Educational and craft activities for kids and parents
art is my safe space
Today we are going to talk about positive & negative space in art, but first I’ll introduce you to the work of an artist named Maurits Cornelis Escher He’s more well known by his initials: MC Escher b. 1898 - d. 1972 Dutch Graphic Designer as a child he actually *failed* second grade BUT he excelled…
This lesson was super fun! These are examples of 6th grade work: We had already been working on positive and negat...
I found this lesson on princetonol.com and my students ran with it. It is a project submitted by Amy Shapley. I leave my lessons open ende...
This was a wonderful drawing lesson my second practicum student taught to a mixed class of Grade 7-9 students last month. It was well receiv...
Middle School Positive Negative Space Zentangle with Unity and Variety Art Lesson
3rd grade students drew a basic cat shape on either orange or purple paper and then cut them out. Using the left over paper, students turne...
Make eye-catching apple positive negative artwork with a pop art effect using this printable template. This is a fun pattern art idea for kids.
Cut paper collage is a great way to teach the concepts of positive/negative space and symmetry. This lesson is inspired by the art of Japanese 'Notan', which
First graders finished a unit on line this fall and also learned about positive and negative space. On black construction paper we learned t...
Positive and Negative Space Reversal Collage. Art Lesson on Symmetrical Balance and Space in Art. Create a positive and negative space collage
Ok, lets see if I can describe how we did this project. I was able to demo it to 50 kids but sometimes visuals speak better than words. This...
My class had a blast making these positive negative jack o’ lanterns for our Halloween art project. These are pretty easy to make if you want simple jack o’lanterns but become a little more complicated the more detailed it is. To make these students get a full sheet of black construction paper and half a...
Hey! Holy Guacamole! I've just conquered a battle with a stinkin ' head cold that refused to leave this past week and a half! Apologies for...
The challenge for last month's stamp club card exchange was to use a punch or die cut and incorporate both the positive and negative pieces....
Fifth Grade Artists are studying positive shape and negative space with these collages. First, we connected to mathematics, and talked ab...
Positive Negative Space Study - RISD Pre-CollegeMaterials: graphite, fine line marker, inkStudents visit the Nature Lab, or any outdoor natural area to observe a collection of plants. these plants are gathered together to create a composition and then…
