing and color with oil pastels. We talked about geometric shapes like pyramids and triangles. And we talked about patterns like stripes that are found in textiles. We also talked about Egyptian paintings on papyrus. Aren't they great?
I found this Kandinsky inspired Cityscape lesson on Pinterest, and the 4th grade students had a great time working on them! ...
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Our school art fair was a few days ago. It is one of my busiest times of year. It usually falls around some very special birthdays and during one of my favorite times of year...spring. The teachers hang student art around the building, there is a book fair in the...
This is one of my FAVORITE art lessons for 2nd grade!! I LOVE each and every one of them!! (More info. and how they were created below! Plus a little virtual gallery walk video!) &nbs…
These charming 'portraits with shadows' were made by Gr.3 students. I found the idea at the elementary art blog: "An Art Room Filled with Fauves". The supplies you'll need are: white drawing paper strips (1-2") of colored paper black paper (for the shadow) colored paper (for the background) glue stick, scissors, pencils colored pencils or markers So start off with the kids drawing a full figure person- you could make it a self-portrait lesson, or kids might research a famous historical person (to link with Social Studies), whatever. I gave the kids free reign to choose whomever they liked. Draw this lightly in pencil, then colour with media of your choice; we used colored pencils. Carefully cut out the figure. Place upside-down onto black paper and slowly trace with a light colored pencil. This will be the shadow- cut out. Decide where is the best placement for the shadow- I found it works slightly above or below to either the left or the right hand side. For the border, I pre-cut a bunch of construction paper using a paper cutter- it went really fast. These were about 1 inch thick or so. Kids will cut these into squares and glue them around their background paper to create a simple border. Ta da!
This school year is going to be a little different for me since I've got a little baby boy on the way! Baby Scobey is due October 17th and I can't wait! Anyways, here's a tour of the art room.... Mrs. Scobey's ART ROOM TOUR! Here's my "Colors!" Bulletin Board. In the past, I've had famous artist's works of art all numbered 1 through 9. I decided to change this up at the end of the year to colors. I use this a lot when lining up tables. Instead of just saying, "table number 1 line up", I say "Primay Color table line up.." I also get to reference this chart any time we are discussing or using color. It's been a really great resource. I might add the famous artists to my other bulletin board because I do miss being able to point at Starry Night whenever I need to. Colors Bulletin Board Here's the carpet and my introduction area that I start class with. Every grade level comes in and sits cross-cross-applesauce on a circle to begin class. I even do this with the 4th graders. I learned long ago that it really helps to gather everyone together in this space and setting before jumping into class. It has made a tremendous difference! I also get to discuss the "Art Word of the Day" and go over the general goals for that class period. This is also where I read to the kids and where our rules are posted. At the beginning of the year, we always start class saying the rules together. Here's my "Be a Good Listener" anchor chart and my Art Room Rules poster. I reference the Good Listener chart a lot! It's a very helpful visual for all grade levels. So the beginning of the year is always me blabbing about the rules and what not. Here's my schedule for day one. I always include a "tour of the room" because the kids get a case of the wiggles and I hate for them to have to sit there for so long just listening to me. Here's the book I always read to my classes at the start of the year... "Beautiful Oops!" by Barney Saltzberg We talk about making a beautiful oops all year long...no mistakes...just opportunities to make something beautiful. The kids really grasp this idea and then don't ask me for new paper and now they've learned not to ask for an eraser! (Well most of them...) Here's my Vincent van Gogh print by one of our parents...he's a collage artist named Wayne Brezinka and it's so awesome to have him come do artist visits to our school! We are so lucky! Here's the strike board. My discipline plan is simple. Break a rule, strike 1, which is a warning and gets your name written in the ugly red box. (I just laminated a piece of paper and use dry erase markers.) Do something else you're not supposed to do, strike 2 which equals time out and for older kids a writing assignment. I usually have kids write the rules..but sometimes they have to do a more reflective writing assignment depending on the severity of the offense. Strike 3 means you're out of art. I don't send kids to the office unless it's really bad...but strike 3 equals time out for the rest of class and I send a note home. Here's the time out desk and my "time out activity" for really severe behaviors. The Be SmART chart! This is where I post each grade level's upcoming or current art project. It's also my "word wall" so it's works out great. Checklist for your artwork poster and the grading scale. I love referring to the checklist with "early finishers"....I can't stand the words "I'm done." They're like nails on a chalkboard. You're never DONE! **Special shout out to Mrs.C of Rainbow Skies and Dragonflies Blog...I totally stole this grading scale from her blog years ago! Click