Art lesson ideas high school

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Album Cover Design Lesson - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This two-week art lesson teaches students how to design album covers. Students will use acrylic paint to create an original album cover design on a 20" x 20" board. They will learn the key elements of successful album cover design, including maximizing limited space, focusing on a single element, and balancing art and marketing. Over the two weeks, students will…

This high school art lesson teaches observational contour drawing using hands as subject matter. Students gain confidence and drawing skills.

Get students in the mindset of the artist with this clever abstract art lesson that focuses on how to teach abstract art for middle school and high school.

Illustrations done on Popsicle sticks. Usually after dessert after dinner. Quite often while watching Sex and the City reruns.

Explore the components of, and expectations for, the AP Drawing Art and Design portfolios, and review scoring guidelines and sample portfolios.

Looking to explore drawing a portrait that uses COLORED LIGHT to create visual interest? This post guides artists through how to draw a gridded portrait that emphasizes the subject's EYES using colored pencils on black paper to render colored light sources. Additionally, this post shows artists how to use a basic grid system to aid