Tired of teaching the same projects? How about connecting some fun Art lessons and Science together while bringing the National Parks to your classroom? The first in a series, is a perfect start. The Grand Canyon is a popular destination for travelers. Why not make it a top destination for your students while they learn about theRead More
Artist Study: Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, print maker, ceramicist and theater designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture,Read More
Gauguin: Tropical Palm Trees
Along with his artistic friends, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin was a pioneer of modernist art. He used of bold, bright colors, flat planes, and simplified, distorted forms in his paintings. Gauguin, who had no formal artistic training, lived for extended periods in different parts of the world, including, most famously, Tahiti. Inspiration Introduce yourRead More
Tahitian Tiki Masks
Inspiration Gauguin arrived in Tahiti in June 1891. His romantic image of Tahiti as an untouched paradise developed after he read the novel Le Mariage de Loti (1880). Disappointed by how the French had actually changed Tahiti, he attempted to immerse himself in what he believed were the key points of the Tahitian culture. He used Tahitian titles on manyRead More
Matisse: Boats on the Riviera
If your students love to paint, these delightful projects are perfect for your art lesson library. I love using bold, bright tempera paint colors splashed on paper with big brushstrokes. These 2 art lessons, inspired by the artist Henri Matisse, are simple, successful and fun! Project One – Boats of the Riviera and is inspired byRead More
Paul Gauguin: Landscapes and Tiki Sculptures
Paul Gauguin: Landscapes and Tiki Sculptures introduces students to the colorful world of painting and design. Children will learn about the artist Paul Gauguin, create beautiful landscapes and painted paper tiki masks inspired by his artwork. This 63 page digital lesson contains 3 colorful projects that are designed so that every child will be aRead More
Sand Castles
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Mountain Landscapes
Deep in the country of Mexico lies the Sierra Madre Mountain range. My 5th grade students created these beautiful mountain landscapes that included at least 3 landscape details. The details suggested for their painting were: Horizon Line, Foreground with trees and plants, Middle ground with hills, smaller trees, rivers or streams, and Background with mountains,Read More
Van Gogh’s White Roses
In May 1890, during the final three weeks before leaving the hospital in Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted a beautiful group of four still lifes, two paintings containing Roses and two containing Irises. He wrote his brother Theo, saying he had “worked as in a frenzy. Great bunches of flowers, violet irises, big bouquets of roses…”Read More
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