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This Winter Rabbit Art Project is a guided drawing lesson where students create a cozy winter scene of a rabbit nestled among snowy birch trees. It suits seasonal art lessons, nature-inspired themes and exploring oil pastel techniques. Students follow a directed drawing tutorial to sketch their rabbit, then layer oil pastels for depth and texture…
This Polar Bear Art Project is a step-by-step winter and Christmas art lesson that keeps students engaged before the holiday break. Students blend pencil crayons and soft pastels to create a cozy, festive polar bear scene. The guided lesson encourages students to experiment with shading and texture, which makes it a good way to practice…
In this Christmas Tree Art Project, students use mixed media (paint, felt markers and text-based design) to create a Christmas tree art piece. It is made for classroom teachers, art teachers and homeschoolers who want a creative lesson before the holiday break. Students brainstorm holiday words and work them into a textured, festive background behind…
This Candy Cane Zen Doodle Art Project is a holiday art lesson that explores the element of art: line. Students follow a directed drawing, experiment with painting using felt markers, and fill their candy cane with detailed Zen Doodle patterns. It is made for art teachers, classroom teachers and homeschoolers who want an easy-to-follow Christmas…
This Holiday Bells Art Project has students create a Season's Greetings themed art piece while they experiment with oil pastels and paint. It suits art teachers, classroom teachers and homeschoolers who want a festive lesson for the holiday season. Students follow a step-by-step directed drawing, explore color blending and shading, and use a resist painting…
This Candy Cane Christmas Art Project has students use wax crayons and felt markers to create a bright candy cane artwork while exploring color, pattern and contrast. It is a low-prep holiday lesson for art teachers, classroom teachers and homeschoolers, and it keeps students engaged and creating in the days before Christmas. Every step includes…
This Christmas Reindeer Art Project is a chalk pastel lesson for Grades 5 to 8 that explores the Element of Art: Value. Students draw a holiday reindeer on black paper and build shading, blending and drawing skills as they create depth, glow and fur detail. Students learn to choose materials and techniques with intention, using…
This Thanksgiving Turkey Art Project is a hands-on, low-prep lesson for classroom teachers, art educators and homeschoolers. Students create a one-of-a-kind turkey by ripping paper, following a directed drawing, painting with washable felt and adding color with pencil crayon. It is a fun way to celebrate the holiday while students explore mixed media techniques, and…
In this mixed-media Turkey Zen Doodle Art Project, students draw a Thanksgiving turkey and fill the background with intricate Zentangle patterns. Along the way they explore oil pastels, painting techniques and the Element of Art: Line. It is a low-prep Thanksgiving art activity for teachers and homeschoolers that has students experimenting with line, texture and…
This Veterans Day Art Project is a hands-on, guided lesson where students express gratitude and appreciation for veterans through art. They follow a directed drawing of a soldier's helmet and poppies, symbols of remembrance and sacrifice, and finish it with felt markers, paint and oil pastels. It is designed for teachers and homeschoolers and fits…
Poppies in a Field is a Remembrance Day art project that helps students pause, reflect and express gratitude through art. Students follow a directed drawing of a cross surrounded by poppies in a field, learning about the historical and cultural meaning of these symbols as they work. Using oil pastels and a resist painting technique…
The project opens up meaningful discussions about history, remembrance and gratitude, and it makes a natural cross-curricular connection to Social Studies or History. It works in classrooms and homeschool settings, and it gives students a personal way to express emotion and build their art skills. WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING ★★★★ “This poppy art project was…
This Veterans Day Art Lesson invites students to reflect on the importance of Veterans Day and express gratitude and respect for those who have served. Using a directed drawing, students illustrate a Veterans Day flag and figure, then bring their artwork to life with felt marker painting. Students explore art techniques while learning about service…
This Remembrance Day Poppy Art Project gives students a meaningful, hands-on way to connect with the significance of the day. Students use black watercolor paint and oil pastels to create a symbolic poppy artwork, experimenting with contrast, shading and texture. It is a natural cross-curricular link between Social Studies and Art, and works in both…
This Scarecrow Art Project is a bright, playful fall art lesson for grades 2 to 5. Students use oil pastel and paint to create a cheerful, pop art inspired scarecrow with bold color, pattern and paint effects. This is not a traditional scarecrow project, and that is part of the fun. Students build a whimsical…
