Classic American painting American Gothic by Grant Wood influenced by Andy Warhol pop art color.

American Artist Calder was influenced by Dutch Artist Piet Mondrian...his use of a limited color palette.

1st grade design project. Reflecting on our face and the emotions we express. Lesson is supported by  the book "Today if Feel". ...

http://www.audubon.org/john-james-audubon John James Audubon (1785-1851) was not the first person to attempt to paint and describe all...

Completed Egyptian Team project by 6th grade students

5th grade students connect their sketchbook drawings to early American history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc1X8VJBfDA What will this become, you must wait and see...

We Built this city: Students looked at famous paintings of country and city life-compared and contrasted the two. What makes a city? What...

Baskets of Artful Beauty This colorful and complex project took several sessions to complete-that is because it involves numerous skills an...

Romare Bearden (1911-1988) collage artist, painter Romare Bearden was an African-American who is internationally recognized for his life...

The City at Night , Watercolor and crayon, This was a one session art project. All pieces had to have at least 4 buildings and one had t...

a City at Night Connecting to the classroom theme of space/planets students used metallic crayons to create their own night time sky. What ...

Mitten, Mitten let's make Mittens. Students were introduced to the color wheel and learned about complementary colors. Tracing their ow...

Snow People Part I:  using shapes, order and size create a snow person. Set horizon line. Add details with color pencil. Elements found on...

Students learned how to overlap curves to create the illusion of space. They made a snake drawing first following step by step direct drawi...

2 part project introduces students to basic landscape elements and connects to classroom theme of the planets and stars.

 Part I of the Birds of North America 5th grade project. Drawing are inspired by the work of naturalist John James Audubon.

 Each student created their own 9 patch quilt square using pre-cut paper squares. The  patches will fit together to form a class quilt.

 Fun d irect drawing project using basic shapes. Students add color and details

Part one select two shapes to trace creating an ABAB pattern. Part two, select two colors and color in the shapes in an ABAB pattern.

 Complex project in which students use their name to create a graphic image connected to Spainish Tile Design.

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 Intro to weaving and building on pattern skills students create a paper basket, draw a table top and complete the still life with fruits, v...

Fun Day of the Dead drawing/coloring skull project with 6th grade