Line art for elementary students

Our Wedding Announcements came! I mailed all 20 of them out in today's mail. In case you are wondering what the "fine print" says It just basically says the where and when and that it will be a PRIVATE ceremony and that we look forward to celebrating our marriage with friends & family in the near future! *********** Art Room Happenings *********** My Second graders have been working on these Hot Air Balloons now for a few weeks! I have laid down the law with my expectations of coloring with…

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I found this easy little hand art project on theforestroom last week and thought it would be a clean and a simple project to do in my daughter's 3rd grade class... Well, it's not as easy as it looks- they had to really concentrate to complete. This is a really clever way to also document your child's hand size/age. My lines were not the straightest! Simple Instructions: With a pencil, trace your hand & fingers perpendicular (or exactly vertical) to the paper. Start at the top of the paper…

Today I had a 2 hour Animal Art Fun workshop for children ages 6-12. This wide age range posed a challenge for me to create projects appropriate for 1st graders thru 6th. I thought these multi media pop art chimps were basic enough for my younger students, yet would work well for my middle schoolers. I gave the children acrylics in blue, yellow, orange and hot pink with no water to clean their brushes. I encouraged them to start with the lightest color - yellow, and fill their board with…

In Art class, third graders have been studying different types of lines. Students created a step by step drawing of an owl, drawing one line at a time. Third graders really focused on neat tracing, painting, cutting and gluing for this project. Way to go third graders! Your owls are a hoot!

This project is relatively simple and takes learning about lines into the third dimension. I posted about this project back in 2013 and it was one of my most popular blog posts. I usually do a line painting project with the kindergartners. This is a great way to learn about types of lines, practice painting with a paintbrush and develop all those great fine motor skills you want the little ones to learn such as gluing and coloring. 1. The … Read more... →

Celebrate Halloween or Día de Muertos in the art room with these Neon Skeleton drawing projects. Students will use the grid method to draw out their skeletons on black drawing paper and enhance their line work with acrylic markers. Excellent for teaching line and proportions during fall time. This project works best with high school or upper middle school grades. This Product Comes With: PDF/PPT slideshow of project tutorial with step by step instructions 6 skeleton reference sheets (both…