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Text "Art is Basic" in a purple watercolor style with paint splatters.

Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!

Two sheets of paper featuring various colorful watercolor patterns, including wavy lines, dots, squiggles, and geometric shapes.

Painting Patterns with Watercolor

Playing with pattern is a simple way to create collage elements when you have hit a creative block.  Create patterns…

  • July 1, 2014
  • abstract, all grades, art journaling, painting, watercolor
An abstract pencil drawing featuring various shapes, lines, and doodles scattered across the canvas with intriguing texture and shading in black and white.

Adventures in Shapes, Shading, Texture and Lines

First of all, thanks for being a loyal blog reader (or) welcome, if you are new!  I have a personal…

  • March 21, 2014
  • 6 Comments
  • abstract, drawing, third grade
Abstract Oil Pastel Trees with a black trunk and branches, surrounded by vibrant, multicolored background segments.

Abstract Oil Pastel Trees– 4th/5th grade

This is a lesson I teach every year because the results are so beautiful!  Each of the kid’s drawings just…

  • November 2, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • abstract, drawing, fifth grade, fourth grade, painting, science
A colorful painting with a central heart and the word "LOVE" written multiple times in various shades of pink and red.

Monochromatic Rhythm Paintings– 3rd Grade

I love these monochromatic rhythm paintings!  The lighting was weird when I took the pictures, so I’m not sure the…

  • April 18, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • abstract, painting, third grade
Colorful abstract painting with various shapes and words like "Love," "Peace," "Hope," and "Waves" scattered throughout, created during an After School Art Class.

After School Art Class– Finished Projects

This week, the after school art class kids added marker and doodling to their spray painted pictures. They also finished…

  • February 11, 2012
  • abstract, after school, painting
A colorful abstract design featuring a central yellow star, various dots, floral patterns, and smudges.

After school class

I am teaching an after school art class for two sessions.  We are painting abstract paintings on canvas with acrylic…

  • February 1, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • abstract, after school, painting
A child’s colorful drawing of smiling, abstract figures and a yellow duck.

Miro Squiggle Drawings– 1st Grade

Juan Miro is one of my favorite artists.   I used artwork by Miro to help the kids learn the…

  • December 27, 2011
  • 4 Comments
  • abstract, drawing, first days of school
A Pointillism painting of a river, tree, green landscape, and a small boat under a clouded blue sky.

Pointillist Trees- third/fourth grade

We learned about the artist Georges Seurat by reading Scholastic Art magazine. Students identified and described Pointillist paintings.   They created…

  • November 18, 2011
  • 4 Comments
  • abstract, fourth grade, painting, third grade
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