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This Easter Basket Directed Drawing Art Lesson guides students step by step through drawing a festive Easter basket filled with decorated eggs, then painting it with watercolor. It is a cheerful spring art project for elementary classrooms, homeschool art lessons and seasonal Easter activities. Students build a woven basket from simple shapes and lines, add…
This Easter Egg Directed Drawing Line Art Lesson guides students step by step through drawing a large decorated Easter egg with bold line designs, expressive facial features and a patterned background, then painting it with a wax resist watercolor technique. It is a spring art project for elementary classrooms, homeschool art, substitute plans and seasonal…
This St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Art Lesson with Reading and Writing Activities is a cross-curricular March project that brings together visual art, reading comprehension, writing and reflection. Students follow a step-by-step directed drawing tutorial using oil pastels to create a colorful shamrock inspired by Irish traditions and St. Patrick’s Day. After the artwork is finished,…
This Valentine's Day Corgi Art Project is a complete, print-and-teach elementary art lesson for Grades 1 to 4. Students create an adorable Valentine corgi artwork with guided drawing and painting, then extend the lesson with reading comprehension, writing prompts, kindness reflections and art assessment. It is made for classroom teachers, art teachers, homeschool families and…
This Groundhog Day Line Art Project guides students step by step through creating a playful groundhog with oil pastel line drawing and watercolor or tempera paint. It is an easy-to-teach February art activity for elementary students that also connects art with reading, writing and seasonal learning. It suits teachers and homeschool families who want a…
This Valentine's Day Bunny Art Project is a complete primary art lesson for Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2. Students create a bunny holding a heart using simple shapes, wax resist and painting, then build on the artwork with age-appropriate reading, writing and art reflection. The lesson uses large shapes, simple lines, repeated steps and…
This Cupid Mouse Art Lesson is a print-and-teach Valentine's Day art resource for elementary students, best for Grades 1 to 4. Students create a Cupid Mouse artwork with guided drawing and oil pastel techniques, then extend the lesson with reading comprehension, writing, critical thinking questions and art reflections. The lesson focuses on kindness, empathy and…
This CVC Words Read, Write and Draw resource helps young learners build confidence with phonics, reading, word recognition, handwriting and directed drawing in one place. It is designed for PreK to 2nd grade learners who are working on simple CVC words, phonemic awareness, decoding, reading fluency and sentence reading. For each featured word, students read…
Explore the fascinating world of form with my engaging Elements of Art Form: Cube Caterpillars art lesson for grades 2-5! This creative video art tutorial guides students step-by-step through creating unique cube caterpillars using oil pastels and watercolor. Perfect for elementary art classes, this lesson includes detailed PDF worksheets to enhance the learning experience and…
Discover the world of value with my engaging Elements of Art Value: Retro Robots art lesson for Kindergarten to Grade 3! This fun and creative video art tutorial guides young students step-by-step through creating charming retro robots using markers, wax crayons, and watercolor paints. Perfect for early elementary art classes, this lesson includes detailed PDF…
Discover the vibrant world of color with my engaging Elements of Art Color: Flower Artwork lesson for grades 1-4! This fun and creative video art tutorial guides students step-by-step through creating beautiful flower artworks using paper and tempera paints. Perfect for early elementary art classes, this lesson includes detailed PDF worksheets to enhance the learning…
This Back to School Pencil Art Project is a mixed media art lesson for K to 3 students. It is a fully planned, ready-to-use lesson that helps students celebrate the start of the year with bold colors, expressive oil pastel lines and tempera paint. Students follow a step-by-step tutorial to draw and design a whimsical…
This Summer Dolphin Art Project combines drawing, oil pastels and tempera paint in one ocean-themed lesson. Students follow a guided tutorial to draw a dolphin, then finish the artwork by layering bright oil pastel colors and a painted background, so the dolphin looks like it is jumping through the water. It suits the end of…
In this Summer Sandcastle Art Project, students imagine their own seaside masterpiece and draw a whimsical sandcastle scene with towers, flags, shells and beach details. It is a playful summer art lesson for elementary students that explores shape, pattern and creative design. Students practice drawing skills, creativity and artistic decision-making, and the visual guidance and…
