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This 5th Grade Emoji Zen Doodle Name Art Lesson turns each student's name into a bold line art design filled with Zen Doodle patterns, emojis, color, symbols and personality. Students explore the Element of Art: Line, along with pattern, texture, emphasis, visual communication and identity, while creating an artwork that is completely their own. Students…
This 5th Grade About Me Self Portrait Art Project teaches real self-portrait drawing skills while students explore their identity. It brings together realistic portrait drawing, proportion, observation, value, shading and creative self-expression in one Grade 5 art lesson. Students draw a self-portrait, then brainstorm parts of their identity such as interests, culture or heritage, favorite…
This Line Dragon Eye Art Lesson is a ready-to-teach Grade 5 art project that teaches the element of art: line. Students create a detailed dragon eye artwork filled with patterns, texture, movement and expressive line work. It is made for elementary art teachers, classroom teachers, homeschool families and substitute teachers who want a structured line…
This Color Wheel Grizzly Bear Art Lesson teaches the element of art: color through a bold grizzly bear artwork divided into color wheel sections. It is designed for Grade 5, and students learn how artists use color to create mood, contrast, harmony, emphasis, depth and visual interest. Instead of only filling in a color wheel…
This Winter Polar Bear Northern Lights Art Lesson guides students through drawing and painting a polar bear under the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). Along the way they practice real art skills like blending, contrast, texture and mood, while learning about winter landscapes, Arctic animals and the night sky. It is a print-and-teach unit with 50+…
This Winter Polar Bear Art Lesson is a cross-curricular polar bear art project for Grades 2 to 5. It brings together directed drawing, painting techniques, a winter landscape, reading comprehension, writing activities and art reflection in one lesson. Students create an expressive polar bear in a winter landscape with mountains, snowflakes, a blended sky and…
This New Years Mouse Art Lesson is a fully planned winter art resource for Grades 2 to 5. Students create a countdown mouse holding a clock at midnight, a symbol of new beginnings, using guided drawing, painting and mixed media. Along the way they explore line, shape, pattern, texture, color and balance. The art connects…
This Winter Snowman Art Lesson is a fully planned seasonal art project for grades 2 to 5. It combines a guided snowman drawing tutorial with reading comprehension, writing activities, art reflections and assessment tools, for classroom teachers, art specialists, homeschool families and substitute teachers. Students learn to draw and shade a snowman with oil pastels…
This Winter Birch Tree Art Lesson walks elementary students step by step through a snowy birch tree landscape while building skills in line, texture, value, contrast and composition. It is a calm, low-prep winter project for classroom teachers, art specialists, substitute teachers and homeschool educators, and it is easy to teach even without an art…
This Christmas Holly Art Lesson is a holiday art project for Grades 2 to 5 that combines a guided drawing tutorial with reading, writing and reflection. Students follow a step-by-step holly drawing to create a vibrant mixed media artwork, then extend it with literacy and elements of art activities. Students learn the history and symbolism…
This Christmas Tree Art Lesson is a detailed holiday art project for Grades 2 to 5. Using green cardstock or thick paper and oil pastels (or crayons), students follow an 11-step tutorial to create a bright, expressive Christmas tree, with drawing, outlining, painting and festive details they can personalize. Alongside the art, the lesson brings…
This Christmas Gnome Art Lesson is a winter art project for Grades 2 to 5 that blends guided drawing, oil pastel techniques, Christmas traditions, reading comprehension, writing prompts and art reflections in one print-and-teach resource. Students follow photo-based step-by-step instructions to draw a Christmas gnome, exploring line, shading, shape, texture and color blending. Alongside the…
In this Santa Claus Portrait Art Lesson, students in grades 3 to 6 draw a detailed Santa face with black marker and oil pastels. Along the way they learn about the history of Santa Claus, build literacy skills and reflect on their own art. It is a print-and-teach December lesson for classroom teachers, art educators…
This Christmas Candy Cane Art Lesson uses felt markers and is designed for grades 3 to 6. Students learn candy cane drawing, shading with markers, line patterns and creative decision-making, alongside an original reading passage, comprehension questions and opinion, narrative and compare-and-contrast writing. The step-by-step marker demonstration pages make it easy to teach with or…
In this Christmas Poinsettia Art Project for Grades 3 to 6, students learn to draw and paint a bright poinsettia step by step while exploring Christmas traditions, plant facts and seasonal symbolism. It is made for classroom teachers, art educators and homeschool families, and it is print-and-teach ready. Students follow clear visual and written step-by-step…
