*Organic Shape and Line Collage
Students will learn about organic shapes as they discover how line, shape, and color are used to create art.
Ages: 8-11 yrs
Grades: Grades 3-5
Levels: Junior
Tag: color
Color Wheel #2 Worksheet
A printable color wheel worksheets for children to fill in with paint, crayons, pencil crayons or markers. Includes complementary colors.
Color Wheel #1 Worksheet
A printable color wheel worksheets for children to fill in with paint, crayons, pencil crayons or markers.
Warm/Cool Colours Worksheet
A printable worksheet about the warm and cool colours.
*Op Art Shaded Shapes
Students learn about “Op Art” and then create a picture (optical illusions) that can play tricks with the eyes.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Kindergarten Self Portraits
Kindergarten students will learn how to draw self portraits and experiment with watercolour paints for their backgrounds.
Ages: 5-8 yrs
Grades: K-2
Levels: Primary
Toothpaste Batik
A minty-fresh take on the traditional art of batik. Using toothpaste and paint, kids will create fabulous one-of-a-kind batik masterpieces.
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
How to Bring Eric Carle Into Your Classroom
The following lesson plans will introduce you and your students to Eric Carle, American designer, illustrator, and writer of children’s books.
Artists Who Experimented with Colour
The following Art History lesson plans will introduce you and your students to five fantastic artists who spent a good amount of time experimenting with colour.
Pointillism Corn
Students can make a picture of corn using a pointillism technique.
Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5
Magazine Mosaic Pot
This is a lovely garden-inspired craft that teaches kids about recycling.
Paper Mosaic Hearts
All you need are some old magazines, construction paper, and glue and you can make these fun Valentine hearts! You decide how easy or challenging this craft will be, and how long it will take.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Crayon Resist Jack-O-Lanterns
Students will create spooky wax-resist pumpkin pictures using crayons and paint.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Pastel and Glue Pumpkin
You can create cool works of art using glue as your drawing medium. The end result is a unique drawing that looks like a stained glass window.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
I Give You My Heart
Students will create paper heart collages for Valentine’s Day.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Under the Sea Crayon Resist
Several watercolor techniques are introduced here as students learn about tropical fish, unified composition and contour line.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Glue and Pastel Totem Pole Pictures
Using white glue for “lead” and chalk (or oil) pastel for “glass”, you can create wonderful stained glass designs. For this particular lesson, personal totems were the theme, however you can use any subject or theme with this project. (see Glue Fish)
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Inside Outside Drawings of Fruit
Students will learn how to draw the inside and outside of objects like fruit.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Expression and Joy with Line, Shape and Color
Using the technique of cutting paper, participants will be making positive and negative shapes that will be used to create a composition.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Winter Wonderland Snow Covered Trees
Students will learn how to paint snow covered trees as they create winter wonderland paintings.
Ages: 8-11 yrs
Grades: Grades 3-5
Levels: Junior
Paper Batik Flower Paintings
Find out how to make wonderful batik style paintings with flowers as the theme.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Mixed Media Still Life Painting
This mixed media still life paintings art lesson is a terrific introduction to ink, watercolor and chalk pastels. It’s practically fool-proof, with results that are fun and impressive for you and your students.
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
Landscape Resist Painting
Students will use crayons and tempera paint to create beautiful landscape paintings in the crayon resist style.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Fall Leaf Magic Marker Watercolors
Kids will use watercolor pencils or washable markers to create leaf-themed works of art.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Colorful Row Houses (How to Draw and Paint)
Kids will learn how to draw and paint colorful houses using Kwik Stix Solid Paint sticks.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
