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Welcome What children know about art, grown artists are at pains to recapture. This is the joy of teaching art to children. It is also the great challenge. This website is for any adult - teachers, parents - looking for step-by-step guidance in how to instruct and develop, without overwhelming or dampening, the artist inside every child.

Hello, I recently got to know your art through the internet. Astonished by what I saw I took your art as inspiration for one of my art-classes. The kids (13-15 years old) were so enthusiastic about your art! That made me so happy!

I'm a big fan of Peter H. Reynolds' "Creatrilogy", including "Ish", "The Dot", and "Sky Color". We've used the books for inspiration during Youth Art Month, and this year I'm finally organized enough to participate in International Dot Day, held September 15th*. What is International Dot Day?

Week One: On a sheet of black construction paper, students make a dot with a pencil somewhere near the center. They are to draw straight lines out from the center, going to the edges of the paper: about 2 lines up, two to the right, then the left and the bottom edge.

My student teacher was with me a couple years ago during her practicum class field experience. I was working on a James Rizzi unit at the time, and she remembered the student really enjoying it. So she decided that she'd do a Rizzi lesson with the first graders for their cityscapes.

The first year teaching is tough; this is both good and bad. On the one hand, everything is new and you are forever trying to find your groove. On the other, you are new, fresh out of school, and full of new, and probably awesome, ideas.

Art Lessons for Kids

First I made some circles and tried painting various stripes. Most of what I ask students to do with watercolor is not this controlled. We are more apt to use them for washes and wet-on-wet work. But, I was mostly testing color intensity here. Prang is on the left and Crayola Washable on the right.

Georgetown artists dove right in to their art making during our first week back to school! Artists in grades 1-3 remembered how to use their "art eyes" and power of observation as they created simple still life drawings. Fourth and Fifth grade artists enjoyed putting their sketchbooks together and beginning a fun "scribble drawing" sketchbook assignment.

Queridos niños y niñas que alguna vez habéis hecho manuales, Hoy me despido de vosotros con esta carta. A veces cuando te haces mayor, tienes que tomar decisiones que quizás para otras personas no son las correctas. Incluso un misma puede dudar si la decisión será la buena o no.

If you live in LA, you've been feelin' the heat big time. It has been 98 plus for the past few days and the valley, where I call home, has been especially brutal. For yesterday's play group I had to abandon all previous plans and just go water, water, water.

I like starting my 8th grade off with a nice easy/relaxing lesson for drawing. I typically will do a pattern or zentangle project. Here are two GREAT inspirations! The flags are from Liz Saxen's Flickr and from Emily Houtz Diva Challenge.

I have been hearing about other teachers making SMART goals over the last couple of years and I have been looking the other way, waiting to be told how that would work in my art room. This year, it's happening!

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This week the 2nd graders are looking at the work of LA based artist Erik Abel. During this hot stretch of the summer I thought his images of water and waves would put us all in a cooler state of mind:) When we looked at a few of his images from his website, we talked about how Erik creates 3d space by using bog shapes in the front and smaller ones in the back.

If you've ever heard of writer's block, or heard of it, then you will understand what I mean when I say I've had a bad case of "painter's block". My goal this summer was to dedicate one day a week to painting, and every time I've tried to paint, I can't.

I spent the Labour Day weekend hiking around Yoho National Park showing my kids the Falls, Emerald Lake and hoping to get a glimpse of this guy....a Steller's Jay. The Steller's Jay is the provincial bird of BC. I saw my first one at Emerald Lake 4 years ago.

An art education blog written by an elementary art teacher. This blog showcases hundreds of art projects and lessons for kids. Here you will find painting, drawing, clay, sculpture, crafts and many more kinds of creative inspiration for teaching art.

4 th graders learned about the famous artwork of Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein. We learned that "Pop Art" is artwork about popular things of the time, like food, celebrities, toys, even comics. Roy Lichtenstein made artwork about the comics that were popular during his time.

"Make each day a masterpiece.", Joshua Wooden, John Wooden's father. PDF POSTERS YOUR STUDENTS CREATE! 2 Sizes: Poster & MEGA Poster! Sea Life Mega Poster Student Samples here. See student Pop Art examples . See Planet Booklet student samples here. View "Great Wave" student examples. View "Egyptian Art Book" student examples .

Needed a fun one art class lesson for first grade. An art coworker from a different school gave me this idea. The kids had a blast making them! They are made from a TP tube and sticky tape! Great practice on their cutting skills :)

Here are a few quick pictures I took of some lessons we have done lately. We talked about India and did animal projects: Tigers- 5th grade, Festival Elephants 4th grade, Peacocks 3rd grade. You may have noticed that I post "I can " statements with all of my displays this year.

Rachel S. I have taught art for various non-profit agencies, public school districts, and museums for years. Currently I teach art for grades K-6 at an academically rigorous charter school in Boston. I also teach art classes and workshops for families and kids of all ages at various art museums in the Boston area.