Drawing is one of the most important activities you and your students can do. Drawing not only provides the basis for other creative activities – like painting, sculpture and printmaking – but it also provides a direct link with reading, writing and especially mathematics. Drawing is the single most accessible form of art available. All you need (to begin with), is a pencil and a sheet of paper.
Blind contour drawing is an excellent way to train the eye to draw what it really sees rather than what it thinks it sees.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School
Students will use a monoprint stamp as a jumping off point for developing imagination and stimulating creativity.
Ages: 5-8 yrs
Grades: K-2
Levels: Primary
Students will make body tracing self portraits.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Students will create cave art in the style of the Lascaux Caves in France.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
You can create wonderful works of art using string and chalk.
Using artist Chuck Close as inspiration, art teacher Alison Lorion shows us how to draw portraits using the grid system.
Ages: 11-14 yrs
Grades: Grades 6-8
Students will learn the classic method of drawing, on toned paper with charcoal or black pencil, heightened with white.
Ages: 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Junior, Middle School, High School
Children will review color mixing as they create drawings and paintings of clover (or shamrocks).
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School
Children will learn how to draw a clown and color in their pictures completely, using markers (or the media of your choice).
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Kids will learn how to draw and paint colorful houses.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Students will create a portrait using one pair of complementary colors.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
This is a wonderful mini lesson in which children will learn how to create contour drawings.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Create one-of-a-kind homemade holiday greeting cards using crayons, paint and paper.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Students will learn about texture as they experiment with crackle patterns using paper, crayons and paint.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Make your own scratch art boards using crayons.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Kids can create a crayon resist picture with nature as their inspiration.
Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5
Students can use crayons and paint to make delightful crayon resist pictures. We used fish as our theme but you can use any image you wish.
Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: ECE, Primary, Junior, Middle School
Students will become aware of the illustrating style of Leo Lionni as they create a crayon resist underwater scene after reading the book, Swimmy.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
The KinderArt Club features standards-based art lessons which are designed to work in small or large group settings, with a range of ages (from 5 to 11 years). So, you don’t need to plan multiple activities, regardless of the grades you teach.
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