by Dennas Davis | Oct 7, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students have a day full of fun and choosing their own subject matter. This encourages artists, who often say they don’t get to do what they want to. There are also 2 stations for learning-art activities. – – – Grades K – 2 Week of...
by Dennas Davis | Sep 30, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will learn that doing several variations of their art gives them a choice, which is often much better than going with your first idea. We’ll play-act that they are a boss. They’re also the boss of their art, and can move shapes around until they like...
by Dennas Davis | Sep 23, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Artists enjoy drawing a still life that features plants, and then using watercolors to paint it. There is some review of shadows and highlights during the artwork time. After a break, the kids cut jungle-like shapes out of colored papers and use them to make...
by Dennas Davis | Sep 16, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students use drawing skills to create a large vase and flower collage with mixed media: Oil pastels, kraft paper, cutting, and gluing. Composition is worked on as they apply the shapes they’ve drawn and cut. – – – Grades K – 2 Week of...
by Dennas Davis | Sep 9, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students have fun with a playful subject, underscoring the idea that “the joy of an artist will be evident in their finished art”. The concept of Air Shapes is revisited. Students learn to draw on “both sides of the line“, and draw the air inside a vase...
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...
