Primary school art lessons

In this Aquarium Perspective Lesson, Middle School students will dive right into learning about the principle of perspective while designing an aquarium.

Paul Klee- Head of a Man My Prep classes were learning about use of colour to show emotions and feelings, so this activity was a good follow on to learn about warm and cool colours. Students learnt about what an ABSTRACT portrait is, in particular ‘Senecio’ 1922 by Paul Klee to inspire making a portrait

36 Elementary Art Lessons for Kids - one for every week of the school year! Perfect for homeschool families, teachers, scout leaders, and parents!

Learn how to make your own DIY scratch art paper! This simple kids' craft uses oil pastels, paint, dish soap, and paper, and the process is a great opportunity for child participation. Kids will love scratching out drawings and illustrations to create colorful projects with this fun technique that feels like art magic. A great DIY art supply for elementary art classrooms or to keep on hand at home for rainy days! | from barley & birch

My first successful one-point perspective art lesson that my students loved. Perspective is part magic and part math and for creative types like me, there

Introduce elementary art students to Monet with this set of art lessons ending in a unique water lilies Claude Monet art project.

This Art for Kids Activity is perfect for birthday parties, classrooms, and large groups! Create a negative-space silhouette painting of your name or image!

Year 4 students were introduced to Texan artist, Polly Jones by way of a series of works she did featuring cut fruit on a placemat. The students chose a fruit and used an image to draw from as a reference, then painted with watercolour paints. The students had been leaning about mixing tints and shades

Another successful lesson I did with Year 1 & 2 exploring art from different cultures (World Culture Art) was this paper weaving with added shapes and lines to represent to colourfully patterned cloth woven in Ghana, Africa. This idea is not original, I have seen it on many websites and there is a great video

In my first year of teaching, I was terrified of teaching art. It was a subject I had always struggled with and that a few of the kids had already decided they HATED. Thankfully, I was able to find some art activities that everyone could be happily engaged in!

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The Kindergarten artists and PreKinders also created some artwork inspired by Mondrian. The PreKinders glued down black lines creating squares and rectangles they then colored some of their shapes …

Van Gogh 'Starry Night' inspired painting on foil art activity ideas for kids. #kidsart #paintingwithkids #kidsactivities #paintprojects #paintedart #kidspaint

I was introduced to this lesson by Claire Kirk & Katie Flowers. Both amazing artists and art educators I have had the honor of knowing and working with over the years. From observational drawin…

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