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Echo Line Flowers

By Cheryl Trowbridge 2 Comments

Echo Line Flowers

3rd Grade Flower Drawings This is a fun lesson for teaching about warm and cool colors, patterns, and artists who painted flowers, like Georgia O'Keeffe and Vincent Van Gogh. You'll Need: 9" x 12" white sulfite construction paper pencil Magic Rub Eraser Markers in a variety of colors, plus black (or use a black Sharpie) (affiliate links) Directions: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract (Representational), Color / Color Mixing, Drawing, Famous Artists, Flowers, Lessons, Markers / Pen and Ink, O'Keeffe, Georgia, Van Gogh, Vincent Tagged With: artist Georgia O'Keeffe, artist Vincent Van Gogh, flowers, lines, pattern, warm/cool colors

Shoe Drawings

By Cheryl Trowbridge 1 Comment

Third Grade Shoe Drawing by Brian   Contour drawing is a great activity for developing your drawing skills, no matter what your age or level of ability. There are dozens of fun projects you can do with contour drawing, but here is one of my favorites... Shoe Drawings!1. Remove one shoe and place it on your desk.2. On 9x12 paper, make light pencil marks to indicate placement … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Lessons, Markers / Pen and Ink, Misc. Subjects, Pencil, Realism Tagged With: contour drawing, crayon, shoes, texture

Self-Portraits Inspired by Paul Klee

By Cheryl Trowbridge 1 Comment

  Kindergarten self-portrait and "Senecio" by Paul Klee One of our wonderful parent volunteers recently shared a great website with me that she found. If you're looking for new art lessons to try, check out Kathy Barbaro's "Art Projects for Kids". I found a great idea on her website for "painting" with tissue paper, which I tried with one of our Kindergarten … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract (Representational), Collage, Crayon, Drawing, Expressionism, Klee, Paul, Lessons, Mixed Media, Oil Pastel, Portraits / Self-Portraits, Surrealism Tagged With: artist Paul Klee, portraits, tissue paper

Alphabet Soup Art – The Verdict is In!

By Cheryl Trowbridge 5 Comments

two examples of first grade "Alphabet Soup Art" It's official.... everyone LOVES Alphabet Soup Art! From first graders to sixth graders, the responses were all the same - this project is a hit!! A few of the youngest students had to be reminded to connect their letters, but other than that most students were able to work independently. This project is a natural for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract Design, Drawing, Johns, Jasper, Lessons, Lettering, Markers / Pen and Ink, Pop Art, Words / Letters Tagged With: letters, markers

Alphabet Soup Art

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In today's culture, some symbols have become so familiar that we've stopped noticing them. This idea is what prompted contemporary American artist, Jasper Johns, to create abstract paintings from symbols such as letters, numbers and maps to get his viewers to experience these symbols in new ways. Your students can follow these steps to learn about abstract art with this fun … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract Design, Drawing, Johns, Jasper, Lessons, Lettering, Markers / Pen and Ink, Pop Art, Words / Letters Tagged With: abstract art, artist Jasper Johns, letters, markers, symbols

Dot Monsters!

By Cheryl Trowbridge 10 Comments

Dot Monsters are great fun and full of surprises!

Dot Monsters are a perfect activity to teach to the whole class or use with those "early finishers" who end up with free time after completing a project. Kids from 1st grade through 6th grade love making these! Dot Monsters nurture imagination and encourage creative thinking and problem solving.... and they're FUN! Here's how you make them: 1. Any size paper will work for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Games / Activities, Creatures / Monsters, Drawing, Fantasy, Imagination, Lessons, Markers / Pen and Ink Tagged With: Dot Monsters, drawing, free-time activities, imagination, markers

Fighting Perfectionism? Picture This…

By Cheryl Trowbridge 3 Comments

The Persistence of Memory by Salvadore Dali with Quote

"The Persistence of Memory" by Salvadore Dali One of my lifelong goals has been to become less of a perfectionist. They say that a goal should be specific and measurable. And this "goal" is neither of those. I don't expect to completely conquer perfectionism, but just to become more and more okay with "not perfect". It's more like a target to be aiming for than an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dali, Salvadore, Famous Artists, Philosophy, Quotes & Stories, Surrealism, Tips for Teaching Art Tagged With: artist Salvadore Dali, perfection, perfectionism, philosophy, quotes

Shadow Tracing

By Cheryl Trowbridge 4 Comments

Shadow tracing is a project that students from about 2nd or 3rd grade and up will love doing. It fits right in with discussions about composition, color theory, and positive/negative shapes. In the interest of full disclosure, one of the reasons students love it so much is that they have to go outside to do it! I guess we don't get out as often as we should in Art class, so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract (Non-representational), Abstract Design, Art Concepts, Drawing, Lessons, Painting, Tempera Tagged With: color, positive/negative shapes, positive/negative space, shadow tracing, tempera

Screen Shots!

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For those of you who enjoyed creating Abstract Art using Miltos Manetas' website (from yesterday's post), there is a way to save your creation, even though the website itself doesn't give you a way to do that. You can take a picture of all or part of your computer screen using “screen shots” or “screen captures.” While this isn't exactly a secret, I'm sure there are a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract (Non-representational), Art Web Sites, Digital / Computer, Pollock, Jackson, Tips for Teaching Art Tagged With: art websites, teaching tips

What Is Art??

By Cheryl Trowbridge 8 Comments

So what is Art, anyway?? Not to get all philosophical or anything, but you have to admit that's a good question! If you ask 100 people, you're likely to get 100 different answers. I recently attended an exhibit at the Denver Art Museum titled, "What is Art?". This question was posed to exhibit viewers who responded on sticky notes that covered an entire wall. Reading … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract (Non-representational), Abstract (Representational), Art Web Sites, Digital / Computer, Philosophy, Picasso, Pablo, Pollock, Jackson, Quotes & Stories Tagged With: abstract art, art websites, artist Jackson Pollock, artist Pablo Picasso, computer art, philosophy, quotes

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