Outside - Inside Drawings

Get crafting with hundreds of pages of art lessons! The plans are organized into topics, which include clay, drawing, composition and design, mixed media, painting, printmaking, and paper.

Students explore various shapes in the world around them. In this kindergarten art lesson plan, students read books, identify shapes by sides and corners, and draw shapes in sand, sugar, or flour. Extension activities are included.

Students experiment with the construction of shelters and the various types of architectural designs.  For this shelters lesson, students draw the building they live in.  Students compare and contrast buildings made today and made 150...

Third graders discover geometric shapes by drawing everyday still objects.  In this illustration instructional activity, 3rd graders discuss drawing techniques applying to still life and practice these techniques in class.  Students...

Whether studying metaphors or Greek mythology, this labyrinth project is a fantastic lesson plan to add to your unit. It includes two versions of the labyrinth; making it with yarn or stone. If your materials are limited, you can even...

Take young writers on an journey through the pages of a newspaper with this language arts lesson series on journalism. Covering the topics of news reporting, opinion writing, photojournalism, advertising, and much more, this resource...

Students are introduced to the applied arts and focus on the applied art of architecture. They examine how architecture communicates messages about the people in a community who use a building. Students study the facade of their school...

Students create a "parfleche" (folded container used by Native Americans), learn how to make their own sketchbook, and keep it as a journal for notes and drawings in this Art lesson adaptable for all levels of instruction. Emphasis is...

Students make cat drawings from geometric shapes. In this geometric shapes lesson, students draw cats by hand using geometric shapes and place them in an environment. Students then color the drawings with watercolor paints. Students...

Students listen to a folktale and complete activities that span the curriculum.  In this folktale lesson, students discuss Anasi and the Sky Kingdom and research additional information on spiders.  Students find antonyms for words in the...