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26. Complemented Finish – Foundations B +

26. Complemented Finish – Foundations B +

by Dennas Davis | Mar 4, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 6 - 12

Painting Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art: Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW This week everyone will continue on their animal paintings using the complementary color schemes and mixing opposites for shadow colors....
26. Complemented Finish – Foundations B +

25. Complemented Animals – Foundations B +

by Dennas Davis | Feb 25, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 6 - 12

Painting Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art: Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW Complementary colors are used for a 2-week project: a colorfully expressive animal painting in acrylics on canvas. Students will choose an...
24. Expressive Self Portrait – Foundations B

24. Expressive Self Portrait – Foundations B

by Dennas Davis | Feb 23, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12

Drawing Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art:Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW Warmup today begins with cartoon faces. Then artists will draw a pencil self portrait using mirrors to observe themselves. First, though, there...
23. Portrait in Color – Foundations B+

23. Portrait in Color – Foundations B+

by Dennas Davis | Feb 11, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 6 - 12

Painting Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art: Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW This is one of two lessons about portraits. Today everyone will work on accuracy, while also learning how observation helps accuracy more than...
22. Drawing & Sculpture – Foundations B+

22. Drawing & Sculpture – Foundations B+

by Dennas Davis | Feb 4, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 6 - 12

Drawing Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art:Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW Students will Learn about the structure of the face before sculpting a small version of it in re-usable modeling clay (not to keep). After...
21. Opposites Color Journal – Foundations B+

21. Opposites Color Journal – Foundations B+

by Dennas Davis | Jan 28, 2026 | Lessons > Grades 6 - 12

OVERVIEW Students learn how to mix darker and muted shades with every tube-color on their palette. Using opposites, or complimentary colors on our printed work-page, they’ll use small amounts of colors in combinations that produce the most vibrant and realistic shadow...
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This is the curriculum site for Firstlight Art, created by Dennas Davis, illustrator of the original Beginner’s Bible, Betty Crocker Kids Cook, I The Fly, and many other children’s books. He has been featured in The Art Of Mickey Mouse collector’s calendar and Illustrator Masters. He has more than 5 million books in print world-wide in over 30 languages.

Dennas is the founder of Firstlight Art Academy in Nashville.

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