Snowy Winter Landscape
The best way to learn how to paint a snowy winter landscape is to keep the colors very simple. Violet, blue and black can look amazing all on their own. … Read More
Sunset Halloween Art Project
The challenge of any great Halloween art project, is to tap into the spooky imagination that the season provides, and still teach a few valuable art lessons. This sunset project … Read More
Fun Halloween Art with Bats
If you are looking for fun halloween art lesson plans, simple blacks on a painted coffee filter never cease to amaze me. The way the filters soak up the watercolor … Read More
Pattern Art Lesson with Klimt
If you mix a little art history with a pattern art lesson, you might come up with this ode to the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. If you create a project … Read More
Leaf Line Drawing
If you mix a line art lesson plan with a seasonal template, you might come up with something like this Leaf Line Drawing project. I created this leaf template years … Read More
How to Draw a Simple Owl
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Animal Life, Drawing, Holiday Themes, How to Draw Tutorials, Kindergarten, Markers, Painting, Sharpies
Learn how to draw a simple owl, that can be filled with lots of bright colors, pretty patterns and set against a dark nighttime sky. Look below for a PDF … Read More
Sharpie Art Light Switch
Use a light switch cover for your next Sharpie art project, and you’ll have a fun addition to any room that features your own custom art. All kinds of Sharpies … Read More
Simple Drawing Project
Ask your students concentrate on their coloring skills by starting with a simple drawing project. Here are four easy ideas to work with, a house, flower, bird and monster. If … Read More
How to Draw a Cupcake
You can add a lot of fun to a basic how to draw a cupcake lesson by drawing MANY of them, using lots of bright colors, and then maybe a … Read More
Delaunay Circle Project
Add an easy Delaunay art project to your lesson plans, with this fun abstract project. You can even add some new vocabulary with new words like “concentric” and “dissected”. Robert … Read More
Simple Color Wheel
posted in: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Markers, Recycle Projects, Sharpies, STEAM Projects
Use your old CDs to make a simple color wheel. It involves a bit of “eyeball” measuring, which works fine for this purpose. • View and download Divide CD Tutorial … Read More
Easy Watercolor Tree Painting
This easy watercolor painting idea makes the most of what paints and Sharpie markers do best. Markers stay black while paint runs and mixes together. My only tip is, be … Read More
Mona Lisa Line Art
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. Here’s what the original Mona … Read More
Simple Cats to Draw
If you are looking for simple drawings for kids to copy, try sharing this “Jazzy Cat” painting. One of my students, Zack, was inspired to make this adorable drawing. I … Read More
Sharpie Portraits on Canvas
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Fundraising, Kindergarten, Markers, Sharpies
This is my go-to art fundraiser idea. I’ve used it for years and often shared finished canvases, but never a full tutorial, so enjoy! • View and download Portraits on … Read More
Valentine Art Project with Sharpies
posted in: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Crafts, Fundraising, Sharpies, Valentine's Day
Valentine art projects that mix the rich color of Sharpies with hearts, pretty much can’t go wrong, if you ask me. This one involves mounting the drawings on to a … Read More
Trees with Shadows
Winter art projects for elementary students work best, I believe, when the subject and supplies are kept simple, simple, simple. The shadows cast by the moon are easy to see … Read More