A quick look at how some of my 4th graders made their apple drawings last week. I love how the oil pastel made a very thick edge, and literally helped...
I?ve been inspired by scrapbook artists and the magazine collage art they often create. This project lets students get creative and colorful with the ...
If you want to learn how to draw an apple, you don’t have to settle for just a flat shape. Add a white highlight and shaded side and bam! Pretty...
Here is one way to make easy snowflake art with paint and paper. Try blending several shades of blue on good watercolor paper and sprinkle salt to add...
If you?ve every tried painting on a paper towel, and enjoyed the way the color just soaks in, then you will love this project. Turns out that coffee f...
I created this How to Draw a Fish tutorial to illustrate how dynamic art can be when it is up close and personal and fills your page. The shapes are s...
I?ve found a rather simple formula that will help students create their own Matisse collage. Henri Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of c...
Here is one of my most pinned Halloween ideas for kids, that also happens to be one of my favorites. It was originally designed for art trading cards,...
This batik pumpkin art is meant to imitate the real thing, a resist-dyeing process that originated in Indonesia. Children can simulate the look of cra...
You just can?t beat the color and precision you get when you make fall leaf Sharpie art with the new brush tip variety. The markers actually work a lo...
I tried this ceramic owl project out this week, and loved the simplicity of it. I have learned that children really enjoy working with clay, but class...
Turn a simple drawing into an Abstract Art Cat by just dividing the page into quarters, and changing colors accordingly. Neat coloring is called for, ...
My How to Draw a Fox Face tutorial will help students fill their page with a large, symmetrical face, that has all kinds of coloring options. ? View a...
I created this How to Draw a Fish tutorial to illustrate how dynamic art can be when it is up close and personal and fills your page. The shapes are s...
This winter tree art landscape makes use of a simple idea, namely that torn paper looks a lot like the bark edges of a tree, but needs to be done neat...
Showing students how to mix colors can be so much more fun than just painting a color wheel. I opted to show primary mixing into three separate classe...
To learn how to draw a fall tree, try thinking of it as a series of branches, and not just a fluffy shape that sits on a stick. MATERIALS ? Multimedia...
A few key features will help you learn how to draw Frida Kahlo like a pro. She was a Mexican self-portrait artist and feminist icon who was married to...
Here is a very simple but very cute way to draw a polar bear. He is made of just a few simple, symmetrical shapes, but if you arrange them the way I h...
A friend has been saving these old saline bottles for quite awhile, and I finally had a chance to think up a Halloween recycle craft project for them....
My How to Draw a Fox Face tutorial will help students fill their page with a large, symmetrical face, that has all kinds of coloring options. ? View a...
There are many ?How to Draw a Pumpkin? tutorials out there. This is my take on what I would share with older students, namely third through fifth grad...
One of the steps to go from drawing flat landscapes to ones with depth is to create overlapping art. This project plays with the idea, and need not fo...
Show students how mixing colors can be so much more fun than just painting a color wheel. I opted to split my primary mixing lessons into three separa...
Looking for inexpensive student portfolios? Tired of stuffing your student’s art in floppy folders that don’t stand up and are hard to wor...
Cute animals are always fun to draw, but here’s how to draw a gorilla with a little attitude. He is made up of just a few simple shapes and if y...
This pumpkin art project is a great example of teaching a principal of design, while making a very graphic image. I love how it literally requires stu...
This silly pumpkin art project can’t help but make you smile, what with the goofy teeth and all. I once found this wonderful marble construction...
If you need some inexpensive fall festival art, it doesn?t get much cheaper than this. Just rolls of paper, thick black marker, and lots of crayons. O...
Here?s a maple leaf drawing idea that uses colors, Kandinsky-style. I followed my Maple leaf drawing lesson and then used some new crayons for the viv...
