Categories
6 - 8 Art Lessons 9 - 12 Art Lessons

Abstract Color Collage

Materials:

  • Scrap magazines or catalogues or other print materials that can be cut up
  • paper
  • scissors
  • glue

Process:

Create an abstract collage using colors that represent how you feel.

National Core Art Standards, Visual Art, Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Categories
3 - 5 Art Lessons 6 - 8 Art Lessons K - 2 Art Lessons

Design Challenge: Build a Boat

Materials:

  • A variety of recyclables
  • plastic wrap
  • aluminum foil
  • straws, etc.

Process:

Use a variety of recyclables to build a boat that can hold 10+ pennies without sinking. Use the video for additional instructions.


National Core Arts Standard, Visual Art, Anchor Standard 10:
Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Categories
3 - 5 Art Lessons 6 - 8 Art Lessons 9 - 12 Art Lessons K - 2 Art Lessons

Mail Art

Materials:

  • pencils
  • colored pencils
  • markers
  • paint
  • magazines
  • glue
  • any drawing or painting materials or collage materials

Process:

Create a work of art expressing the way you feel. It does not have to be realistic. Experiment with materials. Mail the artwork to someone special in your life as a surprise for them.


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National Core Arts Standard, Visual Art, Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Categories
3 - 5 Art Lessons 6 - 8 Art Lessons K - 2 Art Lessons

Pointillism: Let Your Brain Mix the Colors

Materials:

  • Drawing materials
  • markers or paint
  • paper

Process:


Create a drawing or painting using only dots, no lines. Make your image a landscape, something outside, mountains, the beach or other scenery. You can layer the dots to create different effects. Look at your artwork from far away and close-up. Does it look the same or does it look different?

National Core Arts Standard, Visual Arts, Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.