Every year our school has a school auction and each grade is responsible for creating a class project to be auctioned off during the live portion of the event. This year, I was in charge of our third grade class auction project. I honestly had no idea what I was agreeing to when I volunteered, but ... Read more

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4th Grade- Enlarged Flower Drawings inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe! Students learned about the artist Georgia O’Keeffe, and viewed examples of her flower paintings. We talked about the scale (s…

In this “classic” Calvert project, sixth graders first learned about the history of tessellations (and artist M.C. Escher, who is famous fo...

Last week, my Fine Art for Kids preschool class learned about Impressionism, looking at images by Monet and studying his Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies. We talked about what an “impression” is,…

This week in art class we studied the primary colors and self-portraits. We first painted the backg...

I found this awesome pin on Pinterest! It looks like an art studio painted white canvases and made a beach theme, painting beautiful water and sand. The moms painted their feet with brown paint and stamped it

Free Jellyfish art tutorial for kids and adults! This stunning jelly can be recreated with a few watercolors and a bit of clear glue. This mixed media art project creates lots of interesting textures and designs that are sure to delight your students.

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How to use grid enlarging as an easy way to enlarge an image and transfer it to your canvas for painting. Article by artist Teresa Bernard.

The 7th Graders have finished their "Shades of Summer" self portraits this week and I think they are amazing! Before we began the project, students did a pre-drawing of themselves by looking in a mirror (I tried to take some photos of those, but they were so lightly drawn and sketchy that I couldn't get anything that really showed up). The next step of the project was to use the grid method on a photograph to create a map for drawing their facial features and outlines. This method helps students stop drawing symbols of lips, eyes, hair, etc. like in the examples above, and actually draw their correctly proportioned and uniquely shaped features. They added value (shading) with various graphite pencils to make their portraits appear three dimensional, had an art critique, and then used watercolor pencils to create a reflection depicting a summer memory in their sunglasses... I hope these artists are proud of the work- I sure am! And a bonus, because this picture cracks me up :)

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Leaves and patterns, perfect for back to school or fall art. This is a multi-step project so consider your pacing when choosing this project. I combined a few projects I’d seen online into this one.

A properly primed canvas is the base of your painting. Use gesso to prime your canvas to get the texture you want. Use gesso to prepare your canvas to make it smooth or give it extra texture.

A fun and creative elementary school art lesson plan for K-4th grade. This lesson plans is perfect for celebrating International Dot Day. Art teachers and educators can teach students creativity, courage & collaboration with Kandinsky inspired artwork.

We are currently starting our final projects of the year. [I can't believe it!] But for now, let me catch you up on what we just finished... 5th and 4th grade have been working on the same concepts for the past two projects. Both grades participated in a school wide Egyptian art unit by creating Egyptian sarcophagi. They reviewed SYMMETRY, and learned about hieroglyphics. After that, they learned about creating TINTS and SHADES by making an undersea painting. You can find these handouts here- http://www.teachandshoot.com/2015/02/art-room-handouts-round-3-value.html I would have let the students have more freedom with other colors, but I really only had blue left, and underwater came to mind. Thanks for visiting! 3rd grade also participated in the Egyptian art unit by creating Egyptian PORTRAITS! This might be my favorite project from this year. What a wonderful job the students did! After that, 3rd grade made ORIGAMI frogs, but I forgot to take photos! After origami, 3rd grade started creating ASSEMBLAGE art like the artist Louise Nevelson. They are just starting to paint their sculptures this week! 2nd grade created a fun pyramid COLLAGE as part of the Egyptian art unit! After that, 2nd and 1st grade both created ABSTRACT Picasso PORTRAITS. 1st grade and kindergarten created Egyptian necklaces and learned a little bit about PERSPECTIVE by drawing the pyramids. Kindergarten just finished learning about weaving by creating some alligator WEAVINGs!

Check out the 12 most thorough and exciting art lessons on YouTube for your budding artists. From sketching to acrylic paints, there's something for all!

Collaborative art is easy, right!? Put a beret on, give some kids some paint brushes, let them have at it, voilà! Wrong! Dead, wrong! Organising a group of adults or children to create a cohesive a…

Ever since I first saw the melted crayon canvas idea popping up on Pinterest this summer, I've been wanting to try making one with the kids...

They are smoky witch cauldrons are magical, haunting, and perfect for Halloween. Create your own cauldron design or use our free printable templates to make this beautiful and witchy art.

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I haven't posted a 7th grade project in what feels like FOREVER, and here is why... We started making Greek coiled pots back in November, which took quite a while. While the hefty pieces sat in the kiln room to dry, be fired, etc, we started a a new project, which we've been working on for the last three weeks or so and some kids are still finishing up (self portraits- post coming soon). Now, we are back to working on phase two of the pots- glazing... So, I took some pictures this morning of the kids working, just so you can see that we are indeed doing something in here although my displays in the building seem to be missing my 7th grade! I will tell you more about exactly what they are glazing in the final post...

The Spring student show, a comprehensive exhibition of work from all levels and all studios, is currently on display at Baltimore School for the Arts now through May 4th. The opening reception was this past Friday afternoon and I had the pleasure of going to see two of my former Calvert art students who graduated in '08 and '09 who had several impressive pieces of work on display. If you have a chance to go, you should! The work is incredible! 712 Cathedral St., corner of Cathedral and Madison...

Edgar Degas' unusual angles and attention to detail is remarkable; let's learn more about this artist with some enchanting Edgar Degas art projects for kids!

Learn how to paint starry night! This is an easy version of the famous painting in the style of a paint night type of painting. For beginners and kids!

This fall leaf chalk art is so pretty and it's so simple to make! Use chalk pastels, or even regular chalk, and our leaf templates (more on that below!) to make this fun and beautiful artwork that kids of all ages will be proud to display! Chalk Pastel Art for Kids We used fall colours to make our fall leaf art - red, orange, yellow and a touch of green. The leaves really pop and look like they're glowing on the black paper! And the technique is SO EASY! This is a great activity to learn about positive and negative

There's so much more to do with kindergartners than finger painting.

Turn crumpled pieces of paper into colorful artwork in this fun art project for kids. This easy art activity is inspired by the children’s book, Ish, by Peter H. Reynolds! The colorful paper has such a cool texture when finished and can be used for making collages or writing notes! (This post contains affiliate links.) …