Two Layer Painting

Why not add a little additional knowledge to your drill and practice math problems? This cute activity provides young mathematicians with a little exposure to art and art history as they practice subtracting 3-digit numbers. As students...

Insolubility and density? Yup, it's art class, of course. To create insoluble paintings that continually move and change, kids mix water-based paint with mineral oil and seal the mixture in laminating pouches.

Add watercolors to white glue, paint onto clear film paper, fold, open, and voila, a butterfly! This art project, designed for special education classes, but perfect for any classroom, is sure to engage your young artists.

Get beginning readers excited about National Reading Month with a resource that includes a game of matching, finding and making fish patterns, comparing and contrasting in a Venn diagram, and graphing. The resource gives a one-page plan...

Like finger painting, this project is very tactile. Kids tear tissue paper into small pieces, add water, and mix up a pulp that can be pressed onto a canvas to create a colorful, textured painting.

Creating story quilts is a great way to combine art, social studies and literature. Kids select a story, a published one or one of their own, to illustrate, paint on a canvas square, embellish, and mount on a felt backing.

Young scholars learn painting techniques. In this painting and color lesson, students view Dan Namingha's painting and describe what they see and name the colors they recognize. Young scholars use thick paints to practice painting...

The class explores Ukrainian motifs, the scratchboard technique, and two-dimensional art. They design and produce a Ukrainian style egg with tagboard, crayon, tempera paint, and a stylus. Ukrainian egg designs are similar to those used...

I love this idea! After discussing rain, spring, and the weather, take your class outside and let nature do the painting. They shake power paints and glitter onto a piece of heavy construction paper, then take their paper outside and...

View a painting to find a color and a shape in the artwork. Have your students answer questions based on Sam Abacus Sliding painting, and identify the processes he used in his painting "Abacus Sliding". Students experiment with the...