Abstract art lesson high school

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.

Have you ever wanted to have your students create an expressive work of art, but didn't know where to start? Last year I took a workshop at the Expressive Arts Institute in San Diego. It was an amazing weekend that opened up my mind to the possibilities of working through emotions in art. There was one exercise that I really loved and I immediately saw how it could benefit teenagers. I tweaked it a little bit for my high school art class, and I can honestly say it was the best art project I…

These projects began as a balanced, asymmetrical design using nonrepresentational geometric and organic shapes. Once the students from Port Huron Northern High School created their original design, they transferred it to a larger piece of paper four times to create a symmetrical design. From there the students painted each square using complementary, split complementary, analagous, and monochromatic color schemes. This project allowed the students to see how colors react with each other and…

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.

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

I have used this project in the past as an introduction into the art classroom. It helps me familiarize myself with the students and l...

The 7th and 8th graders start out the trimester with a cubist color scheme project. They are given a square that is divided into 4. They are given directions to draw 3 large geometric shapes and 3 …

First day of school high school art lesson ideas and creative ways to get to know your students. How to set the tone for great art making and get your students creating meaningful art with passion and purpose from the start.

Shading layers. Pencil drawing. Illusion of depth. Art lesson.

Have you ever wanted to have your students create an expressive work of art, but didn't know where to start? Last year I took a workshop at the Expressive Arts Institute in San Diego. It was an amazing weekend that opened up my mind to the possibilities of working through emotions in art. There was one exercise that I really loved and I immediately saw how it could benefit teenagers. I tweaked it a little bit for my high school art class, and I can honestly say it was the best art project I…