Calling all Art Teachers! Get ready to engage your young teen artists with a world of color with an extraordinary first art lesson. 🎨 Engage and Delight: Introducing Art Elements through Romero Britto’s Vibrant World! Captivate and engage your young teen artists with a …
Saint Patrick’s Day Value Shading Art Activity
Looking for a FREE Saint Patrick’s Day Art Lesson? It’s your lucky day! Students in grades 6-9 will enjoy this colorful Spring value shading art activity! You can use this guided value shading task as a sketchbook activity or as an introductory skills practice lesson …
Painting Angel Rocks! Restore Your Creative Spirit!
Can something as simple as painting an angel rock really energize your creative spirit and motivation?! I have found that “Yes! It can and it feels like magic! Sometimes when work and family demands get so busy, I feel like my creative spirit has been …
Draw Gnomes! Magical Drawings!
Art teachers know that selecting drawing subject matter that interests young artists is a must. Gnomes are magically easy to draw! Helping students get over drawing skill imitations can help teachers to move on to teaching other skills such as shading, proportion, figure drawing, and …
Op Art Heart Drawing Lesson
An Op Art Heart is a fun year-round drawing lesson! This subject matter challenges your art students to apply color contrast and their craftsmanship skills as well as some basic perspective drawing and value shading. Follow these easy steps to create this simple optical illusion! …
3 Reasons to Start the School Year with Optical Illusions!
When Planning Your Drawing Unit… Start with Optical Illusions! Optical Illusions will engage young artists and teens right from the start of the school year! The first couple of weeks of art class is a soup of emotions for your students. Some are excited to …
How to Draw Two-Point Perspective Castles!
Enchant Your Students with Two-Point Perspective Castle Drawings! Easily introduce Two-Point Perspective by following the steps in this “Medieval Castle” drawing tutorial! Help your students to unlock their creative drawing potential and build their self-confidence! This tutorial is dedicated to introducing fundamental Perspective Drawing to …
How to Shade Dragon Eyes! 8 Easy Steps!
Welcome! This post explores how to easily shade dragon eyes realistically! This valuable and engaging drawing lesson increases your students’ value shading skills and deepens their understanding of how to apply Value Shading to achieve Form and Texture. Have you noticed that it seems like …
How to Draw 3-D Letters for Name Designs!
Drawing 3-D Letter Name Designs is a non-intimidating way to start art class! Name design drawings also help the teacher learn student names right from the start! 3-D lettering can be used to create name tags, graffiti name designs, sketchbook covers, or art portfolio designs! …
Cardboard Abstract Sculptures!
Most Young artists love the idea of creating cardboard abstract sculptures! Something about making something out of nothing is so magical! With not much more than recycled cardboard and paint middle your art students can create 3-D abstract sculptures!! These low-expense materials can produce amazing …