These little creatures are what I call doodle bugs, and I last tried them as a watercolor project. They work well with markers too, especially if they...
How do you make a cute cat drawing even cuter Add a little bird on top, of course. ? View and download Bird on Cat Tutorial 1. Make drawing as …...
Here?s another project born from scouring stock art illustrations. Turns out that a traced CD makes the perfect beginning to this oversized duck. 1. T...
I?m always looking for a new way to introduce students to the ?white crayon trick”. This cactus worked really well, and I liked how older studen...
I found this great idea for a shark head over at Dream Big Kinders, and I knew that my first graders would love it. Instead of a collage though, I ...
I?ve updated My King Tut Tutorial to include a bit more detail, and am posting it in my new PDF format. Oil pastels shown here make for a rich gold &#...
This is a fun combination of media to try ? silver tempera paint and black watercolor. The matte look of the black makes the silver really stand out. ...
I loved the farm drawings I found over at the Becker Middle School blog, so I turned one of them into a how to draw for my kids. The map … Read ...
Kinders at my school are learning about snails, so they learned how to paint one in art class. 1. Students trace an old CD in the middle of a 9″...
Sometimes I find great art ideas that just aren?t easy to replicate for 25 or more students. That?s when Photoshop saves the day. This project looks l...
Here?s a fun combination of materials that is a great example of using contrast in your art. The silver tempera paint looks especially shiny next to t...
Here?s a pretty simple way to draw a seagull. You can add a fish to his beak for a little more fun. ? View and download Seagull Tutorial
A young fourth grader named Dylan shared his finished White House drawing with me today. Doesn?t the neatness and precision take your breath away? I t...
I?ve added a new feature to my PDF Shop ? an option to view the murals by way of page count. All the murals are now tagged accordingly, so if … ...
My Pop Out Valentine Card project got me to thinking about other shapes that could be folded and glued in the same manner. I found this scallop flower...
My Black Paper Cat worked so well last fall that I wanted to try other color combos. I made this cat with Pacon Premium Tagboard, which had the color ...
How do you make a cute cat drawing even cuter Add a little bird on top, of course. ? View and download Bird on Cat Tutorial 1. Make drawing as …...
Here?s my 2nd grader?s group project for our school?s silent auction. Each student was assigned a letter and made it as fancy and colorful as could be...
If your students paintings are getting extra curly after drying, try pressing them overnight with a few books and/or weights. The photo on the right s...
Here?s a pretty simple way to draw a seagull. You can add a fish to his beak for a little more fun. ? View and download Seagull Tutorial
Today?s drawing class covered rockets in outer space. I just love the bold energy of this beautiful picture drawn by a little kinder named Ellie. The ...
The red sticks for these flags are made with just a little liquid watercolor. And if you color them ahead of time, the rest is an easy assembly projec...
Here?s one of my favorite Giacometti Project drawings by a young 3rd grader named Jamie. While most other students opted for one or two color backgrou...
I made my collage the art trading card size, 2.5″ x 3.5″, but it would look great at any size. 1. Find an old phone book or equivalent, an...
Here?s a really cool looking project that takes just a few ordinary supplies: cotton knit fabric, permanent markers and rubbing alcohol. The ideal mat...
Here?s one idea I use when looking for new art project ideas ? searching stock art sites. This comes from gettyimages.com, after searching for “...
Black masking tape is used to first create super straight sides to city buildings. The fronts and windows are drawn in afterwards. 1. Cut diagonal ang...
Joan Miro was a Spanish artist who was famous for using some very child-like doodles in his artwork. My students had fun mixing and matching them to c...
Students used a hexagon template to start their drawings of cubes. Adding a in and out string made the drawing even more dimensional. 1. Use a hexagon...
I really like this point of view for drawing a bird. It fills a page in a nice and balanced way, and could probably be adapted in many different ways....
