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\nMixed Media Painting\n

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\nLearners create mixed media still life paintings in this \"Happy Accident\" art lesson introducing the concepts of using pen and ink, watercolors, and pastels. The lesson can be adapted for various grade levels and abilities ranging from...\n
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\n\"Falling\n\n
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\nFalling Leaves\n

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\nStudents create a painting of falling leaves. In this art lesson plan, students collect fallen leaves and paint over them using tempera or water color paint to make an outline. Students continue painting the leaves until their paper is...\n
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\nWatercolor Leaves\n

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\nStudents explore autumn leaves. In this autumn lesson, students read a story about fall and discuss why leaves change. Students examine fall leaves and trace leaves onto paper. Students may use watercolors to decorate their leaf.\n
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\nWestern Sunsets\n

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\nLearners observe and paint sunsets. In this sunsets lesson plan, students look outside and at pictures of sunsets, paint sunsets using water color or tempura paint, and cut out silhouettes from black paper and insert them into the painting.\n
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\nFrom Caterpillar to Butterfly\n

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\nStudents read and discuss the book about the butterfly and create their own butterflies using liquid watercolors and pipe cleaners. They then create a butterfly development book, included in the lesson, and color the pictures using...\n
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\nDraw Like an Egyptian\n

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\nSecond graders explore Egyptian life and art and examine Egyptian figures and translate them to their own artwork. Students use objects other than paint brushes to paint. Students practice using watercolors and practice figure proportions.\n
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\nSeeing Life Through An Artist's Eyes\n

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\nStudents examine how art can change the way they look at their lives. After being read a book, they discuss the importance of art in their world and what would happen if it were taken away. They create a watercolor painting and shares...\n
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\nNightingale: Chinese Hand Scroll with Poem\n

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\nAfter listening to the Hans Christian Anderson story, \"The Nightingale,\" students research more information about the bird. They then write an \"If\" poem, using facts about a nightingale. Next, watercolors are used to illustrate the poe\n
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\nPaper Making and Stories\n

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\nStudents create a handmade paper using pre-soaked paper pulp and a screen. They then decorate the paper using water color paint and brushes in a style that expresses ideas from a reading of, \"Miss Rumphius\" by Barbara Cooney.\n
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\nPainting Made Easy\n

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\nStudents are introduced to painting. They choose a simple project, such as fish or butterfly. Students practice drawing this object until they can draw the picture large enough to fill a 12\"x18\" paper. They make relief outlines of the...\n
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\nMixing Colors\n

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\nStudents listen to a story about mixing colors. They explore color using cups of water, color and coffee filters. They use sight word vocabulary to describe the colors.\n
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\nFeelings On Japanese Internment\n

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\nStudents listen to the story, \"The Bracelet\" and evaluate with other class members right and wrong actions. They create a watercolor painting that describes how the book made them feel and discuss their feelings with the rest of the class.\n
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\nUsing an Old Brush in a New Way\n

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\nStudents use toothbrushes, scissors, tag board paper, pencils, drawing paper, tempera, water color kits, and water. They draw a simple contour shape on tag board and cut it out in one piece. Students identify the positive and negative...\n
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\nSeascapes\n

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\nStudents discover the watercolor techniques used by Monet and create their own \"seascapes\" in this Visual Art lesson for the elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on using various brushstrokes and paint application methods.\n
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\nHow to Hold a Watercolor Brush\n

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\nLearners practice holding a water color paint brush correctly. In this watercolor lesson, students feel the way a balance paint brush is supposed to feel in their hands. Learners then practice painting various shapes to master the...\n
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\nBearden Art-Making Workshop\n

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\nPupils are able to create their own collages using some of the same kinds of images and materials Bearden used. They put to use some of the Bearden techniques they observed in the reproduction/slide lecture and explore to spontaneously...\n
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\nWatercolor Easter Eggs\n

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\nStudents complete an art project.  In this Easter lesson, students use coffee filters to create large Easter eggs, decorate them with magic markers and then dip in water to create a stained glass effect.\n\n
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\nGetting to Know Your Flat Brush\n

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\nPupils investigate different art tools. In this art tools instructional activity, students examine the flat brush. Pupils explore the effects that can be created with this tool.\n
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\nA Chance of a Life Time\n

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\nStudents view and discuss the painting A Narrow Escape, by Alfred Jacob Miller. They write their own narrative about a time they were either scared or frightened. They make sketches of that time and choose one to paint using watercolor.\n
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\nVan Gogh in the First Grade\n

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\nFirst graders design projects based on work of Van Gogh.  In this Van Gogh arts instructional activity, 1st graders review and and model artwork prior to creating their own landscape project in watercolor.  \n
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\nQuick Button Art\n

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\nHere is another in this fabulous series of art lessons I've been reviewing! Artists of all ages design a wearable piece of artwork using special buttons that have a clear, removable top to them. All sorts of creative ideas are presented...\n
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\nWhat a Square\n

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\nStudents examine the painting \"Old Man With A Gold Chain\" by Rembrandt. They identify geometric shapes in the painting, measure these shapes and compare the relationships of these measurements.\n
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\nProtists - The Protozoans\n

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\nFive pages provide thorough coverage of three protozoans: euglena, amoebae, and paramecia. For each, junior biologists read factual text, label the organism, and write answers to several questions. This neatly organized assignment is...\n
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\nIt's All in the Pattern\n

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\nHere is a fantastic, nine-page, multi-session lesson plan on the Zia Sun Symbol (found on the New Mexico state flag), and the seasons of the Earth. Everything you need to implement the lesson is here, and the many engaging activities are...\n
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