Painting like Dale Chihuly
A fantastic Lesson from Pepperpaints Painting Like Dale Chihuly Chihuly is well know for his glass works but his paintings and his painting style is also impressive. Click the picture […]
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Don’t cry over spilled paint
Let gravity do the work – Pendulum painting I remember playing with those plastic disks with the pencil holes in them. How precise and careful you had to be to exert […]
Apple Crate to Monet Masterpiece
Monet Lily Ponds FINALLY, a use for the apple crates I gathered from the grocery! These have been stashed on the top shelf in the art room for a year!!! […]
Would you like fries with that?
Texture, balance and variety were elements students concentrated on as they created this collage of a big sandwich! You may want to refer to Claes Oldenburg and go for a […]
Stitching in Second – embroidery samplers
Super Clever Mann Art Docents Anju, Hiro and Lisa did this fine project with their Second Grade class. Over a period of 2 weeks, the students created these stitch samplers. […]
Abstract Art Effect Created by Pipettes
Here is a fantastic color mixing lesson. This could be a great thing to fill up free time after lessons. Thank you http://casamarias.blogspot.com/ for the fun post. The children created abstract designs […]
Get a new roll please?!
This post is a borderline craft – but what art isn’t? Reusing and repurposing items is a wonderful way to teach students how to re-use materials while teaching art. You […]
Let us attempt to see… what Delaunay saw!
Sonia and Robert Delaunay A lesson to use Watercolor Crayons (yay!) Grade: 3-5 Orphism or Orphic Cubism Art Deco Era Sonia Delaunay was a ground-breaking female artist who made some wonderful abstract […]
Pop Art Food – Clay Cupcakes
Clay Cupcake Lesson Claes Oldenburg, Pop Art, Sculpture Artist Bio and Installations Pop Art is big and colorful. First, students make the bottom of the cupcake. It may be useful to use […]
A Prayer for World Peace with Picasso
I scanned this lesson. It comes from the files I brought from California. Thank you Janice Arcaro for being a fantastic mentor! With reference to passing around the “peace” languages […]
