Students create a quilt-like fabric swatches using Crayograph crayons, emery paper and rubbing plates.

Students examine the contents of a book of hours and then compare it to the modern day-planner. They create class day-planners/ calendars with illuminations that correspond to modern holidays and season.

Students design and create pins advertising Youth Art Month and incorporating mini versions of famous prints.

Studnets study mosaics, including the historical background of the art form. They study the cultures that have used mosaics in their art work, and then they construct their own mosaics.

Middle schoolers will demonstrate the ability to create the illusion of space by overlapping shapes.They will recognize the differences between art materials, techniques, and processes. Students will demonstrate the influence of personal...

Students examine artwork and create their own.  In this writing and illustrating lesson, students view illuminated letters from the Getty Museum's collection and discuss art vocabulary.  Students examine the visual elements in...

Fourth graders engage in a multitude of written and artistic activities as they study illustrators, how illustrations enhance a studenT book, and the Caldecott Award.

Sixth graders view an animated program showing how the continents fit together millions of years ago. In groups, they compare and contrast the distribution of rocks and fossils based on how the continents fit together. After reading a...

Students investigate the link between music and visual art by applying principles of design to convey the emotions/expressions in different types of music.

Students use assorted drawing materials and sheets from a cow shaped pad to create a unique, bright, colorful cows.

Students begin their examination of non-objective artwork. Individually, they participate in activities in which they take designs within other images and use them for their focus in their art. They create a sculpture with the new...

Students demonstrate how colors are mixed and how repetition, unity, and emphasis are used when creating a colorful collage.

Students explain that everyone has their own opinion about what they think is good art. They study images, then put a heart behind the one they like the best, the least and the one they think their mom or dad would like.

Students listen to song in which they identify the beat. Listening to the song again, they clap and march to the beat after being introduced to the new vocabulary. They complete the same exercises for other songs played in class.

Eighth graders create Noh masks. In this Japanese art lesson plan, 8th graders research Noh masks and their special connection to Chinese theater, and then make their own.

Students study the use of texture, and rhythm as a principle of design when showing movement in a painting.

Fourth graders use clay to create a slab vase with a surface design that emphasizes the elements shape and texture. They complete a self-evaluation of their project which is imbedded in this plan.

Ninth graders create webpages similar to that of a local artist and then help fourth graders create artistically balanced webpages with colorful backgrounds, appropriate fonts and interesting graphics using Netscape Composer.

Students examine the uses and beliefs associated with the Chinese art of Feng Shui. The class reads about the traditional uses of Feng Shui. Individually, each student creates a room makeover using Feng Shui principles.

Students investigate oceanography by painting sea life. For this crustacean lesson, students identify sea urchins in our ocean environments and describe the functionality of their spherical-shaped bodies. Students design their own sea...

Students investigate the concepts that focuses upon the musical rhythms. They conduct class discussion and use questions in order to clear up any misconceptions. Students create art compositions that illustrate rhythm and then each one...

Students combine acrylics with School Smart Art Paste to paint paper and to explore color mixing.

Fourth graders draw an object relying only on their sense of touch and imagination and then draw it again using their powers of observation to create a detailed study of the object. Comparisons are then made of the two drawings.

Students identify the importance of the Principles and Elements of design through self-analysis and sketching clothing appropriate for their body type. They write the actual color name on a line of the included sheet, then describe why...