In this Earth Day art lesson, students design a Planet Earth artwork while thinking about how to protect the world we live in. They draw and design the planet, explore the shapes of continents and oceans, and turn their artwork into a thoughtful statement about environmental stewardship, sustainability and caring for the Earth. The lesson…
This Earth Day art lesson is designed especially for younger students. Students create a colorful artwork of Planet Earth with a heart at the center, a symbol of love and care for our planet. Students draw the Earth and explore its continents and oceans, then add a large decorative heart. The background becomes a study…
This St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Art Lesson is a structured oil pastel and tempera paint resist project for elementary students. Students create a bold, expressive shamrock while exploring line, shape, texture, color blending and artistic decision-making. It is made for elementary art classrooms, classroom teachers adding seasonal art, homeschool art and substitute-friendly lesson plans. Built-in…
This Spring Duckling Art Lesson is a cheerful seasonal art project where students draw a baby duckling using line art, oil pastels and watercolor or tempera paint. Clear visual and written step instructions guide them through drawing and painting, and they add their own creative details so each duckling is unique. It suits elementary art…
This Easter Bunny Directed Drawing Art Lesson helps elementary students draw a cheerful bunny step by step while building confidence with shapes, lines and creative design. Students construct the bunny from simple shapes, add facial features, ears and decorations to give it personality, and then color it in bright spring colors. Because students make their…
This End of the Year Cartoon Grid Drawing resource is designed for grades 1 to 4 and helps children build drawing confidence in a simple, structured way. Students copy one square at a time from an example cartoon grid into the blank grid beside it, which helps them slow down, focus and feel successful. It…
This Earth Day Cartoon Grid Drawing resource gives students in grades 1 to 4 a simple, structured way to build drawing confidence. Students copy an Earth Day cartoon one square at a time from the example grid into the blank grid beside it, which helps them slow down, focus and feel successful. The cartoon images…
This Spring Cartoon Grid Drawing resource gives students in grades 1 to 4 a simple, structured way to build drawing confidence. Students copy a spring cartoon one square at a time from the example grid into the blank grid beside it, which helps them slow down, focus and feel successful. The cartoon images are drawn…
This Easter Cartoon Grid Drawing resource helps students in Grades 1 to 4 build drawing confidence one square at a time. Students copy a cartoon image from the example grid into the blank grid beside it, which helps them slow down, focus and feel successful. The cheerful, kid-friendly cartoons are drawn by Kathleen McGiveron (Ms…
This July Write and Draw resource pairs a step-by-step directed drawing with sentence writing practice for K to 2 students. On each page, students follow a directed drawing to create a themed illustration, trace and write the word, trace and write a simple sentence, and then write their own sentence using the word. Drawing first…
This June Write and Draw resource pairs a step-by-step directed drawing with sentence writing practice for K to 2 students. On each page, students follow a directed drawing, trace and write the word, trace and write a simple sentence, and then write their own sentence using the word. Drawing first gives young writers something concrete…
This May Write and Draw resource pairs a step-by-step directed drawing with sentence writing practice for K to 2 students. On each page, students draw a May picture, trace and write the word, trace and write a simple sentence, and then write their own sentence using the word. Drawing first gives young writers something real…
This Spring Write and Draw resource pairs a step-by-step directed drawing with sentence writing practice for K to 2 students. On each page, students draw a spring picture, trace and write the word, trace and write a simple sentence, and then write their own sentence using the word. Drawing first gives young writers something real…
This April Write and Draw resource pairs a step-by-step directed drawing with sentence writing practice for K to 2 students. On each page, students draw an April picture, trace and write the word, trace and write a simple sentence, and then write their own sentence using the word. Drawing first gives young writers something real…
This March Write and Draw resource pairs a step-by-step directed drawing with sentence writing practice for K to 2 students. On each page, students draw a March picture, trace and write the word, trace and write a simple sentence, and then write their own sentence using the word. Drawing first gives young writers something real…
This Lunar New Year Cartoon Grid Drawing resource gives grades 1 to 4 students a simple, structured way to build drawing confidence. Students copy a cartoon image one square at a time from the example grid into the blank grid beside it, which helps them slow down, focus and feel successful as they draw. It…
