Marcia

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.
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Complementary Color Quilt Paintings.

Colorful square artwork with blue and orange layers featuring hearts, squiggles, and smiley faces, resembling a quilt. Name "Sophie" in bottom corner.

Complementary Color Quilt Paintings1st Grade Key Concepts:  What are quilts?                          What are complementary colors?                          What are patterns? We previously had done a fabric quilt square and I wanted to tie this project into their study of quilts already.  We learned…

Line Paintings

Colorful vertical brushstrokes in red, yellow, blue, and purple on a white canvas.

What are different types of lines?  What is the proper way to use paints?The kids in kindergarten learned about various types of lines.  We tried to think of all the possible types of lines that we could imagine– wavy, straight,…

Texture Teddy Bears

Child's crayon drawing of a teddy bear with a heart on its belly, showcasing a textured finish, on pink paper with a bordered edge.

To complement the teddy bear theme in their classroom, the kindergartners drew a teddy bear in art class with crayons.  We used texture plates to create texture rubbings on the fur.  On the inside of the teddy bear’s stomach, they…

Contour Line Shells

Hand-drawn shells, sea star, and sea urchin, labeled "Rachel" at the top left with detailed contour lines.

The second graders learned about contour line drawing and observed the qualities of seashells (to complement their studies of shorelines in Science).  We also looked at the scientific illustrations of shells by this artist:

Fabric Quilts

Patchwork art with colorful fabric shapes, buttons, and glittery gems on a textured beige quilted background.

Primary Quilt Squares Why do people make quilts?  How can a quilt tell the history of a family?  Can a quilt be art?  What is a pattern?  The Primaries discussed these questions and viewed pictures of quilts. In Science class,…

Pop Art Portraits

Four colorful Pop Art portraits of faces with varying skin tones, eye colors, and hair colors displayed in a grid.

These lovely Pop Art portraits were created by our 2nd graders this week.  We read a book about Andy Warhol and watched a video about Pop Art.  We looked at and discussed Andy’s use of bright colors, repetition and popular…