There’s more than one way to draw a cubism portrait. This project uses bright bold markers to finish the two-sided look of a face. There are lots of long-winded explanations of what cubism is, but I like to boil it … Read More
Learn how to draw a bunny face, and then turn it into a line drawing project. Lots of skinny lines will add a kind of furry texture. There must be an artist somewhere who originated this look of a furry … Read More
Learn how to draw an owl that is filled with lots of bright colors, pretty patterns and set against a dark nighttime sky. Add some extra fun by bringing out metallic markers when the paint has completely dried. The silver … Read More
Mix the amazing pigment of Sharpies on a stretched canvas for a Valentine art project that is as rich, and colorful (and inexpensive!) as can be. This one involves mounting the drawings on to a stretched canvas. Change the size … Read More
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. A great way to study the power of lines, the beauty of contrast, and the … Read More
Expand on a basic how to draw a cupcake lesson by making MANY of them, adding lots of bright colors, and maybe a shadow or highlight (or both). These cupcakes were drawn on trading card size paper (2.5″ x 3.5″) … Read More
Winter painting projects for elementary students work best, I believe, when the subject and supplies are kept simple, simple, simple. This just requires a black marker, white crayon, and blue and black paint. The shadows cast by the moon are … Read More
For a fun leaf project, try coloring with Brush Sharpie Markers on acetate. The color just glides on and stays super bright. The only catch is that colors can smudge when they touch, especially with black. My solution is to … Read More
This leaf art project showcases the pretty contrast that happens when you add opaque metallic lines on top of a shiny marker drawing. These colorful leaves were made for an art trading card project, but the idea could easily transfer … Read More
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 comes from my Extra Long Journal Projects eBook and I’m … Read More
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 will just make your eyes pop! MATERIALS Bat template to … Read More
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 in Klimt’s name, it’s only fitting that it be all … Read More
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 ago, after getting inspired by some Zentangle ideas. It also … Read More
It’s more fun to learn how to draw a spider web when you have really fun paint markers. Metallic ones would work fine though too. These fun drawings were made for an art trading card class, which is when you … Read More
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 you haven’t tried Crayola’s Color Sticks yet, you should. They … Read More
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 Delaunay, an abstract artist from the early 1900s, made some … Read More
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 sure to have good black markers when you start this … Read More
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 Canvas PDF Tutorial MATERIALS Stretched canvas (I used 16″ x … Read More
Paint a dandelion tutorial with bleeding tissue paper and rubber cement for masking the flower. Super fun combo of media. MATERIALS Watercolor paper Bleeding tissue paper* Paint brush and water Sharpie markers* *The above product links are referrals. If you … Read More
Frank Stella is an American painter who fully embraced the idea that sometimes a painting can just be flat. In the 1960s he created some paintings titled the “Protractor Series”. For students learning how to use protractors with their math, … Read More