This Pastel Pumpkin Art Project celebrates fall with a hands-on lesson where students use soft pastels or chalk pastels on brown construction paper, blending colors and building depth and texture to create a warm, glowing pumpkin. It is designed for elementary students and works well for Grades 2 to 6, and can be adapted for…
In this Halloween Witch Art Lesson, students create an adorable witch artwork using soft pastels on black paper. It is made for upper elementary and middle school students. The lesson includes visual and text step-by-steps, so you can project them for students to follow or use them as your own guide while you demonstrate. WHAT…
This Spiderweb Watercolor Art Lesson gets students into the Halloween spirit while they learn new painting techniques. Students start with a simple directed drawing of a bold spiderweb, use wax resist to keep the web lines, then use watercolor salting to create a textured, shimmery background and finish with bold black line work. It is…
This Halloween Ghost Art Project combines oil pastels and paint to make a spooky but adorable ghost artwork. Students follow a directed drawing of a ghost, then add painted textures and eerie effects while they experiment with the resist painting technique. It is made for classroom teachers and homeschoolers, and it works as a one-day…
This Artist Statement Workbook and Writing Unit helps students reflect on their artistic practice and write about their own artwork. It is for teachers, art teachers and homeschoolers teaching art reflection, artist statements, art criticism and writing about art, and works especially well for middle school, high school, studio art and portfolio prep. Students collect…
This Art Reflection Workbook helps students go deeper than "I liked it" when they think and write about their own artwork. The guided pages ask students to reflect on their materials, choices, message, inspiration, strengths, challenges and artistic growth, building reflection, critical thinking, art vocabulary and self-assessment skills. It is made for teachers, art teachers…
This Art Critique Workbook helps students go beyond "I like it" or "I don’t like it." Students learn to observe, analyze, interpret, discuss and reflect on artwork, noticing details, subject matter, the elements of art and principles of design, mood and meaning, and how an artwork can influence their own artistic practice. It is made…
These Art Critique Task Cards make it easier to get students talking and thinking more deeply about art. They are a practical, reusable resource for teachers, art teachers and homeschoolers who want to build art discussion, critical thinking, art vocabulary, art analysis and student reflection without photocopying piles of worksheets. The resource has two sets…
This Starfish Art Lesson is a bright, cheerful summer ocean art project that combines drawing, pattern and creativity. Students draw a bold, smiling cartoon-style starfish and surround it with a pattern-filled background, in an elementary art classroom or a homeschool setting. After the guided drawing, students fill the background with repeating curved "rainbow" lines to…
This Jellyfish Art Lesson is a bright, ocean-themed summer art project for elementary classrooms and homeschool settings, made for Grades 2 to 5. It combines step-by-step drawing, imagination and a textured background effect. Students draw a smiling jellyfish with large eyes, add frills and long flowing tentacles to create movement, then build depth by overlapping…
This Pineapple Art Lesson is a bright summer art project for grades 2 to 5 that combines step-by-step drawing, pattern and creative color. Students draw a cartoon-style pineapple with a cute face, then bring it to life with bold color, texture and blended highlights. The structured drawing builds confidence, and the coloring and blending steps…
This Flamingo Art Lesson is a bright, bold summer art project for elementary classrooms and homeschool settings. It combines step-by-step drawing, color layering and a striped background in one activity. Students learn to draw a stylish flamingo, then bring it to life with vibrant pinks, bold outlines and eye-catching vertical stripes. The finished pieces make…
In this Graffiti Name Art Lesson, students turn their own name into a bold, graffiti-inspired artwork with arrows, overlapping shapes, strong black outlines and a bright color wheel background. It is a personal, high-interest project for teachers, art teachers and homeschoolers, and it teaches line, shape, space, color, value and creative design. It is a…
In this Name Line Art Lesson, students turn their own name into a bold artwork while exploring the Element of Art: Line and the Principle of Design: Pattern. It is a personal, display-worthy project for back to school and the first week of school, and it works any time you want a line, pattern or…
This Dinosaur Art Lesson is a directed drawing and mixed media project for teachers, art teachers and homeschoolers. Students draw a cartoon dinosaur head biting a giant pencil, trace it in black, color it with bright oil pastel, then paint the background so it resists over the pastel. Dinosaurs are a high-interest subject, and the…
