Introduce your students to the Whimsical World of Karla Gerard! This whimsical folk art painting lesson is for you, if you would like to introduce your students to showing depth in their work using multiple ground lines, overlapping and size variation. This will be accomplished while using the fun, whimsical style of artist Karla Gerard. …
Lower Elementary Clay Lessons Upper Elementary Clay Lessons *Some of these elementary clay lessons can be taught to similar grade levels. Feel free to adjust based on student need! If you are interested in clay at the elementary level, check out my blog post on Why a Dragon Clay Lesson is an Excellent Theme for …
Clay seems to be a magical material that enables students to truly utilize textures to take their art to the next level. Dragons have such a variety of gorgeous textures and features that are just plain fun to incorporate into a dragon clay lesson. When I think of a subject that kids always seem to …
There are so many ways to expose your students to the wonderful world of printmaking. Lino cuts and foam printing plates are my go to processes in my printmaking lessons. On the other hand, there are so many approaches and materials that your students will enjoy. Examples include: gelli plates, relief plates (with cardboard, foam, …
Your Students will get a kick out of this James Rizzi Art Lesson when they create a crayon resist cityscape. Rizzi’s cartoon-like buildings are colorful, silly and quite expressive. Supplies: I typically gear this James Rizzi Art Lesson towards my younger students (K-2). We start out by viewing and discussing Rizzi’s artwork. We talk about what …