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Text “Art is Basic” in watercolor style, with colorful markers and foam star stickers on the top left and bottom right corners, against a white background.
A colorful abstract drawing with various geometric shapes and diverse patterns filling the entire canvas, created as part of a 1st Grade Alphabet Art Project.

Alphabet Art Project for 1st Grade

  This is a great project to try at the beginning of the year or as your students are reviewing…

  • November 17, 2013
  • 29 Comments
  • 1st grade, art history, artists, drawing
Two abstract paintings with questions about their artistic techniques are featured in Set #2. The text describes melting clocks and colorful shapes, inviting a deeper dive into Art History or sketchbook prompts for further exploration.

Art History Sketchbook Prompts: Set #2

My first set of Art History Sketchbook Prompts have been popular and I recently made a second set with all…

  • October 29, 2013
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  • art teacher tips, art teaching, artists, sketchbook assignments, substitute lessons, Uncategorized
A child's drawing features colorful spirals, stars, and abstract shapes above a black city skyline with towers.

Starry Night Kindergarten Art Project

Here is an easy Starry Night inspired project that I like to teach to my kindergarten art classes. There is…

  • July 17, 2013
  • 3 Comments
  • art history, artists, drawing, kindergarten, Uncategorized
Abstract collage with colorful shapes and cut-outs on a green background. Inspired by Henri Matisse, it includes the word "MOM" on a pink shape.

Inspired by Henri Matisse- Kindergarten

Henri Matisse is a popular artist to teach about in the elementary art classroom.  I’ve seen a lot of Matisse-inspired…

  • January 29, 2012
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  • artists, kindergarten
Abstract artwork with colorful crayon scribbles and black paper cutouts, creating a geometric and fragmented design.

Piet Mondrian– Kindergarten

What are the Primary Colors?  Who was Piet Mondrian? The Nest will be looking at artwork by the artist named…

  • October 26, 2011
  • 2 Comments
  • artists, kindergarten
Oil pastel landscape drawing with red mountains, a blue river, green grass, trees, and a small brown hut. Ideal for 2nd grade art projects.

Oil Pastel Landscapes Inspired by Paul Gauguin – 2nd grade

Oil Pastel Landscapes This project focused on learning about foreground, middle ground, background, shadows, and color mixing.  The students learned…

  • March 1, 2011
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  • artists, second grade
A pointillist painting of people relaxing on a lawn near a river with trees; there are umbrellas and a black dog.

Pointillist Trees

The 3/4s painted Pointillist Trees.  They have studied trees in Science.  We learned about the artist Georges Seurat by reading Scholastic…

  • January 25, 2011
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  • artists, fourth grade, science, third grade
A child's drawing of a snowy landscape with houses, a person, a reindeer, a snowman, and mountains in the background. This 2nd grade artwork has a charming quality that brings to mind the folk art style of Grandma Moses.

Grandma Moses Landscapes — 2nd Grade

The goals for this project are to We learned about the artist Grandma Moses and created a winter collage using…

  • January 24, 2011
  • artists, second grade
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