Audubon Day- Introduction to famous American based artist, explorer and naturalist John James Audubon. How did he live and work? Observation...

4 part project

Connecting to classroom Science standards and building on VAPA standards regarding student understanding of a Landscape, this mixed media pr...

After a series of facial drawing lessons and lots of practice time students were ready to put their new skill set to the test. Using a black...

Developing an understanding of how to draw a realistic human face one part at time.

Continuing with our 5th grade portrait projects we looked at the work of Picasso. Using construction paper, crayons, scissors and color penc...

4 part project, life study drawings to finished prints. Part I: drawing from life introduce Audubon (brief history connects to 5th grade st...

This 2 part direct drawing and creative expression project is a great way to start the art year with older students. They always surprise th...

This fun end of the school year project for 5th grade takes a leap from the American History text of the Revolutionary War. 2-3 sessions to...