here to see her way better version. My Art Folder was created for students with special needs. I've really only used this with one student but it's always there if I need it or if a para-professional needs it. The cards can be flipped over to complete the task. Here's my line-up line. Tape on the floor is VERY helpful. I have a designated spot for the line leader, door holder and the art star! I always choose one person at the end of every class who has had an amazing day in art of listening and following directions who is the "art star". They get a special little ticket and a 'pride paw' which is a part of our school wide behavioral plan. The art star gets to line up first and also gets a round of applause from their peers. Here's the "Paint Station"...where I keep the water cups and all the painting supplies. I don't usually let the kids use the sinks...cause then the floors are completely covered in water. Here's the "Drawing Station" where we keep the crayons, pens and free draw paper. The kids are usually really great about following the rules of free draw...but there's always the one who folds their paper and I have to make a big speech. Once they fold it, it becomes a toy and then we have problems, so I implemented the "no folding rule" years ago. Sometimes I set out stencils and drawing books depending on behavior. The students are allowed to get a piece of free draw paper only when they have completed ALL of their project requirements for that day. The Pencil Station: I am in charge of sharpening the pencils because I got tired of replacing broken pencil sharpeners! So I have a "sharp" cup and a "not sharp" cup. The students can trade their pencil out when they need to without asking me....I try to get them to be as independent as possible. Here's the poorly lit drying racks and my "no name no fame" poster to remind them to write their name. I usually place the art on the drying rack for them, but I started letting 3rd and 4th graders do this on their own. Less work for me! And you can see how I store art shirts...usually they are all balled up on this quilt rack, but at the beginning of the year they look nice! The Goal Wall / aka Data Wall We are required in my district to have a "data wall" in our classroom...so here's my solution to that. The Marker Monsters! If a marker is completely dry, the students can "feed the marker monster". The monster on top eats the markers and the one on the bottom eats the lids. I made the black one and a former student made the "lid monster"...I added eyes and a mouth, but I thought that was really sweet of them! Here's where I store Idea Books...one box for each class grades 1-4. Kindergarten doesn't use idea books yet. We use our idea book to sketch and write about the projects we make. This year we will be using them to create "thinking maps".... A little poster about glue procedures....and my demo table rules. I didn't photograph the demo table, but it's just a round table with tape on the floor encircling it. I use it ALL THE TIME. It's so very handy. And here you can see my messy teacher desk and the other bulletin board. I used to refer to this board for "ways to be the art star" but now it's a little obsolete so I'm thinking about putting my famous artists back up in this area. And that's the tour! Thanks for checking out the art room and I hope you found something you can use in your space. Happy School Year!
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This fun Monet inspired art lesson is great for the elementary art class. Use this free lesson to create your own waterlilies collage.
From mixed media to simple sketching, there's something here for every 1st grader.
Use this collection of Andy Warhol teaching resources and complete Famous Artist Unit lesson plans for elementary art classes.
Impressionism art easy is a great way to teach impressionism for kids! This art projects is a simple spring rain craft that explores impressionist style.
I discovered liquid water colors a couple of years ago and absolutely love them for working with children. The colors don't get all mixed u...
Kindergarten artists created these special self-portraits to give their moms for Mother’s Day. The artists learned that a self-portrait is a drawing or painting of themselves. I love the innocence of Kindergarten drawings, and knew their moms would love their drawings too. I struggled with directing the students too much so all the portraits looked the same, but directing them enough so they would have success with their portraits. I decided to take the students through an exercise of exploring their faces and bodies so they did not miss any parts. We pulled our shoulders up to see what we would look like if we didn’t have a neck and they thought that would look pretty silly! We also discovered that our eyes are in the middle of our heads, not our noses. After exploring their bodies, students eagerly began drawing their portraits while adding their own unique touches. After the portraits were finished and the tissue paper backgrounds were added, their classroom teachers helped them write notes and Mother’s Day wishes to their moms around the border. . This project meets the following Michigan Visual Arts Standards: Explore the elements of art through playful sensory experiences. Recognize that art can be created for self expression or fun. This project can be found on our online art gallery ARTSONIA Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services Entry Filed under: News From Mrs. Persch. Posted in News From Mrs. Persch Tags:Artsonia, Kindergarten Art Projects, line, Mother's Day, self portraits, tissue paper.
