A primary color wheel that easily displays primary, secondary, warm and cool colors will help students learn the basics of color theory. It’s never too early to start adding some very basic color theory to art lessons for elementary students. … Read More
Learn how to blend colors with this step by step tutorial and you can make a beautiful abstract drawing of a fall tree. A great lesson for analogous colors. Whether you are working in an art journal or not, this … Read More
Learn how to draw like Miro, a Spanish artist who loved to create art with childlike qualities. He ended up playing a big role in the Surrealism movement. Joan Miro’s work is filled with simple lines and organic shapes and … Read More
Here’s an idea for how to draw simple birds. Stack them on top of each other, with the highest one looking at a pretty flower. These little birds couldn’t be any simpler, but they do need to be stacked with … Read More
Learn how to draw a landscape with a lake tucked into one of its layers. It leaves lots of room for fore, middle and background details. You can prepare your students for lessons on perspective by first practicing layering. This … Read More
If you learn how to draw a cat with metallic markers, then your imagination can run wild with all kinds of fancy decorations. Especially if you use these two inexpensive supplies. If drawing with crayons is getting to feel a … Read More
Don’t just write boring definitions of the Elements of Art, color the words with what each means instead. Visual learning to the rescue! What’s so Great about the Elements of Art? The seven Elements of Art help you think and … Read More
Learn how to paint like Matisse by making a simple still life, adding lots of patterns, and then covering with pretty watercolors. Henri Matisse was famous for his use of color in his paintings. In fact, he and Picasso (who … 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
One of the Elements of Art, Space, can also be illustrated with a fore, midground and background landscape lesson. Having all three adds more space to your art. A good middle step between just drawing a house and trees, and … Read More
This 3D drawing step by step tutorial is an excellent example of how to turn flat shapes into dimensional forms, as in turning squares into cubes. Once students learn how to draw these dimensional shapes, they can then create their … Read More
Learn how to draw a cactus, and then turn it into a lesson on perspective as well. You’ll end up with a lovely desert landscape. Your basic saguaro cactus that is found in the desert is one of my favorite … Read More
To create a Claude Monet art project, try painting his water lilies with watercolor and oil pastels. They both create very different textures, which is one of the Elements of Art. • Download Monet’s Lilies Tutorial• Watercolor paper (For special … Read More