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Chinese Dragon Puppet
Learners discover the importance of the dragon in Chinese culture. Using a template, they make their own dragon hand puppet and color it with watercolor paints. To end the lesson, they read stories about dragons and their role in the...
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Fluttering Focus
Students look at a flower garden from a butterfly's perspective. They study how artists portray flowers and gardens and exaggerate their scale and boldly colored floral shapes. Each student creates a watercolor pencil rendering of a...
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High And Dry
Students explore the similarities and differences between desert environments and their local environment. After examining desert scened painted by Georgia O'Keeffe, they discuss the elements of their desert landscapes. Students use...
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Night Along the Water
Students visualize themselves standing by the sea or a river at night as part of a prewriting experience to generate ideas. They paint their impressions of night near the water. Afterward, they write poetry based on ideas sparked by...
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Shaping Up With Picasso
Students examine the artwork of Pablo Picasso and describe geometric shapes they observe. After observing geometric pictures and other objects, students create replicas of them using geometric shapes. Using a watercolor wash, students...
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Stories of Stonehenge
Students research Stonehenge and make a creative project in this lesson. They research the location, origins, and purposes of Stonehenge. They also view pictures of Stonehenge. On watercolor paper, they sketch a scene of Stonehenge.
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Tissue Vases
You can transform recycled containers into beautiful vases with this step-by-step lesson plan. Using tissue paper and watercolor paints will result in a gorgeous project, great for a Mother's Day gift in May!
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Atmospheric Perspective Watercolor Painting
How do artists create the illusion of depth and distance on a flat surface? Young landscape painters explore techniques like color saturation and detail placement that create atmospheric perspective.
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Line Painting Flowers
Students study the watercolor and acrylic work of Geoff Slater and create their own versions of the art. In this line painting lesson, students study examples of Geoff Slater art and focus on his line paintings. Students discuss the...
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Van Gogh in the First Grade
First graders design projects based on work of Van Gogh. In this Van Gogh arts lesson, 1st graders review and and model artwork prior to creating their own landscape project in watercolor.
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Emily Carr Trees
Students examine the work of artist Emily Carr. In this watercolor lesson, students observe how to draw trees and to use crayon resistance. Students also create a watercolor tree.
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Orchid in Blind Contour Format
Learners create blind contour drawings. They compare methods of drawing including blind contour and contour approaches. Students follow a blind contour method to produce a drawing of a flower and then complete the piece with a watercolor...
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Earth Day for a Small World
Learners explore what it means to be a good steward of the environment. In this Earth Day instructional activity, students create watercolor pictures of how to take care of the earth. They brainstorm ideas for an Earth Day project.
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Georgia O'Keeffe "Wake Up and Smell the Roses!"
Students produce watercolor paintings. For this painter and painting lesson, students view and discuss paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe, understand abstract art and create their own watercolor paintings.
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Greek Mythology: Cultures and Art
Students examine literary arts. In this Greek mythology lessons, students read Greek myths and select characters from the myths to study. Students create watercolor illustrations of the characters, write short stories about the...
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An American Scene Painter
Students study the work of American scene painter Charles Burchfield. In this visual arts lesson, students research the nature paintings of Burchfield and then paint their own watercolor scenes in his style.
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The Sahara Desert
The children will create a watercolor picture of the Sahara Desert and label it.
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Wax Resist Fish
Students review what a pattern is and they create a pattern on a fish. They are reminded that patterns do not change halfway through and they paint over it with watercolor paints. They display their fish on the walls.
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A Chance of a Life Time
Students 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.
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Eric Carle Collage
Young scholars gain appreciation for the work of Eric Carle. They speculate about a work of art, what materials, techniques and skills were used. They study Carle's work to determine how he did it and explore various water color techniques.
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Tansai Sumi Painting
First graders study Japanese art and apply the technique of Tansai Sumi (lightly colored) to create individual works of art. Painting, design, lines, and drawing techniques are covered in this 1st grade lesson.
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Sea Turtles Underwater
Students discuss different types of sea turtles. They talk a about the characteristics of sea turtle anatomy. Students pretend to look over the edge of a boat in the ocean. They pretend to see a sea turtle. Students create their artwork...
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Words on Water
Students use books to find quotes about or related to water. They use the subject or the style of the quote to inspire them to create their own famous words and paint a watercolor picture to accompany it.
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Sunset in the Egyptian Desert
Students spend time examining pictures from different books on Egypt and the pyramids. Using construction paper, they draw what they believe the desert looks like based on the pictures. To end the lesson, they use watercolor paint to...
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