High school art projects

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High School Art Projects that Students LOVE! Art projects need to challenge and engage the students in design and technique while engaging their interests

Well, I had one of my usual thoughts at 3am, but instead of writing a note at that early time, I did a voice recording of my thought. Much easier than trying to decipher my chicken scratch when I g…

Projects follow the “ Basics ” taking the new medium, technique or concept and applying it to a finished work of art assessing the new skill acquired through Basics. Projects ALSO build on...

In this mixed media lesson, students will use three mediums to create a shaded, unified piece of art.

Here's an absolutely stunning faux stained glass project my junior high students recently finished. These are made from black construction ...

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First day of school high school art lesson ideas and creative ways to get to know your students. How to set the tone for great art making and get your students creating meaningful art with passion and purpose from the start.

Here is a list of my top 10 non-clay sculpture lessons for upper elementary through high school. Each includes a short description of each lesson and what students learn.

This homeschool art curriculum for high school will give your students a tour of great artists with picture study, art projects and an art credit.

This surreal creative silhouetted painting project has students creating a surreal influenced image inside of a silhouette. It asks students to create an image about themselves using a self-discovery theme.Included in this zip file download is:-13 page Powerpoint with image examples, assignment description, examples by surrealist Rene Magritte, and renaissance artist Archimboldo, also description of mark breakdown, and a list of questions to guide students through ideas about…

Grade Level Duration 4 classes, 80 minutes Materials Graph paper (buy or make your own online here), acrylic Paint, ghost grid posterboard (Poster board featuring a faint, disappearing grid), square dowel cut down to make a stamp (same size as the grids on the poster board), printer, pencil, palette Media Acrylic Paint Lesson Objectives For […]

Mixed media contour portraits lesson plan for a high school art class.

This was one of my favorite lessons from last year. (I feel like I always say that....?) But seriously, this was great. It would work for a variety of grades- elementary or high school as well. I did it with 7th grade and will again this year. Using the move-able figures- students had to create a zoomed/close-up composition using the figure, taking the negative space into consideration. I actually had them do a "photo shoot" with their ipads: take photos of the figures in different positions…

Hand Doodle Textures Tillie My students did a series of different texture doodle assignments leading up to creating their hands...

Projects done by high school students in painting classes.

Once upon a time when I was in high school, my friend and I who had both decided to major in art education, were given a lot of freedom t...