6th grade art lessons

6th Graders did a really nice job on this project. We started off by learning a lot about the artist Roy Lichtenstein. We watched this video and read through this handout. As much as I hated to, I

Step 1. Put a visual dot in the center. Step 2. Draw 4 arms from the center either off the page at the sides or at the corners. As the arms go out they should spread apart from each other or get wider as they go out. Step 3. Write your name in capital letters inside the arms. Always start at the dot and work out. Make sure the letters of your name touch the top and the bottom of each line. The letters will get bigger as they go out. Keep writing the letters of your name until you are out of…

In this mixed media painting we used oil pastels and watercolors in order to learn the ranges of warm and cool colors. With students of Grade 6th we created these trees to recognize and use this ki…

This candy shoe art lesson is one of my students' favorites. Here's why they love it and how I teach it.

My middle school kiddos are in love with this project! Thanks to Cassie Stephens string art lesson! After learning the process I decided to...

Creative Art Projects for Busy Teachers

Grade Level Duration 4 classes, 80 minutes Materials Graph paper (buy or make your own online here), acrylic Paint, ghost grid posterboard (Poster board featuring a faint, disappearing grid), square dowel cut down to make a stamp (same size as the grids on the poster board), printer, pencil, palette Media Acrylic Paint Lesson Objectives For […]

This affordable Modular Sculpture Art Lesson is great for sculpting beginners It is easy to understand while teaching 3D fundamentals.

I'm back!!! did you miss me?!?!?! I hope that there haven't been any disasters while I've been gone?!?! I had my last tutorial of the year at Uni today - and my last assignment went in on the weekend. yayay - I'm finally done for the year. (and I'm just a little relieved about that I must say!!) lots to catch up on - lots to tell - but let's get back to the art lesson I talked about in my last post - on Op Art! here's my attempt at some Op Art -(I made this this evening to go through the…

I need to get some class samples done for a Mola class I am leading next month: You can follow along while I create the horse: Molas consist of layers... Authentic Molas use the reverse appliqué method... In this 3 hour class we will use the fusible appliqué method This technique involves filling all the available space The horse shape is filled in... now to fill in the background area I am working with pre-fused fabrics and placing them on black felt I decided to use up the scrap fabrics…

6th grade students finished their collages and they look AMAZING!! We used magazines to create a simple picture. We wanted the colors to be ...

Inspired by pinterest... I took photos of the children a few days before starting the lesson. Use a white background when taking the profile photo. Use photo shop to create the silhouette or other photo editing software. I had the silhouettes printed on large 11x17 paper at my office. The day we started the lesson we talked about the elements of art, line, shape, form, value, space and some principles such as pattern and rhythm with the use of a power point. To finish the class, I had…

Osage Trail Middle School ART on Instagram: "🤩 Geometric Zentangle Animal 🤩 . This is such an easy and calming project and students get to choose from 16 different animals! . . Step-by-step directions for this project are available on my TPT Store. The link is in my profile. . . . #art #artistsoninstagram #artclass #artclassroom #artproject #kidsartproject #middleschool #middleschoolart #middleschoolartteacher #schoolwork #artteachersofinstagram #artteacher #artteacherlife…

This project produced “out of this world” results! (OK, Bad pun, I know!) We began this lesson with 3 days of Galaxy Painting using watercolors. The techniques I taught the kids were loosely titled…

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This year my school adopted a new schedule. Now, instead of seeing my classes daily for 47 minutes, each day we drop one period. In addition, each class has one weekly “long block” that is 68 minut…