Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Monet's Garden by the Sea
A great lesson plan using oil pastels where the student looks at Monet's "Garden at Saint-Adresse," and then creates their own composition focusing on foreground, middleground and background.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Painting an Impression
Impressionists used new methods of mixing colors based on contemporary scientific writings about optics. This lesson plan explores the theory of optical color mixing, painting the same subject under different conditions of light, and the...
California State University
Van Gogh Lesson
Introduce the masters to young students. This art lesson plan will have your 2nd graders singing the praises of Vincent van Gogh as they create their very own "Starry Night."
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Oral Presentations on French Impressionism
Students research and present an artist from the period of French Impressionism. Presentations include a biography and examples of the artist's work. After the presentations, students produce sidewalk chalk paintings.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Van Gogh's Sunflowers
This lesson plan from KinderArt will show students how to use pastels to create a variety of lines and textural effects after the manner of Vincent van Gogh. Students will learn that colors can be subjective as well as objective.