If your students enjoy using chalk pastels and tempera paint, these delightful mixed media projects are perfect for your art lesson library. I love using bold, bright colors of tempera paint splashed on paper. These 3 art lessons inspired by the artist Karl Schrag are simple, successful and fun. Project One: Tree Tops and AutumnRead More
Spiders and Tarantulas
Don’t be afraid of creating these fascinating arachnid creatures! Arachnids have two body segments, eight legs, no wings or antennae and are not able to chew! Children will love learning about the characteristics of the spiders and tarantulas while creating these fun projects that connect with poetry and science. Background information on the creepy crawlyRead More
Going batty for BATS!
Did you know there are over 900 different species of bats which make up one fifth of the world’s mammals? Why not have your students create some adorable fun bats while learning their characteristics, habitat and their important role in nature. This packet includes step by step colorful photos, poetry, Vocabulary cards and information aboutRead More
The Fox
Love little furry creatures yet not sure how to create them? This Directed Drawing/Mixed Media Fox project is sure to please! Why not have your students create these adorable creatures while learning helpful information about them? I have to admit – this project is one of my FAVORITES! Not sure about you, but many ofRead More
Into the Woods with Vincent Van Gogh
Giving a shout out to the great season of Autumn! I mean look at all the colors splashed among nature! One project that I created with my younger artists was inspired by the Avenues of Poplars by Vincent Van Gogh. Yes my friends, you can teach one point perspective to young students and not pullRead More
Mixed Media Owls
Welcome Fall and all the beautiful colors that it produces! I saw this adorable book at the book fair and I knew I had to do a project with my little artists based off these illustrations. This is a perfect mixed media project that has painted paper, cutting, gluing, painting, and printmaking. This was process oriented whichRead More
The Forest
One of our favorite projects to create in the art studio are trees. This project consists of various materials and layers on paper. Allow 40 minutes to create these beautiful abstract forests. Materials: 12 x 18 sulphite Paper at least #80 Tempera Paints- various colors Various Brushes- large and small round Cardboard for stamping branchesRead More
Pumpkin Swirls
How can you not love pumpkins! My students absolutely LOVE pumpkin projects. This one is a perfect mixed media project- lots of materials. Supplies Needed • Dark construction paper 12 x 18 • Strips – 1 inch – brown paper for picket fence • Tempera Paint – Orange, Yellow, Red, Green, Blue and White •Read More
Artist Study: Kandinsky
I love Kandinsky’s free-flowing line paintings. We looked at many of his works, then studied various lines: wavy, curly, broken, dashed, think, thin, strong, spiral to name a few. The students used tempera paint to create vivid lines and patterns. Here are a few of ours…. Inspiration Wassily Kandinsky – (1866-1944) Kandinsky took music andRead More
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