My second graders recently learned about simple ways to show depth in an artwork. I gave a demonstration on my new document camera and showed them how rivers and roads that go back in space would be wider in the front and narrower in the back. I demonstrated how things that were far in the distance would be smaller than things in the front. The use of overlap is also a way to show depth. I showed the students this … Read more... →

These small landscapes have been painted with watercolors, by 7th-grade students after a lesson about landscape and the representation of space with value scale. Here below a video tutorial to foll…

This watercolor lesson for beginners is a great way to learn about watercolor techniques in a fun, exciting lesson that is easy for beginning artists to create a successful painting.

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Road-scapes Grant Haffner Style.... Elementary and Middle School ArtMixed Media Road Trip Landscape Art Lesson, Grant Haffner styleI have been preparing art lessons for the next school year. Recently, I gave this lesson a test run... I taught it online to my art club students in Vancouver, BC. They are elementary students (ages 6-12) They enjoyed the introduction to one point perspective and learning about contemporary artist, Grant Haffner. Here you can see what they created in one hour…

Learning how to draw a perspective landscape is one of those art techniques that gets kids to sit up and take notice. Part of the excitement is realizing

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Michelle’s Innovative Ideas on Instagram: "Colour Mixing Art 🤩Sunset over the mountains. 👉Swipe to see the lesson progression. Remember to like this post and save it for an art lesson this year. ❤️ My 2nd class did an amazing job with these! They really enjoyed creating them. This art took two lessons 😁 ✏️ Day 1: ☀️Step 1: Teacher modelling. I modelled how to draw the artwork. I started with a circle for the sun, added a wavy line for grass and then drew some triangles for mountains. I…

On my way in to school this morning, IT SNOWED! Well...it "snowed" Tennessee style. It looked like a blizzard of dandruff bits but for us in the South, that means a lot! It put me in the mood for all things winter and so I thought I'd put together a list of my Top Ten Favorite Winter Art Lessons. If you follow the link on each of these, you'll find a video for most and a lesson for all. Let's go! SNOW GLOBE CITIES! This lesson was a hit with my fourth graders last year. They really loved…

With this marvellous warm colors and cool colors city skyline art project, kids will be able to explore the key concept of warm and cool colors in art