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Creative drawing ideas for kids can include simple marker drawings, which are perfect for studying lines, one of the Elements of Art. This technique of drawing something with lots of … Read More
One of my favorite winter art projects for kids uses bleeding tissue paper to create a lovely swirl of snowy skies with a very random blend of color. All you … Read More
Here’s a maple leaf drawing idea that uses colors, Kandinsky-style. He was one of the first artists to make abstract paintings that celebrated ideas as simple as rings of color. … Read More
Halloween symbols can be pretty fun to draw. Here’s a worksheet with some ideas, and a page full of boxes to help arrange them in a creative way. This handout … Read More
If you learn how to draw a spider, then you might as well learn how to draw the web too. Seems only fitting to put them in their natural habitat, … Read More
A paper strip pumpkin can be a very quick and easy way to make a 3D shape out of strips of paper. Lots of room for customizing with the face. … 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 … Read More
Learn how to draw a skull, and use it for either Day of the Dead OR Halloween celebrations. Not to mention anatomy lessons. Learning how to draw a skull may … Read More
Once you learn how to draw a truck, you can customize it just the way you want, including whatever you choose to put in the back. Pumpkins are always a … Read More
Learn how to draw leaves, and then put them in a grid. A variety of types, sizes and positions will make a pretty fall painting. MATERIALS How to Draw Leaves … Read More
When students learn how to draw a haunted house step by step, they can practice their architectural drawing while making their houses look extra spooky.SaveSaveSave MATERIALS Draw a Haunted House … Read More
This Scream art project combines Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” face with some blow paint fun for all kinds of expressionist possibilities. I wish it was my brilliant idea to mix … Read More
Learn how to draw a witch hat by drawing a cone on top of an oval. All those curves will help make your hat have more dimension. You can’t go … Read More
This is one of those cute monster drawings that I have adored since a little first grader named Mila painted it. The lines are sweet, the colors are genius, and … Read More
Quite possibly the world’s most simple monster drawing. Students used a roll of masking tape to draw the eyes, one of which needed to be going off the page. Given … Read More
You can students how to draw a “Crankenstein”, thanks to this very funny new children’s book by Samantha Berger. Super simple and cute. Turns out that you only need a … Read More
Turn a lesson on how to draw candy into a study of shapes and dimension, as in tubes, cones and boxes. What better way to capture your student’s attention than … Read More
Try this tape collage technique with your next fall art project for kids, and you will fall in love with how transparent and smooth your student’s art will be. Collage … 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 … 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 … Read More