Grade 7 christmas art

A blog about art making and art education explorations in a humble art room for adults and kids of all ages.

I showed my 4th graders how to draw the simple shapes that make up the nutcrackers. Then I asked them to decorate the nutcrackers they drew by adding their own details. We talked about the element of design, value and how it makes things in art work look "real". I showed them techniques that they could use with oil pastels to create value in their art work.

Keep Warm And Drink Cocoa! Today we will find inspiration from contemporary artist, Heather Galler. We will create a very colorful cup of hot cocoa that includes exciting patterns and many toppings! This art lesson will warm up your heart.Last school year I taught virtually using the Seesaw and Microsoft Teams platforms. This is a Seesaw introduction to the art lesson. Here I am in my classroom virtually and today's art lesson is on the board. This was a popular remote learning art lesson. I…

Complete with 4 different Kandinsky Christmas Tree Circle Art templates, this fun and simple circle art project is great for kids of all ages from preschoolers and kinders, to the biggest of Arty Crafty Kids.

Holiday Trees are so much fun to create during the holiday season! Our Christmas Tree Art Project is cubism-style art that's gorgeous and surprisingly easy to make, perfect for DIY Christmas gifts!

The 4th Grade learned a little about the Northern Lights before we even started on the mixed media painting of Polar Bears. They created the backgrounds of the artic landscapes with chalk pastels on beautiful colored paper. The students were asked to include the Northern Lights in their artwork. Then they drew their own unique polar bear, (no tracing here!) on a separate paper and cut out the inside of the bear, creating a stencil - very difficult to do! Finally, they placed their stencil on…

After many watercolor projects behind us, I was looking for a quick project to do with my kids in a dry technique that would give reliable and bold results. We had not done any oil pastel projects in ages, so I though I'd start there. I discovered this amazing artist on youtube: Art Arena. He creates stunning, bright oil pastel landscapes using a blending technique, and incorporates silhouetted images with soft graphite for a powerful effect. This project is directly inspired by his 'Aurora…

This fun lesson only took 2 (40 minute) art classes! Just enough time for a couple of my 5th grade classes to create them before winter break!! Steps to the lesson with pics below! A big THANKS to…