Published in Two Books
This week, I received two books that had a few of my activities published in them! I responded to a call for lesson plans by Gryphon House and was happy when mine were chosen. These look like fun books for…
Marcia
Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.
Kindergarten Line Sculpture with Wire
Playing with wire Learning about Lines Straight, curved, loopy, wavy, zigzag… Over, under and through A first foray into sculpture
3rd Grade Color Mixing and Self Portraits
These 3rd grade self-portraits were charming and delightful. We spent two class periods mixing colors for the background. Each student experimented with combining colors to see what would happen. Then, we used construction paper to make the faces and markers…
Halloween Ideas
Hello! Halloween is quickly approaching. Here are some Halloween projects from the past! Spider Thumbprints Halloween Wreaths— this was super fun and awesome, but it was a lot of preparation for a class (many hours shopping). I would do this…
Complementary Color Collages– 1st Grade
Complementary Color Collages This project introduces the first graders to complementary colors. I show them the color wheel and I explain how the complementary colors are across from each other on the color wheel. They are the “opposites”. If you…
Alphabet Art: First Grade
This is a lesson I love to teach at the beginning of the year. The first graders create a picture using letters. I show them how draw the letters and stack them, twisting and turning the page, making sure to…
Kindergarten Line Drawings
This is one of my favorite kindergarten projects and it is perfect to teach at the beginning of the year. Lines are introduced and we talk about the many types of lines… straight, zigzag, loopy, wavy, etc. Then I show…
Giveaway Results plus LINKS
Beverley Baird you are the winner of the Gelli Plate! Send me your postal address and I will mail it to you. (I used a random number generator to pick the number 5, for the 5th comment on the blog…
Pop Art pictures: 2nd grade
“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” Andy Warhol The 2nd graders learned about…
Gelli Art Plates Giveaway!
A representative from the Gelli Arts company emailed me a few weeks ago and asked if I wanted to try one of their gel printing plates and of course, I said yes, because I love free stuff. I had seen…
Art Teacher Blog Directory
Are you looking for more ART IDEAS? Did you know there is an Art Teacher Blog Directory on Art is Basic? There are currently 263 art teacher blogs listed. You can spend hours just looking through these links and seeing…
Grid Design for Sketchbook Cover
The 3rd/4th grade class used a grid format to design their sketchbook cover. I am loving using grids in my personal artwork. I am doing a series of grid mixed media paintings which you can see here, here and here,…
What can you do with a dot?
A great project to begin the year is a DOT project. The kindergartners read the book The Dot, by Peter Reynolds (Amazon Affiliate link). I love this book! We also view a slide show of some artworks that use dots…
More Sketchbook Covers for Elementary School Art Journals
All of my classes have been busy making sketchbook covers. Here are a few more assignments by grade level: 1st Grade Initials:I saw this idea at Art Projects for Kids. The background has crayon texture rubbings and watercolor paint. 3rd…
Introducing: The Weekly Doodle– Printable Drawing Prompts
Only for 11 prompts. Purchase the Weekly Doodle here. These printable drawing prompts are now also available at my NEW TPT store. The Weekly Doodle is a PDF file of 11 drawing prompts written for kids in grades K-6. Ready…