Free art lessons for art teachers to use in the art classroom.
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In this Aquarium Perspective Lesson, Middle School students will dive right into learning about the principle of perspective while designing an aquarium.
I created this culture jars art lesson for an Art and World Cultures class, and continue to use it in art classes because it is so well received. The word
Activities for this Lesson Plan What is “Painting with Paper?” What is a Still Life? Why is Color Important in Art? Resources Make a Still Life Collage (worksheet) Glossary Time: Two 45 minute clas…
Keep your students engaged and learning when you cannot be there! This low-prep, art sub plan for middle or high school will teach your students how to create an expressive Neurographic drawing using their choice of materials. Easy to follow 1-page lesson/hand-out includes: · List of materials · Overview of Neurographic Art · Instructions of how to create it · Finished example Also Included: Finished and step by step examples Great For: · Sub plan · low-prep art project · Grades 7-10 Related Products: Negative Space Design Art Sub Plan Paper Airplane Drawing Art Sub Plan
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Middle School artists began the year by looking at the art Guiseppe Arcimboldo, a Renaissance painter who created portraits made up of other objects (such as fruit, vegetables and birds). The students took this concept and made it their own by filling their own silhouette with images of things that tell something about themselves. Students used pencil, ink and watercolors to complete their works.
The Circle Game asks students to come up with as many different things as they can from one circle. I thought this activity was really fun! However, my elementary students were not that interested. Most of my kids' papers were dull circles with a scribble on them. I think older kids might "get it" better. I have included the handout from Ande Cook's Art Starters as well as my lesson plan with all the directions for a sub. The Ande Cook handouts were part of a SchoolArts subscription, or you can get her book: Art Starters
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Get inspired for the school year with a list of middle school art projects for the first few days and even the entire year.
Food Truck. Dragon Eyes. Graffiti Name. Tim Burton Inspired Selfies. Scratch board Drawing. These art lessons are the most popular with my students.This collection of my students' favorite art lessons will keep your art students engaged for weeks. These art lesson plans will cover 5-8 weeks of lesso...
One of my favorite topics to teach in my art class, no matter what the age or skill level, is divergent thinking. What is divergent thinking? One of my favorite videos to introduce divergent thinking to my students is the lecture by Ken Robinson. Divergent thinking is the ability to come up with multiple solutions
The daily practice of art history warm-ups will develop art criticism skills while investigating a broad range of artists throughout history.
Try this easy tinfoil sculpture art lesson in your classroom. Learn more from this blog post.
After nearly a decade of teaching secondary students, I've had a lot of time to test out a variety of 2d art projects. Let's face it: as teachers, sometimes we plan and plan and plan. We are so excited to deliver the project, and then... it flops. Students are uninterested and the final products aren't
After a decade of teaching high school art, I've recently moved to teaching middle school art. It's a blast and there is truly NEVER a dull moment. Through some trial and error, I've learned that some projects are more engaging than others. Below are some of my favorite middle school art projects that have yielded
In this architecture unit, middle school students learn about famous buildings in the world. Students create one of the buildings with a unique sky.
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