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
Chalk Leaves
A favorite project in the Art Studio to create is a glue-resist chalk drawing. Black construction paper is the key when used with chalk. The result is a stunning beautiful, colorful piece of art. Students use a pencil to draw their leaf image; then apply thin lines of glue directly on top of the pencilRead More
Owls
Inspiration Supplies Needed: • Brown Construction Paper – 9 x 9 square • Various strips of warm color paper, cut into 6 inch length • Small piece of white paper for eyes, Black of paper for pupils • Painted paper in warm colors, to create beak and claws • Pencil, Glue, Scissors, • Oil PastelsRead More
Scarecrow with Crows
Using previously painted paper my 3rd grade artists created these adorable scarecrows. Students added all the fun features using scraps of brown paper for their scarecrows hair and hands. Painted paper was also used to create corn stalks, leaves, and pumpkins. The last step was to add buttons, fabric patches and little crows to completedRead More
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