I have to say that new art products available today sometimes make all the difference. These owls were decorated with poster markers and they just kin...
Van Gogh?s art is famous for it?s texture and thick paint. My mini painting has the texture added first (with plaster) and paint applied afterwards....
Save all those clean packing boxes, such as for cereal and pasta, and you can make some really colorful collage roosters. For a lead in story, ?Farmya...
Here?s an idea for using leftover textured paper from a Coffee Filter Tree Collage. I don?t know about you, but I have a hard time throwing any of it ...
Here is a pretty simple way to draw a cow, starting with just some very familiar shapes. This one was done with crayon and watercolor, but white tempe...
This kind of simple landscape lets chalk pastels do what they do best ? make smudgy, soft colorful shapes. 1. Starting with an orange or yellow sheet ...
Drawing a tree on acetate and placing it over a collage of tissue paper keeps the drawing nice and smooth. I?d like to try it next with torn paper as ...
Here?s a recycled craft that was so popular, students came back today and asked to do it again. It took a little prep, but used a lot of old things &#...
Here?s another version of the Coffee Filter Collage I posted yesterday, with the addition of some textured grass at the bottom. The good news is that ...
An old supply of coffee filters has led to some crayon-resist watercolor experiments. I?ll be posting more about the results later, but meanwhile I?ve...
The idea of coloring with chalk over dried glue lines is not new to me, but trying it out on really large paper is. I loved how it let students …...
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A Scratch Art Drawing class calls for a different plan than a regular drawing class. Erasing is not an option, and I?d like the kids to focus on drawi...
If you want to help students break free from their tendency to make tiny art, ask them to make their subject matter touch the top and bottom of their ...
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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...
Coloring with Brush Sharpie Markers on acetate is pure pleasure, the color just glides on. The only catch is that colors can smudge when they touch, e...
The credit for this super cute paper cat idea goes to an old Family Fun Craft book. I just worked out a few details about the size and materials, that...
My school holds an art fundraiser every fall, working with a company that places the student?s art on coffee cups, notebooks, key chains, you name it....
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I believe that many students are starting off the year with classroom projects about themselves. I thought this lesson plan that I created last last y...
Here?s an idea for mixing art history with the season, filling in a leaf drawing with Kandinsky-style circles. I followed my leaf drawing lesson HERE,...
