Line art for elementary students

My first successful one-point perspective art lesson that my students loved. Perspective is part magic and part math and for creative types like me, there

Use this collection of Paul Klee teaching resources and complete Klee Famous Artist Unit lesson plans to teach elementary art class.

Line game for kindergarten and 1st grade I wasn't sure how this game would work with my kiddos but it has been a great success. I used to create games like this when I was a classroom teacher for students' sight words and math facts, so why not for art?! You need the game board I created above, a dry erase marker, dice, baby wash cloth (to wipe the boards when the game is over) and a basket. I bought the dice and baby wash cloths at the Dollar Tree. I laminated the game board with my…

Mrs. Beth Dreyer on Instagram: "Ask and you shall (most of the time?) receive! I had a few of you ask to share exactly how we created our plaid patterns for the backgrounds of the quick snowman project my 2nd graders created, so I thought I would share how I approached it and how we made it work for our class! Hope you find it helpful ❤️ . . . #art #ArtEd #ArtEducation #ArtEducationMatters #ArtTeacher #ElementaryArtTeacher #ElementaryArtEducation #ArtClass #ElementaryArtClass…

Nylah Khan on Instagram: "We read Larry the Line by author and art teacher extraordinaire @cassie_stephenz in art class and it was just the PERFECT way to kick start the new school year! Im so excited about pairing this fun book with my grayscale lines lesson! 🖤🩶🤍 my students loved Larry,! It makes for an easy line review for any elementary grade! Day 1: Read the book, Larry the Line by Cassie Stephens. We learn and discuss the various kinds of lines from the book! Then we proceed to…

Kit Lang on Instagram: "What do you consider choice based art? For my sanity, I create lessons where students have the same materials, same guidelines and boundaries but provide lots of choice i.e. colors, pattern, details. This lesson from @rhymeswithorange_primaryart is a perfect example. Inspired by the artwork of @barbaragilhooly student drew and painted the shape and style of their building and then added lines, shapes and colors to build pattern and make their build their own. I…

One of our learning objectives is studying Lines and the Elements of Art. I wanted a simple line project that incorporated many different types of lines while also reinforcing landscapes, the othe…

I wanted my students to have a better understanding of how to use rhythm and movement to enhance their artwork. To start I had them wash a paper with water and layer water colors one at a time. After applying each color, the students would lift their papers and let the colors drip and blend. The 2nd graders LOVED this. The next class, to continue the theme, we talked about the use of Lines in our artwork and how different types of lines give the feel of movement. The student then used black…

Fourth Grade artists started this project by each receiving a laminated landscape and worked with a friend to find the foreground, middleground, backgrounds, and horizen lines in each piece. We did