Are you looking for a Gustav Klimt art project that feels exciting to teach, visually striking on display, and actually manageable for your students to complete? Do you want an art history art lesson that helps students connect with a famous artist while exploring line, shape, pattern, color, and design in a hands-on and meaningful…
In this Picasso Blue Period Guitarist Art Project, students create a guitarist inspired by Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period using colored pencils or pencil crayons and watercolor paint. It is written for teachers, art teachers and homeschoolers working with older students. The finished artwork has cool blue tones, strong outlines, expressive shapes and a warm yellow-brown…
These Pink Shirt Day Zen Doodle Coloring Pages are a set of 10 intricate, hand-drawn anti-bullying coloring sheets that promote kindness, inclusion, advocacy and standing up for others in a calm, meaningful way. They are original illustrations by Ms Artastic, not clip art collections. They suit upper elementary and middle school. Students color empowering messages…
In this Christmas Candy Cane Art Lesson, students draw and paint a candy cane with holly leaves using oil pastels or permanent marker with watercolor or tempera paint. Alongside the art, they read about candy canes, practice sight words, answer comprehension questions and write their own holiday stories. It is a cross-curricular art, reading and…
This Thanksgiving Horn of Plenty Art Lesson for Grades 2 to 5 brings together art, literacy, reflection and social-emotional learning around gratitude and the harvest season. Students draw and paint their own Horn of Plenty (cornucopia) with oil pastels and watercolor or tempera paint. Along the way, students read, write and reflect on Thanksgiving traditions,…
This Poppy Art Lesson is a cross-curricular art project for Remembrance Day or Memorial Day that teaches symbolism, color theory and creative expression. Students explore the poppy as a symbol of remembrance, courage and peace, then follow a step-by-step drawing and oil pastel process on red or black construction paper. It is a no-prep lesson…
This Autumn Pumpkin Art Lesson is a classic fall project for Grades 2 to 5. Students create an autumn pumpkin artwork while practicing drawing, line work, observation, detail, form, shading and creative expression, thinking about texture, depth and surrounding autumn details as they go. The tutorial comes in both PDF and PowerPoint formats, and the…
This Color Theory Paintbrush Art Lesson helps students in Grades 4 to 7 explore and apply core color theory concepts through a creative drawing project. Students sketch a giant paintbrush and use colored pencils or pencil crayons to build a full color spectrum inside the bristles, including primary colors, secondary colors, tints and shades. Along…
This Value Eye Drawing Art Lesson teaches the Element of Art: Value to middle school artists in Grades 5 to 8. Students draw a realistic human eye with soft pastels and charcoal on black paper, exploring value, shading, contrast and realism. Students learn to identify highlights, midtones and shadows and apply soft pastel with control,…
This Warm and Cool Colors Sea Turtle Art Lesson teaches color theory to grades 4 to 7. Students explore the difference between warm and cool color schemes on a hand-drawn sea turtle coloring sheet, making intentional color choices with colored pencil techniques. It is a full art and literacy lesson that builds color theory vocabulary,…
This Color Wheel Tree Art Lesson introduces students in grades 1 to 4 to primary and secondary colors through a hands-on mixed media project. It is written for classroom teachers, art educators and homeschooling families. Students draw a tree in oil pastel, divide the background into sections, and fill each one with watercolor or tempera…
This Starfish Color Mixing Art Lesson teaches primary and secondary colors to students in grades 2 to 5. Students draw a cute cartoon-style starfish and blend the primary colors into secondary colors using colored pencils, pencil crayons or crayons, with no paint required. It covers the Elements of Art: Color and reinforces color theory basics…
Bring the beauty of spring into your classroom with this Spring Butterfly Art Lesson, a bright and engaging elementary art activity that guides students step-by-step through creating their own colorful butterfly artwork. This spring butterfly art project for elementary students combines drawing, creativity, and structured instruction so teachers and homeschool educators can confidently lead a…
This Spring Hummingbird Art Lesson blends visual art, literacy and science for elementary students. Students read about hummingbirds, follow a step-by-step drawing tutorial, and paint layered value rings around their bird with watercolor or tempera for a striking finished piece. Reading, writing and reflection pages extend the art into a full cross-curricular lesson. It fits…
This Spring Bumble Bee Art Lesson is an elementary art project that combines drawing, painting, nature learning, reading comprehension and creative reflection. Students follow a guided step-by-step drawing process to create their own bumble bee, learning to break complex shapes into simple steps, and then paint a colorful background with circular painting techniques so the…
