by Dennas Davis | Jan 4, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5
OVERVIEW Students will create simple artwork in oil pastels using only colored lines. Then they’ll examine their efforts and learn the 6 design principles. Students will apply principles to modify their work and improve their overall design before finishing it. Grades...
by Dennas Davis | Dec 15, 2023 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5
Style Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art:Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW Everyone loves to get art for the holidays, so we’ll create Christmas (or other holiday) gifts for friends and family. Small works on paper are fun...
by Dennas Davis | Dec 7, 2023 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5
Painting Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art: Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW Our first 2 Color Journals of the year are Reds & Greens. These color journals are fun and easy for students, because they just follow the...
by Dennas Davis | Nov 26, 2023 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5
OVERVIEW Students will all bring candy to create a huge candy “store” that everyone can “shop” at for their houses. A half-gallon paperboard milk carton is cut in half to make the house, which is glued to a small cardboard base. Icing and candy cover the entire house!...
by Dennas Davis | Mar 23, 2023 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5
OVERVIEW Last week’s face sculptures have been drying all week. The first half of the lesson this week, is painting the sculptures with acrylic paints. The second half is artists’ choice with dreams: using the acrylics in an expressive painting of a happy dream....
by Dennas Davis | Feb 25, 2023 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12
Drawing Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art:Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW Artists learn how to practice and warm up, before getting into the proportions and shadows of the face. Then they will use the easiest way to...
