15. Print Presents – KidsART A

15. Print Presents – KidsART A

by | Dec 5, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2

OVERVIEW Students will make multiple art prints using a simple technique to engrave a design into styrofoam. They will also create a frame for the print and paint it with acrylics. The lesson will teach how printing creates duplicates and they are a mirror image....
14. Color Wrap Up – Foundations A

14. Color Wrap Up – Foundations A

by | Nov 20, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5

Color Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art: Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW Using color in shadows is essential to good artwork, and so is understanding how basic shapes like a cube are drawn. Since it’s the holiday...
14. Seeing Double – KidsART A

14. Seeing Double – KidsART A

by | Nov 20, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2

OVERVIEW We use the idea of seeing double to have fun, and reinforce several artistic insights. Students learn symmetry with a collage using double-cutting and a mono print fold-over. There’s a fun “lines and tigers” (get it?) game that morphs into a shadow lesson...
13. Can-toons – KidsArt A

13. Can-toons – KidsArt A

by | Nov 13, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2

OVERVIEW Students have fun learning how to make different cartoon expressions and drawing several cartoon faces. Then they get to create a “Can-Toon”. Using a used and cleaned regular-sized food can, they cover it with bright colored backgrounds first. Then face parts...