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Amazing Cats – KidsART July 6 – 10

by Carrie Hull | Jul 8, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight

Shape Hunters – KidsART June 22 – 26

Shape Hunters – KidsART June 22 – 26

by Dennas Davis | Jun 22, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight

OVERVIEW Students are introduced to an important design element, The Most Important Spot, (emphasis). We hunt for shapes, using tracing paper to capture them from photos. Students will also work with warm vs. cool colors using oil pastels. Grades 1 – 2 1 Hour...
Donut Holes – KidsART June 15 – 19

Donut Holes – KidsART June 15 – 19

by Dennas Davis | Jun 15, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2

OVERVIEW Students will learn about shapes that are made up of air, and are in-between other shapes, and how it helps to draw things if you look at these shapes in addition to solid shapes. – – – Grades 1 – 2 1 Hour & 30 Minutes Student Work...
Cartoon Mashups – KidsART June 8 – 12

Cartoon Mashups – KidsART June 8 – 12

by Carrie Hull | Jun 8, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight

OVERVIEW After learning about cartoon Big Shapes and Symbols, students enjoy being silly by combining different ideas into a character and then painting the final cartoon.   – – – Grades 1 – 2 1 Hour & 30 Minutes Student Work SCROLL...
Fireworks & Colorworks – KidsART June 1 – 5

Fireworks & Colorworks – KidsART June 1 – 5

by Carrie Hull | Jun 1, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2

OVERVIEW Students begin by painting fireworks and thinking about summer fun. Then they move to creating colorful marker art using geometric grids as a starting guide. – – – Grades 1 – 2 1 Hour & 30 Minutes Student Work SCROLL & TEACH...
Weird Fish, Crazy Tools – KidsART May 25 – 29

Weird Fish, Crazy Tools – KidsART May 25 – 29

by Dennas Davis | May 25, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2

OVERVIEW Artists use warm & cool colored oil pastels in a fish drawing, working on movement and technique. The imagination is employed to invent a new idea - using household tools to create fish. They'll finish the work using watercolors, and then use oil pastels to...
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Dennas is the founder of Firstlight Art Academy in Nashville.

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