Still life elementary art lesson

Create a still life that includes bowl of overlapping apples featuring simple steps for the youngest artist to follow. A perfect beginning painting lesson fo...

3rd Grade students learned about the French artist, Henri Matisse. Students learned about the Art Movement, Fauvism. This term comes from the French word "Les Fauvs" which means "Wild Animals"....

Zentangle Still Lifes What a successful project! We used Sharpie for our Zentangle backgrounds and chalk pastel for our still lifes. Focus was on variety of pattern as well as varied line thickness and value blending. At the beginning of the lesson, the still life image was projected on screen to allow for large classes to view it in detail. We also saved the image on our Edmodo class page for easy access anytime!

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My 2 year sabbatical is coming to end. For the upcoming year I'll be offering limited private sessions only. The fall session is full and I...

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Engage kids in art projects in a variety of media, with many based on famous artists or art movements.

Our tween / teen class created these amazing contour flowers using india ink and acrylic. We wanted students to practice working on a very large scale, to create a contour drawing using gestural line work and motion, and to explore how to build up a painting layer by layer. We set up a fresh […]