All you need is a pizza box to make a homemade art portfolio. Just fold it inside out for a plain brown box with all kinds of decorating possibilities. Kinder teachers at my school loved this system for keeping student’s art work as the pizza boxes could be stacked and sorted with ease. Simple marker…
Looking to integrate valuable curriculum lessons to your art time? Or add art elements into your classroom lessons? Then look no further than this collection of projects that cover a wide range of individual and collaborative projects!
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step how to draw a Scream Art Project and Scream Coloring page. Scroll down to learn more and download yours for free. Scream Art Portrait Scream Self Portrait Tutorial Video Blow Painting & Scream Portraits I wish it was my brilliant idea to mix blow painting with a Scream art…
Learn more about Koi fish with an easy step-by-step Koi Fish tutorial and Koi Fish coloring page. Why paint Koi Fish? A tutorial for learning how to paint a Koi Fish has a lot to offer young students. The view from overhead keeps the shapes really simple and graceful. As a watercolor resist, there’s the…
GRAB YOUR PICASSO ART LESSON >> Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for a Picasso Art Project Video and Picasso Coloring page. It also teaches a bit about cubism. Picasso Drawing Picasso and Drawing This Picasso art project began as an oil pastel project years ago, and did lend itself well to the painterly…
GRAB YOUR SELF PORTRAIT ART LESSON >> Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial video for a Sunglasses Self Portrait. A template for the glasses is included in the download. Sunglasses Self Portrait Drawing Now young students can learn how to draw sunglasses by starting with an easy template. Adding their own face behind it…
Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for a Cute Father’s Day Card and a Father’s Day Coloring Page. It can also double as an intro to cartoon lettering. Cute Father’s Day Card A cute Father’s Day card idea can include a lesson on lettering, when students try this drawing project. It’s a burst of…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial to draw Juneteenth Art for Kids and a Juneteenth Coloring Page. Broken chains, symbolic of the day that slaves were emancipated, are perfect for a study in shading. Juneteenth Drawing Juneteenth marks an important day in our nation’s history, and it does come with some imagery that is…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for a Delaunay Art Project and Delaunay Coloring Page. It’s fun to slice and dice lots of circles. Delaunay Circles This Delaunay art project borrows Delaunay’s style of creating many concentric circles, and splitting just a few in half. A circle template certainly comes in handy for such…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw Lois Mailou Jones Mask Art. It features a fun DIY scratch art process. Lois Mailou Jones Mask This Lois Mailou Jones mask project was inspired by her and features a lesson in mask drawing. It includes one of my favorite ways to “age” any…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial to add to your Black History Month Artists: Horace Pippin and a Horace Pippin Coloring Page. He was a prominent African-American painter who lived not long after the Civil War. Horace Pippin Here’s another name to add to your Black History Month Artists list — Horace Pippin. He…
GRAB YOUR ALMA ART LESSON >> Below you’ll find a step-by-step tutorial for an easy abstract art lesson. It was inspired by the African American artist, Alma Woodsey Thomas, and her love of simple dashed lines. Alma Woodsey Thomas Art Lesson More about Alma Woodsey Thomas Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891 – 1978) was an African-American…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for a Jacob Lawrence style art project and Coloring Page. He is known for his vibrant figurative paintings that share Black Americans experiences and daily life in Harlem. This drawing tutorial was inspired by a painting by Otis L. Stanley, who painted figures like the above as a…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for a Kehinde Wiley art project. He is known for his naturalistic paintings of black people. This project combines his love of portraits and patterns to create fun new idea for a self portrait. Who is Kehinde Wiley? Kehinde Wiley (born 1977) is an African-American portrait painter based in New…
GRAB YOUR SNOWY CITY ART LESSON >> Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Snowy City Tutorial Video. The swirly sky is a nod to Van Gogh’s famous Starry Night painting. Snowy City Painting The best painting projects often come from some of the simplest of drawing projects. This snowy…
Art teachers, are your friends and student’s parents hinting they would love to get you something meaningful this year? And is the question getting you stumped? Art Teacher Gift Ideas No worries! This guide is designed to let you know about all kinds of cool, creative gifts out there that have an “art teacher” vibe…
Below you’ll find free Thanksgiving mural ideas and LOTS of Thanksgiving Coloring Pages. Choose which one works best for your holiday celebration, print and color away! Free Thanksgiving Printable To make the mural, just download this free Thanksgiving printable, and print and trim the excess paper away. You can choose the option of taping it…
Thanksgiving Projects: Draw a Cornucopia, Pumpkin Pie, Turkey, Corn, Mayflower Ship
Winter Projects: Draw a Cardinal, Snowy City, Tiger in Sweater, Winter Landscape, Snowman
Christmas Projects: Draw a Grinch, Santa, Elf, Christmas Tree, Candle
Holiday Murals: Christmas Tree, Matisse, Warhol Tree, Nativity, Nutcracker mural templates
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for a Chagall Art Project and a Chagall Coloring Page. He liked to make his paintings based on emotions, rather than logic. Chagall Inspired Painting About the artist Marc Chagall Marc Chagall’s ideas led to an art movement called Surrealism, which wanted to release the creative potential of…