Art for school

school auction art a lot of times can be very corny, or something you may not actually want to bid on / hang in your house. if you're in charge of doing the auction art for your kids classroom this year, here is a post of beautiful projects that fellow parents would actually want and bid on!

In this Aquarium Perspective Lesson, Middle School students will dive right into learning about the principle of perspective while designing an aquarium.

Check out this easy butterfly craft for kids! Using just a few cheap craft supplies (hello Amazon), kids can paint butterflies with tissue paper! What a fun idea! These beautiful painted paper butterflies are made even easier with our free butterfly printable. This may be the perfect craft idea for spring and summer!

Please Note: All images seen below are of my students artwork only. These photos/lessons are not posted in any particular order regarding the flow of my curriculum. OP ART- “3D PAPER CONE DRA…

Need some painting ideas and inspiration on canvas? 101 easy acrylic painting ideas for beginners on canvas and pros!

This week 4th grade will start their Spooky Sky value paintings! Here's how we created ours! Materials: Crayola Tempera Paint Big Kid's Choice brushes q-tips paint cups Value is the element of art that has to do with the lights and darks of a color. In this painting, I only used purple, white, and black to create it. When you add white to a color, that creates a tint. When you add black to a color, that creates a shade. (think dark like a shadow, to remember it!) After my background was dry…

Last week I pinned a fabulous optical illusion art idea from We Heart Art. She had completed this activity with her fifth graders, and I thought it would make a fantastic first lesson for my students. I tried it out with my oldest daughter last weekend (she's in grade 3), and when she achieved great results, I knew it would be perfect. This is a perfect art lesson for the beginning of the year because it uses only a few materials, has simple directions, and turns out to be an impressive work…