by Dennas Davis | Sep 2, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW This is a great lesson for learning a basic concept for drawing accurately, but without the students getting bogged down in lesson concepts. When drawing it helps artists to be able to draw the air shapes (negative shapes) that are in-between other things. It...
by Dennas Davis | Sep 2, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 6 - 12
Drawing Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art:Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW Students will work on deconstructing a diagram of an image, working on it like a puzzle. Beginning with the Frame first, they learn how to work...
by Dennas Davis | Sep 2, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5
Drawing Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art:Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW Students will work on deconstructing a diagram of an image, working on it like a puzzle. Beginning with the Frame first, they learn how to work...
by Dennas Davis | Aug 26, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 6 - 12
Drawing Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art:Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW In the first half of the lesson, students will finish the collage begun last week. They try several design ideas, which connects experimentation...
by Dennas Davis | Aug 26, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Balloons and clouds are used to teach shadows and highlights. First, the balloon pictures are painted with the “local color”, bright red. Then a darker red is added for a shadow on one side. A highlight is observed on a real balloon, so students can use real...
