Students write a one-page description of a postcard received from the teacher. After finishing, they tape postcards to the blackboard and number them. They read their descriptions, while other students guess which card the student is...

Eighth graders become familiar with the artworks of Wayne Thiebaud. They focus on the works that depict sweets and use thickened paint. They discuss the size and visuals of Thiebaud's work and the balance that is so necessary in such...

Students examine and discuss various landscapes from the Getty Museum. They create postcards featuring landscapes that incorporate rubbings to create texture. They write letters on the backs of their postcards describing their landscapes.

Students view landscape paintings. They recall a landscape that has meaning to them and describe it to the class. They complete a worksheet.

Third graders consider space and the techniques artists use to create three-dimensionality within a painting or drawing. They examine works by Millet, Bruegel and Demuth and then create original drawings that explore the effects of...

Pupils examine images made for newspapers and create their own photos to tell a story. They experiment with cropping to reframe their images and explore how photographic images can be manipulated.

Students examine an image of civilians affected by the Vietnam War. They research and discuss the reasons the Vietnam War began, why America became involved, and what some of the long-term effects of this war have been.

Second graders fingerpaint their own interpretations of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night.

Fifth graders create a dollhouse-like drawing of a house, as it would look if the front walls were folded out.

Pupils create a multi-media collage still life that reinforces basic skills taught in art class. They use watercolor, markers, gluing and cutting skills.

Students explore three topics of elements of art in this seven lessons unit. An overview of light, space, figure, ground, pattern, balance and symmetry are presented in this unit.

Pupils utilize Painter Classic to fill in a canvas with bright colors. They paint with the opaque and smeary brushes as they create a new layer on top of the colored canvas with the proper icon on the palette. In addition, they have an...

Students read two books about fishing and ships. After viewing portraits, they identify and describe the various types of sailing vessels. They discuss how the artist showed water and detailed the areas around the ships. They create...

For this primary/secondary source worksheet, students answer a set of 5 questions about a picture drawn in approximately 1934 of an event that took place in 1867.

This interdisciplinary site explores the relationships between Dickinson and her editor Higginson, and that between Whitman and Ralph W. Emerson. Includes ideas for investigations, a bibliography and many primary sources.

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.

A multi-faceted activity where students learn about the elements of a Japanese garden, then construct a peepshow book that demonstrates their understanding of foreground, middle ground, and background to represent a Japanese garden....

With this resource, students will explore how the illusion of depth is created by artists on a flat surface. By examining both a still life and a landscape, students will learn about foreground, middleground, background, and overlapping...

This resource provides tips on how to create emphasis on foreground, middleground and background in a watercolor painting from original reference photographs.

KinderArt provides a site with information on how to teach students art techniques. Students learn to recognize and identify foreground, midground and background. They also create a stylized drawing using simple shapes as well as...

An image of "Interior of a Church with a Family in the Foreground", created by Hendrick Van the Younger Steenwyck during the 1630's (Oil on canvas, 116 x 182 cm).

Paint Shop Pro offers a wide-variety of paint tools to create unique graphic images. This lesson plan allows learners to explore the paint tools and create their own graffiti masterpiece.

Use Paint Shop Pro to "Design a label for a drink of your choice." Learners will have the opportunity to explore the text tools that Paint Shop Pro offers to change the style, size, effects, and strength of the text.

Paint Shop Pro offers a wide-variety of text tools to create unique graphic images. This lesson plan allows learners to explore the text tools and add drop shadows to text and objects.