High school value art projects

After nearly a decade of teaching secondary students, I've had a lot of time to test out a variety of 2d art projects. Let's face it: as teachers, sometimes we plan and plan and plan. We are so excited to deliver the project, and then... it flops. Students are uninterested and the final products aren't

Make your holiday art classes engaging with this fun high-contrast drawing project! Perfect for middle and high school students, this is the fifth lesson in my 6-part scaffolded drawing series. By now, students will have mastered basic shapes, and value. Using white colored pencils (Prismacolor for bright whites or Crayola for affordability) on black Tru-Ray construction paper, they'll create realistic holiday bows! #ArtLessons #ArtTeachers #HighContrastDrawing #HolidayArt #MiddleSchoolArt

Click on the links below to access lesson plans for projects this semester. Lessons will be added after they have been introduced in class.

This surreal creative silhouetted painting project has students creating a surreal influenced image inside of a silhouette. It asks students to create an image about themselves using a self-discovery theme.Included in this zip file download is:-13 page Powerpoint with image examples, assignment description, examples by surrealist Rene Magritte, and renaissance artist Archimboldo, also description of mark breakdown, and a list of questions to guide students through ideas about…

Welcome! This blog post features a brief description of each principle of design and art projects that explore each principle in more depth. What are the principles of design? The principles of design describe a variety of ways an artist can use the 7 elements of art (line, shape, color, value, form, space, texture) to create visually pleasing compositions.

High School art students create self-portraits with charcoal on reclaimed cardboard. Read the full art lesson.

You will be completing 2 projects that will help you improve your shading skills.

This close-up texture project is a great observational drawing lesson for middle school art, high school art, & introductory level college art courses! The project begins with a value exercise printable worksheet where students practice creating value scales, blending, gradation scales, & different mark-making techniques in preparation for drawing textures. Students are then assigned homework to select & photograph textured objects to reference for their drawings. Tons of fun & artistic…

'value cubes' (SRJC) in High key & low key value range