by Dennas Davis | Apr 29, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students enjoy working with two fun ways to create stars. Realistic star patterns are made by splattering white paint on a dark paper background, and expressive stars are made with thick paint and by copying Van Gogh’s Starry Night. If time, early finishers...
by Dennas Davis | Apr 22, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW In this lesson we’ll do several things backwards! Artists begin by observing and using some recently learned skills. Then there is a negative-line mono print. They will re-draw flowers in marker outlines, and then use oil pastels to do the background first...
by Dennas Davis | Apr 15, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will use lots of layers of colored papers to create a wonderful landscape collage. Circles can be stacked for colorful clouds and hills. Cutting and pasting is always a great art project. – – – Grades K – 2 Week of April 20...
by Dennas Davis | Apr 8, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW To understand the basic idea of drawing from a viewpoint (perspective), artists need to learn how to look. Students are introduced to the ideas of viewpoints using a viewfinder tube (Frame-O-Scope). Then we introduce two artist’s tricks to show near and far....
by Dennas Davis | Apr 1, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will make an art sculpture by cutting and pasting to create a 3D stack of shapes and color. They’ll be using paper they’ve colored and drawing on themselves. They’ll also have time for a fun artist game today. – – – Grades K-2 Week...
by Dennas Davis | Mar 25, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will use magazines and catalogs, as well as their own picture, to make a cut and paste collage. They will use lots of smaller pictures to create a new picture of themselves in a fun place they’d like to go. – – – Grades K – 2...
