There are so many ways to teach Picasso portraits, I'm working with 3rd grade so I wanted to keep it simple. I'll show them some of Picasso's Portraits and then go into the project - demonstrating each step. I'm going to ask them to create diagonal folds, not even folds that create squares on their page, but more random folds. They should make about 5 folds and then using a ruler go over the fold lines with a sharpie. Looking at the lines on their page and turning it around from different…

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Keith Haring was a famous artist known for his bold, colorful and energetic artwork. His style was distinctive and easily recognizable, featuring simple,

Here’s a fun Mona Lisa art project, starting with her very famous face and then filling in your own background with lines, just for contrast.

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Make this delightful painted collage art using a really fun painted paper process. You will love making this as much as your kids do!

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Collaborative projects! Collaborative projects are one of my favorite things. I love them at the start of the year and the end. I love doing them with the whole school or just a grade level. I love using songs, themes, artist-inspiration...you name it. I just love collaboratives! We've done a TON over the years and I thought I'd put them all together in one big ole blog post. So, here you go: my 20 Favorite Collabortive Projects. Be sure and click on the links, many of these have how-to…