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.
A series of simple design exercises to further understanding of the Principles of Design and how each can be developed within a structured composition.
Grades: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Middle School, High School
Ink and watercolor are used to create magical creature/monster paintings.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Students can turn their names – written in cursive – into aliens and monsters.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Students will create works of art inspired by artist Marc Chagall’s painting I and the Village.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
This is a free-form drawing project that deals with the elements of design – colour, line, shape, form and texture. Very wonderful detailed works of art can be achieved by simply doodling. Have a look at the works of many great artists like Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee for inspiration.
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
Students will learn about using grids to plan out proportions and symmetry as they create a step-by-step drawing of a nutcracker.
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 draw a step by step contour drawing of elephants and then add colour and details. They will also learn about Surrealist artist Salvador Dali.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
This art activity focuses on the shape of numbers. A good tie-in to math for younger students.
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 draw pictures of jars containing bugs.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Students will draw the outline of a fish using glue and complete the picture with oil pastels. The glue dries clear, leaving the black paper to show through in between the pastel.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
This is a wonderful mini lesson in which children will learn how to draw hands.
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
By drawing into wet paste with chalk pastels, students can create unique works of art.
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
Children can draw pysanky – decorated Easter eggs inspired by Ukrainian folk designs.
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 be able to understand what is near and far in respect to the horizon line on a 2-d surface, as they draw trees.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
How you can use Mark Kistler’s book, Draw Squad, to teach your students or children how to draw.
How you can use Mona Brookes’ book, Drawing with Children, to teach your students or children how to draw.
After looking at Edvard Munch’s famous painting, The Scream, students will create their own artwork featuring images of things that make them want to scream.
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
Students will use scroll shaped pieces of paper and colored pencils to create their own Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
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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