by Dennas Davis | Mar 4, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students learn about 2 important, yet different types of drawing: expressive work from memory, and more realistic work using observation. The main point is that these are both valid directions to take, but that they don’t tend to mix well in one piece of art....
by Dennas Davis | Feb 25, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW After having total freedom of choice to create a watercolor painting, Students then get to choose even more fun art projects. Stations are set up around the room and young artists have lots of opportunities to create and explore new ideas. There is even a fun...
by Dennas Davis | Feb 23, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will have fun making bouncy spiral snakes with their own designs by drawing on our printed pdf snake templates. Then everyone is introduced to clay with playdough for a warmup, before moving into an 3D project of an animal that they’ll be able to...
by Dennas Davis | Feb 11, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Young artists will have a blast learning how printmaking works and creating their own sets of images. Stations make it easy and keeps everyone moving as they draw ideas, make printing plates from styrofoam, then add ink, and print them onto paper. Then they...
by Dennas Davis | Feb 4, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Everyone loves elephants! Artists learn how to draw a cartoon version, which also helps them learn how to simplify. Then they will have a chance to draw and paint more realistically, and in the process learn how to mix blacks and grays. – –...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 28, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students learn how the concept of harmony applies to visual art just like music. A flower is drawn from reference and painted as a spectrum in watercolor for color-wheel flowers. The arrangement of the colors is used to show harmony, along with some games of...
