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Art Techniques
Third graders create a self portrait using correct proportions and details. After completing their portrait, they exchange their portrait with that of a classmate and offer constructive criticism of the portrait and suggestions for...
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Everyone can explore architecture
Students draw like an architect. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students research and draw several examples of different forms of architecture through societies, cultures and times, then present them to the class.
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Theorem Painting
Young scholars examine the many types of folk art at a museum. They create their own theorem painting by following the steps given to them.
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Look to your Dreams
Students explore the life and Surrealist art of Salvador Dalí identify and discuss imaginative, impossible or unexpected elements in Surrealist artworks.
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From Mud to Masterpiece: Individual Clay Mosaic Relief Murals Inspired by Rudy Autio's Public Murals
Pupils create clay mosaic relief murals as analysis of Abstract Expressionism. In this clay art lesson plan, students analyze the abstract expressionist art of Rudy Autio and create their own clay mural using fire clay and glazes. Pupils...
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Family Quilts Keep Us Warm
Students discuss and describe the differences and similarities in families. After reciting finger plays about families, they draw pictures of their own families. Next, they incorporate their family pictures into a paper quilt.
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Funny Face Self Portraits
Students gain appreciation for the drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. They show human emotion by drawing facial features in correct proportion - studying ratio of eye width to the rest of the facial features. They create values by varying...
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Surrealism
Seventh graders research several surrealist artists, e.g. Dali, Magritte, etc., and analyze and compare their styles. They apply their knowledge to their own drawings in pastel of flowers and plants.
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Contour Wrapped Animal Portrait
Students will select a high interest animal portrait. After completing an n accurate light line drawing, the portrait will be finished using contours lines constructed of implied wrapping using pencil and pen. The eyes will be completed...
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The Peaceable Kingdom
Students examine the life and works of Edward Hicks. Using his "Peaceable Kingdoms, they create what they believe to be their own peaceable kingdom. They compare and contrast the two kingdoms and practice layering colors with colored...
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Painting on Foil
Students choose a torn out coloring page and place it on top of the foil. They hold the page in place and retrace the drawing with a pencil pressing down hard enough to etch the drawing into the foil.
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Let's Call It Automatic
Students write whatever comes into their minds quickly and extend that strategy to art. They draw whatever ideas come to mind and students create in a stream of consciousness style. They listen to different types of music while drawing.
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Playing With the Grid
Students examine works of grid art by the painter Chuck Close. They discuss the process of creating a drawing using a grid, view images of grid art, and create a grid drawing.
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Paper Bag Pilgrim Dolls
Stuents create paper bag versions of "pilgrim dolls" in this excellent Art instructional activity for the time just before Thanksgiving break. The plan uses staples or glue to attach dolls and includes a picture diagram and two...
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Haring Lampshades
Students enter a creative competition where they create a Keith Haring inspired lamp shade. For this lamp shade lesson plan, students discuss functional art.
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Stone Figurines
Students discuss Keith Haring's style of art. In this drawing and painting lesson, students create a Haring-style drawing that will be later be turned into a placemat after it has been painted.
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Descriptive Character Analysis
Students visualize a character or event and personalize it through drawings.
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Painting on Aluminum Foil
Students paint Haring figures onto aluminum foil. In this painting lesson plan, students use tag board, foil, white copy paper, pens and pencils, tape, tempera paint, and permanent markers.
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Tempera/chalk painting
Third graders investigate and accurately interpret with cupporting evidence the artwork of Claude Monet. They choose what they will paint. Students draw a rough draft on paper. They produce interseting looking "brush strokes", where...
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Halloween Comic Strips
Fourth graders participate in a instructional activity on the subject of creating comic strips. They create facial expressions in drawings for practice and gradually progress to making their own comic strips based on the holiday of...
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Doodle All the Day
Young scholars explore the creative potential in everyday objects. Through doodling, collecting found art, and creating drawings and paintings inspired by the world around them, students research their own creative process.
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What Do I Write About?
Second graders write as essay describing the cooperative group drawing they made or describing the process to draw a group picture.
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Bits and Pieces!
Students discuss story elements including characters, setting, problem and solution. They listen to the story, Winter Fun, and identify the story elements. Then they draw pictures and write one sentence for each story element.
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In the Winter
Students are read a book about winter activities. They create a drawing of their favorite activity to do in the winter and practice copying a sentence telling what it is.