by Dennas Davis | Jan 21, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Balance in real life is understandable, but what about visual balance? Students learn that people like to see things that look balanced so they don’t feel like they might fall over if they were real. Several exercises, a slideshow, and projects help with...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 14, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Using some simple big shapes and line, artists will draw and paint a bird. There is a background done with streaked colors and then the bird is drawn, glued to the background, and painted to match. During part of the lesson, we discuss and learn about...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 7, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW After a warm up with artists’ choice, students learn how to make light swords with a glowing technique using oil pastels. The swords do battle with hot and cold colors. Then there is a super-fun table-mural game called, Color Wars, where children will learn...
by Dennas Davis | Dec 17, 2025 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will learn about snowflakes, first drawing some snowflake designs, and then painting a large snowflake in tempera paint. They’ll end their lesson with a choice of working on some holiday cartoons or doing a pastel of lights at night. Grades K –...
by Dennas Davis | Dec 10, 2025 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will continue our pet theme. First we’ll make prints using the cat yarn print blocks from last week, and then create dog drawings and paintings. We end the day inventing a fantastic dog house! Grades 3 – 5 Week of December 15 – 19 1 Hour...
by Dennas Davis | Dec 3, 2025 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will make 3D ornaments out of cardboard and paint them. These will stand up on a table or hang on a tree and can follow non-Christmas themes if needed. Afterwards, they will make their own stamps and use them to create original wrapping paper. Grades...
