Mondrian: Rectangles, Squares, & Balance, Oh My!

Kids cast their own plaster tools to stamp image impressions and textures for tiles, pictures frames, and other works of art. Young artists can even create their own watermark to label their stuff.

Inspire first grade artists to learn about abstract and realistic art while reading Eric Carle's Where are you Going? To See My Friend. Young artists design and make a mural collage by tearing shapes of paper while comparing English and...

Surrealistic painters like Marc Chagall and Wendy Rouse show viewers an expansive world in a small area. Young artists have a opportunity to create their own surrealistic paintings in response to a study of works by Chagall and Rouse.

Explore the works of Eric Carle with a set of four lessons focused around the stories, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Young readers develop a storyboard,...

Students explore illusions by drawing and viewing images in class. In this art perspective instructional activity, students analyze a skeleton outline drawing which demonstrates the ability to draw in a two point perspective. Students...

The Kuna Indians hail from the San Blas Island near Panama. Learners will investigate their culture by creating paper mola collages, just like the ones created by the indigenous Panamanians. They'll focus on understanding the symbolism...

Students study Piet Mondrian's artwork. In this visual arts instructional activity, students analyze the use of lines and colors by Mondrian in his art. Students create their artwork in the style of Mondrian.

A still life with tissue paper? Why not! Using Paul Cézanne's art as inspiration, learners create their own still life pictures by gluing various colors of tissue paper onto a paper or pattern.

Third graders discover elements in visual art. In this visual art lesson, 3rd graders explore the use of line, shape, and color in visual art. After reviewing works of art, students create unique art pieces. Technology resources provided.

Reflect on the art your class can view at a museum. In this art history instructional activity, students draw six elements of art. They discuss original art versus reproduction artwork and write about their thoughts of a museum. It would...