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Color Mixing Trophy Fish
Students compare colors. In this color lesson, students determine which colors are primary and which are secondary. Students investigate rainbows and create a piece of art organizing colors as they appear in a rainbow.
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The Amazing and Beautiful Aurora
Students create an oil pastel painting. In this pastel painting lesson, students examine images of the aurora borealis. Students produce an original pastel painting of the aurora.
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Getting to Know Your Round Brush
Students discover art techniques. In this art tools lesson, students examine the round brush. Students explore different techniques that may be produced using the round brush.
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How Big Should My Picture Be?
Students explore water color techniques. In this water color lesson plan, students examine how to size their drawings. Students discover that water color painting works best on a smaller scale as they create an original piece of art.
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Getting to Know Your Flat Brush
Students investigate different art tools. In this art tools lesson, students examine the flat brush. Students explore the effects that can be created with this tool.
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Wall Paper and Paint Mosaic
Students create a wall mosaic. In this art activity, students post one large piece of butcher paper on a wall. Pieces of construction paper are torn into small squares. These small squares are dipped in the paint and put on the large...
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Spring Butterflies
Students create Spring butterflies. In this art activity, students use coffee filters to make butterflies. Students add food coloring and water together for paint. Students use an eyedropper to drop the colors onto the filter. Allow the...
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Snow Crystal Picture
Students color a snow scene and use salt to make snow crystals. In this art activity students add Epson Salt to water and paint the snow background. After drying the salt with sparkle like real snow.
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Kwanzaa Gift
Students celebrate Kwanzaa. In this Kwanzaa activity, students create gifts that are handmade. Students use buttons, ribbon, paint, construction paper and glue to create gifts.
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Sandpaper Painting
Students create a picture using sandpaper and crayons. In this art activity, students draw on sandpaper using crayons, place it on newspaper, iron over it and remove. Students can place the picture in a frame to give as a gift.
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Leaf Handprint Twig Mobile
Students create fall mobiles. In this fall art activity, students paint their hands, stamp them on construction paper, let them dry and cut them out. Students also cut out leaf shapes and glue their handprints to them. Students attach...
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Apple Painting
Students use apples and apple cut outs to create art projects. In this art lesson, students cut paper into apple shapes or cut apples into shapes, dip in paint, and use them to stamp.
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Mother's Day Flower Poem
Students create Mother's Day card. In this art lesson, students cut flowers from construction paper, use handprints, and attach a poem to the card.
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Swirly Paint Brush
Students create a different type of paint brush. In this painting lesson, students use rubber bands that have been cut in half to paint. The rubber bands are glued together and children experiment with the new paint brush and different...
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Reflective Decoupage
Young scholars decoupage a wooden item with pictures. In this visual arts lesson, students take pictures and use a computer program to print them out. This lesson includes all the steps needed to decoupage.
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Painting Modern Life
Students compare and contrast modern life art in the works of Hilaire-Germain Edgar Degas and Paul Cezanne. In this art analysis lesson, students compare and contrast the two paintings. Students complete image based discussion. Students...
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Jean-Leon Gerome Lesson Plan
Students explore works by French painter Jean-Leon Gerome. In this visual arts activity, students investigate the use of perspective in Gerome's work and then make their own drawings that feature the use of perspective.
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What's Your Impression?
Students paint landscapes. In this Impressionism instructional activity, students explore the history behind the Impressionist Movement in art and paint their own impressionist piece inspired by a nearby landscape.
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The Three Faces of William Penn
Young scholars analyze art depicting William Penn. They analyze three different paintings discussing the symbolism, artistic elements, and depiction of Native Americans in each painting.
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National Gallery of Art: Jackson Pollock
Students paint a picture in the style of Jackson Pollock. In this painting lesson, students learn about Jackson Pollock and the method that he used to create his famous pieces of art. Students use objects other than paintbrushes to...
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KinderArt Painting for kids.
Students understand what complementary colors are. In this painting lesson, students review what happens when colors are mixed. Students recognize that the colors oppose each other on the color wheel are complementary. Students mix...
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Spanish Romanticism and Goya
Students study the works of Spanish artist Francisco Goya. In this art history lesson, students learn about the Romantic period in Spain and explore the works of Goya. Students complete three activities including a review of the era, a...
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Fancy Footwork
For this painting worksheet, learners remove their shoes and put their feet in a tray of paint. Students paint an abstract painting with their feet. This worksheet is geared to the adults who will be guiding learners.
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Falling Leaves
Students create a painting of falling leaves. In this art lesson, students collect fallen leaves and paint over them using tempera or water color paint to make an outline. Students continue painting the leaves until their paper is...