Painting

A growing collection of painting lesson plans for preschool, elementary, middle school and high school students including lessons on how to paint with watercolour, tempera, acrylic and ink.

Getting to Know You Portraits

*Grades 3-5, *K-2, *Preschool, Back to School, Drawing, Painting

Go With the Flow Watercolor Trees

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, *K-2, Painting

Gustav Klimt’s Tree of Life

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *K-2, Art History, Painting

Haiku Straw and Ink Paintings

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, Painting

Handprint Rainbows

*K-2, *Preschool, Crafts, Multicultural Art, Painting, Spring, St. Patrick's Day

Happy Accident Painting

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, *K-2, Back to School, Drawing, Painting

Hermit Crab Paper Collage

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *K-2, *Preschool, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture/Collage

Finger painting Christmas crafts for kids from KinderArt.com.

Holiday Fingerprint / Finger Painting Crafts for Kids

Christmas, Painting, Winter

6 Ways to Bring Eric Carle to Your Classroom. KinderArt.com

How to Bring Eric Carle Into Your Classroom

Drawing, Painting, Sculpture/Collage

How to Draw Shaded Bottles

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, Drawing, Painting

How to Make Art When You Don’t Know How to Make Art

Blog, Painting

Impasto Painting

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, *K-2, *Preschool, Painting

Students will create an original crayon resist drawing or painting of a bug’s life. KinderArt.com

It’s a Bug’s Life

*Grades 3-5, *K-2, Drawing, Painting, Summer, Summer Camp

Japanese Hand Fan Craft

*Grades 3-5, Crafts, Multicultural Art, Painting

Line Painting Flowers

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, *K-2, Mother's Day, Painting, Valentine's Day

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