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Early Childhood (Pk-2) lesson/unit plans
 
Kandinsky Dots!
Kindergarten artists studied the works of Russian abstract expressionist Wassilly Kandinsky after th...
 
Geodes -- What's Inside?
Students will learn about geodes, then create an abstract artwork inspired by the textures and beaut...
 
Mask inspired by Pablo Picasso
Students will learn about Pablo Picasso’s life and style changes. Students will learn human facial ...
 
Picasso Portrait Collage
Students will create a scrambled up portrait while learning about the cubist style of art of Pablo P...
 
Monets Water Lillies
Young artists use Monet's Water lily paintings as inspiration for their own calm, cool painting of w...
 
Mozart Madness
Kindergarten artists learned about musical prodigy, MOZART. They listened to his classical work. T...
Elementary (3-5) lesson/unit plans
 
Son of Man Spoof
Students create a self-portrait painting with an apple hovering in front of their face much like Ren...
 
3-D Pop Up Design
Students create a paper (pop-up) relief using lines, patterns, and shapes. The students will be int...
 
Monochromatic Paintings and Sculptures
In this unit, students learn how to mix tints and shades and create a monochromatic painting. Next t...
 
Watercolor Painting Inspired by the work of Georgia O’Keeffe
Students will use the knowledge gained from studying O’Keeffe’s work to plan and paint a watercolor ...
 
Warm/Cool Jim Dine Inspired Heart Collage
Students will create their own interpretation of hearts in Jim Dine's style using collage paper they...
 
Fantasy Landscapes
Students create an abstract fantasy landscape, similar to Paul Klee’s playful paintings, using sever...
 
Laurel Burch Fantastic Felines
Students will be introduced to the artist, Laurel Burch. They will explore her whimsical animal port...
 
Self-Portrait
Students will cut apart a digital photograph like a jigsaw puzzle, trace onto different paper medium...
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Synthesis in Clay
Students will study historical surrealism and a contemporary ceramic artist. Using synthesis, stude...
 
Australian Kookaburra, 3D
The students will learn about the Australian Dreamtime stories and how they have impacted art and cu...
Middle School (6-8) lesson/unit plans
 
Floral Perceptions
This lesson (which includes two floral projects) compares and contrasts the floral artwork and style...
 
Keith Haring Aboriginals Originals
Students will be able to create original works of art based on the inspirational works created by Ke...
 
Cut Paper Still Life in the style of Matisse
After looking at the work of Matisse, students will focus on his later work with cut paper and Fauvi...
 
Photo Essay: Building Community
Students explore their school community through the lens of a camera. Working in groups they tackle ...
 
Architectural Patterns
Students will research a minimum of four different architectural styles and combine them with a few ...
 
Fingerprint Self Portraits
Students will study the artwork of Chuck Close and create a self portrait with India ink using their...
 
Painting America
After viewing the works of American painters, student select their favorite artist to learn about th...
 
Three Landscapes
Student will create a collage landscape from printed magazine images, followed by an acrylic paintin...
 
Self-portraits using Nintendo DSi XL & Art Academy
Students will create a self-portrait painting using the camera feature and tools on the Nintendo DSi...
 
The Traveling Gnome Portrait
Students create an object to symbolize themselves, a personalized, clay gnome. Students then photog...
High School (9-12) lesson/unit plans
 
Cross Contour Figure
1.The students will use lateral, cross contour line to indicate form and volume within the body. 2....
 
Charcoal Reduction Portraits
Students will create a charcoal portrait using a reduction process in drawing. The portraits of Rem...
 
Technique 2: Oil Pastel
This lesson compares the work of Georgia O'Keeffe and Peter Max. Students will take O'Keeffe's comp...
 
Expressive Hands through Social Issues
Students explored how artists have communicated visually about a variety of social issues and social...
 
"Sushi With Wayne"
Students will examine and evaluate origins of specific pop art images and symbols for communicating ...
 
Op Art
This lesson is a part of a series of lessons that instruct or in some cases serve as a review of the...
 
Scratchboard
Students create a scratchboard drawing that communicates their point of view on a topic they have a ...
 
Jim Dine inspired tools
Students will emulate the tool drawings of Jim Dine using graphite and/or charcoal.
 
Daliesque Dreams ~ Surrealist Collages
Collage as a source of deconstructive, reconstructive art is an effective form of expressive 2D, pot...
 
Collage To Canvas Creations!
Students will understand how the art of collage can be the the inspiration for a large scale paintin...
 
Molas
After individual investigation and group discussion, students create a mola based on the ideals and ...
 
Altered Books- Recycled Textbooks and Scrap Materials
Selected discarded hardcover books are embellished to create a new art form. Themes and expectation...
 
Self-portraits using Nintendo DSi XL & Art Academy
Students will create a self-portrait painting using the camera feature and tools on the Nintendo DSi...
 
Leonardo and Thiebaud and Cardinal’s Oh My………
The idea for this lesson came from a request from my administration to paint our school mascot on va...
 
Shoes, Hats, Gloves
This unit encourages students to think about everyday items that they own and frequently use as subj...
 
Reflective Identity
Students will create a mixed media self portrait that communicates a view of themselves from someone...
 
Spirit Animal Drawings - Finding Your Inner Spirit Animal
Inspiration for this lesson comes from the Northwestern artist Sue Coccia, an artist influenced by h...
 
Introduction to Modeling, Value, and Space
Many ideas can be approached with this intro lesson due to the use of a number of exemplars that dea...
 
The Printing Part of Printmaking
The student will develop a single image using particular guidelines. The image will be used for a re...
 
Acrylic Self Portrait
Traditionally, artists have created many portraits of themselves over the course of their careers. S...
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