Collages: Ideas For Short Art Lessons
These ideas for short art lessons are for creating simple and easy collages in unique ways. Students will enjoy creating a large extended picture out …
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South Pacific Art Botanical Sketching & Teaching Ideas
Bring a touch of the South Pacific to the art room with this multicultural lesson. Deck your room with tropical inspired colors and decorations, then …
Continue ReadingA Detailed Lesson on How to Draw Human Faces
These drawing lesson plans teach how to draw human faces using the right proportions. 7th graders use hands on activities to find the relationships of …
Continue ReadingCreating a Plaster Mask of the Human Face: 7th Grade Art Project - Directions & Materials Needed
This 7th grade art lesson teaches how to create a plaster human face mask. Students will use the previous painting faces lesson to help with the …
Continue ReadingHow to Paint a Realistic Self-Portrait? Portrait Painting Lesson for 7th Grade Students
This portrait painting lesson teaches how to paint realistic self-portraits using the right proportions. Kids use the previous drawing faces lesson to …
Continue ReadingSymmetry and Colorful Art
This colorful art project involves acrylic paint, paper and symmetry. It is fast, easy to do and doesn’t require a lot of special skills. Any grade …
Continue ReadingArt Education Lesson Plans: The Use of Music in Nurturing Multiple Intelligences
Enhance art education lesson plans with music. Allow students to listen to different types of music as they create in art class. Music incorporated …
Continue ReadingA Watercolor Valentine's Day Painting Lesson: Painting Hearts for Valentine's Day Fun
This easy watercolor Valentine’s Day lesson will produce a background with heart-shaped imprints for Valentines Day messages to be painted on. …
Continue ReadingCreating a Watercolor a Winter Window Scene Art Lesson: Art Class Grades 4-8
This easy watercolor lesson will produce a frosted window of a winter scene using watercolor techniques for a sky, tree branches and window ledge. …
Continue ReadingWatercolors: A Winter Watercolor Landscape Lesson Plan
This watercolor painting lesson will teach how to create a winter landscape using simple watercolor techniques. It is for grades 1 to 8 and can be …
Continue ReadingFun Art Activities : How To Make Windchimes
Students will FALL in love with this clay project! After examining leaves, students create a windchime out of clay using hand-building techniques. …
Continue ReadingCeramic Self Portrait Sculptures: Clay Lesson Plans for Middle or High School
This is a clay lesson plan for middle or high school students. Hand-building techniques and proportion sculpting will be used to create realistic …
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