Teach Drawing Facial Features Without Overwhelm
Teaching drawing facial features used to make my students (and me!) break out in a light sweat. The second I said “portrait,” I’d see panic in their eyes! Teaching portrait drawing to beginning art students like those in a General Art 1 or Middle School Art courses can be so tough! Over the years, I’ve […]
Creative Colored Pencil Art Lessons for High School Art Classes
Colorful Possibilities: Creative Colored Pencil Art Lessons for High School Art Classes I just freaking love colored pencils. When it comes to engaging high school art students with meaningful, skill-building projects, colored pencil art lessons are a must-have in every art teacher’s toolkit. Colored pencils are accessible, portable, and surprisingly versatile. With the right lessons, […]
A Creative Paper Mache Lesson Idea: Beyond Basic Bowls
If you’re looking for a Paper Mache lesson idea that goes beyond the boring and usual…. you’ve found it! In this fun and not-so messy project, students will use plastic bowls as hump molds… but they are required to break free from the slumpy-dumpy boring bowl shape and build on… creating one-of-a-kind sculptural pieces by […]
5 Engaging Art Projects for BOYS
Getting boys excited about art can sometimes feel like convincing a cat to take a bath. The secret sauce to engaging boys in art class is tapping into their interests with projects that feel fun and relevant and adding in some physical activity if possible. So, I’ve tried to compile a list of engaging art […]
FREE Neurographic Art Lesson!
Free Neurographic Art Lesson: Unlock Your Inner Chill Bob Ross Have you ever wanted to turn your stress into something beautiful? Well, grab a Sharpie and get ready to doodle your worries away with a free neurographic art lesson! Neurographic art is an intuitive drawing technique that transforms simple lines into mesmerizing, organic designs. This […]
Haunted House Art Lesson with Perspective
Haunted House Art Lesson: A Fun and Spooky Addition to Art 1 The last week of October, I tried a haunted house art lesson for the first time with my high school Art 1 classes, and I have to say, I think it was a hit! The lesson, originally created by Amy Ward Creates and […]
Election Day Art Activity
Election Day Art Activity to Calm Election Day Classroom Chaos! With Election Day right around the corner, maybe you need an election day art activity that will challenge your students but keep them interested. We all know how wild election season can get, especially in a classroom full of teens and pre-teens. If you’ve ever […]
Literacy in the High School Art Classroom
“We need you to incorporate READING into your art classes.” ::::::crickets::::: Have you been asked to incorporate Literacy in the High School Art Classroom? Wait, what? Reading? ELA? Literacy? In art? Aren’t we already juggling enough between managing supplies, guiding students through creative projects, and trying to avoid daily glitter explosions? But hey, standardized test […]
This Emphasis Art Lesson is my #1 MOST Engaging Lesson!
Looking for an ENGAGING Lesson to teach Emphasis and Focal Point (that’s super easy!)? This Emphasis Doodle Battle Art Lesson is it! I kid you not.. this emphasis art lesson has easily been the most engaging art lesson I’ve done in the last two years! And I’ve only done it for two years! More students […]
6 Steps to an Amazing Op Art Lesson using Line
Have you ever done an Op Art Lesson using Line? It’s typically one of the very first Artworks I do with my Art 1 classes. I’ve been thinking about changing it up because I’ve done the exact same lesson for a long time now… but they seem to like it. It gets good participation and […]
2 New RYB vs. CMY Color Wheel Teaching Resources
Do you Teach the RYB or the CMY Color Wheel? I have always taught the Traditional RYB color wheel in my classroom. I knew about the CMY color wheel but I had personally never explored it much. So, I set off to learn more about it! I started experimenting with color mixing my colored pencils […]
Spooky SHOUT OUT from TheArtProject! Grid Drawing Practice
Spooky season might be over but I wanted to take a moment and share this FANTASTIC YouTube video review posted by Chad Brown at TheArtProject last week! Here’s what Mr. Brown said about the Grid Drawing Practice worksheet pack on his 5 star TPT review: “My students used this to practice after I had taught […]