Alphabet Art from the First Graders
What is a focal point? How do artists arrange their composition? What is emphasis? How have words and letters been used in art? These are some of the questions the 1st graders explored in their first unit. …
Elementary Art Lessons, Projects & Teaching Ideas for K–5
Because art is fundamental to who we are. Art has always been a basic form of human communication. From cave walls to classroom walls, art helps us express ideas, tell stories, and better understand the world around us. I believe art is an essential part of every child's education, which is why I chose the name Art is Basic. Here you'll find K–5 creative art lessons, teaching ideas, and printable resources to help K–5 art teachers inspire young artists.
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What can you do with a dot?
What is art? What materials can be used to create art? How do we properly use art materials? These are the questions that the Nest (grade K) discussed at the beginning of the school year. They also learned…
Flower Collage
I’m trying to find a way to use up all the photos I take. Here is a mixed media collage using a flower photo I took.
Primary Self-Portraits and Machinery Drawings
I started out the year with the Primary students (1st grade) drawing small, quick self portraits. One kid drew himself as a pirate! lol. The 4/5s (4th/5th graders mixed) looked at gears and drew them from observation. I…
Waiting and Watching, photo, fabric, gesso, watercolor and fabric spray paints, September 2010
Tiles!
I’m in love with painting tiles and making tiles from Sculpey. I just tried making Sculpey tiles this week and wow, was it fun!! I got the idea from Laurie Mika’s book Mixed Media Mosaics. I got the…
Art Class Room Set Up
Today was our first day of school. Would you like to see a glimpse of my room? Paints Paintbrushes Free Draw Cart View of the classroom. We have small rooms because we have small classes. This is the…
Fun Blog
I just discovered a fun blog from a kindergarten teacher who does lots of way cool art projects. These kids are so lucky to have such a creative teacher! I’m impressed with the felted balls she made with…
I really like these drawings
I really like THESE drawings. (they are not mine, but they are making me want to pick up my sketchpad.) Drawings in a crowded cafe. If you click on the link above you can see them up close.
Pinecone Crafts
At our church garage sale I picked up a large bag of pine cones for $2. I suppose I could have found pine cones on the ground, but hey, they were all in a bag right in front…
Creativity Exercise
I’m going to have some of my students do a creativity exercise on the first day of school to get their juices flowing. Creativity TestDirections: Use your imagination to invent something that we could add to the school. …
Clay Figures
So, you may remember that I made a couple clay figures as demos for a kids’ clay class that I taught. I painted the girl and put her in a chair that I had. This is a chair…