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WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING ★★★★★ “The artwork that my students created from this lesson was absolutely beautiful!! I have them displayed in the classroom. They loved getting to know about Andy Warhol and the step-by-step painting instructions helped my struggling artists so much. Thank you!” Natalie P., TPT review ★★★★★ “Great resource, current content makes…
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Are you looking for a Ted Harrison whale art project that feels bold, joyful, and absolutely adorable on display? Do you want a Canadian art lesson that helps younger students explore line, shape, value, landscape art, and bright color in a way that feels approachable and exciting? This primary whale art activity is such a…
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING ★★★★★ “Great resource !! I love the step by step instructions !! Easy for the students to follow.” Alyssa M., TPT review Ratings are from TPT reviews (5-star scale). Are you looking for a Ted Harrison raven art project that feels bold, beautiful, and absolutely stunning on display? Do you want…
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING ★★★★★ “The instructions, the detail, the images are all amazing. My students loved this and the artwork is incredible. We did Haiku poetry to accompany it.” heatherjo, TPT review ★★★★★ “I really like the step-by-step instructions! It made it easy to follow as a class. The finished products stand out /…
Are you looking for a Frida Kahlo portrait art project that feels bold, engaging, and absolutely adorable on display? Do you want a Frida Kahlo art lesson that helps students explore portrait drawing, line, shape, color, and decorative design in a way that feels approachable and exciting? This art history activity is such a lovely…
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING ★★★★★ “My students loved this resources, and so did I. It really helped us as we went through our unit. The presentation was great and content was easy to understand. Thank you.” kendra K., TPT review ★★★★★ “This was a great resource to use in my class. My students love interactive…
Are you looking for a Frida Kahlo Surrealism art project that feels meaningful, unusual, and absolutely stunning on display? Do you want a surrealist landscape art lesson that helps students explore symbolism, texture, space, color, and expressive storytelling in a way that feels artistic and thought provoking? This Frida Kahlo inspired art activity is such…
Are you looking for a Henri Matisse paper collage art project that feels bold, creative, and absolutely eye catching on display? Do you want an abstract art lesson that helps students explore shape, space, composition, contrast, and cut paper design in a way that feels approachable and exciting? This cut paper art activity is such…
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING ★★★★★ “What a good resource. This talked about the artist and demonstrated great visuals for my class. Everything is easy to follow.” Passionate Prairie Pupils, TPT review ★★★★★ “This resource saved me so much time and the student's artworks looked AMAZING!!” Lisa B., TPT review ★★★★★ “The directions were easy to…
This Henri Matisse Interior In Yellow art project guides students through an artwork inspired by Matisse's Interior In Yellow from 1946. Students first paint a background of large yellow and blue interior shapes, then draw, color, cut out and collage lemons, melons, a vase and a cup, and finish with loose, expressive black line details…
This Yayoi Kusama Christmas Ornament Art Project guides students through creating bright hanging baubles covered in repeating dot patterns inspired by Kusama's iconic style. Students paint a soft pink background, create large ornament shapes on separate paper, cut and glue them onto the page, then finish with bold dotted pattern work. It is a holiday…
This Ted Harrison Christmas Tree Art Project guides students through a bold holiday landscape inspired by the Canadian artist Ted Harrison: a decorated Christmas tree, colorful snowy landforms, bright mountains and a glowing sky. It suits art teachers, classroom teachers and homeschool families. Students use oil pastels first to build thick colorful outlines and decorative…
This Basquiat Inspired Skull Art Project is a complete, step-by-step Jean-Michel Basquiat art lesson for Grades 3 to 6. Inspired by Basquiat's "Skull" artwork, students create expressive skull compositions with black backgrounds, layered paint swatches, bold oil pastel outlines and raw, energetic texture. It is not a "perfect drawing" lesson. Students explore risk-taking, layering, rough…
This Van Gogh Starry Night Pumpkin Art Project is a mixed media autumn lesson for art teachers, classroom teachers and homeschool families. Students paint a pumpkin on separate paper, build a swirling night landscape on blue construction paper with oil pastel, then cut and glue the pumpkin into the final composition. Inspired by Vincent van…
In this Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin Art Project, students create a bright yellow pumpkin with Kusama's iconic black dot patterns, layered leaves and a dramatic black background. It is an autumn art lesson that explores pattern, repetition, contrast, line and mixed media. It suits art teachers, classroom teachers and homeschool families looking for a seasonal art…
This Watermelon Name Art Project is a cheerful Back to School art lesson that combines name art, all about me art and contemporary collage style art making. Students paint an abstract blue background, create separate watermelon slice elements, design a personalized name card, and then put everything together into one bright, finished artwork. It is…
This Back to School name art project is an abstract collage art lesson where students create a bold name artwork by painting paper, cutting shapes, layering the pieces, and adding final details with marker and white paint. It is a personal, eye-catching project for the start of the year, when you want students making something…
This Principles of Design art lesson booklet introduces students to the eight core design principles: Balance, Emphasis, Contrast, Proportion, Rhythm, Movement, Pattern and Repetition, and Unity and Variety. For each principle, students see a visual introduction, follow a step-by-step art tutorial, and then create their own artwork in a guided space. It is designed for…
This Elements of Art Booklet is a structured, low-prep way to teach the 7 Elements of Art: color, value, line, shape, form, space and texture. Each element has a student-friendly introduction, a step-by-step art tutorial and a page where students create their own artwork. It is designed for grades 3 to 8, with scaffolded projects…
Start the school year strong and keep artistic momentum going all year with this complete Elements of Art Curriculum Bundle, designed to inspire and educate students from Grades 4 to 9. Whether you're a new art teacher looking for structure, a seasoned educator needing no-prep lessons, or a homeschool parent juggling multiple subjects, this comprehensive…
This Color Art Unit for Grades 4 to 9 teaches the Element of Art: Color. Students explore color theory, color schemes and color mixing through structured lessons, a color wheel, hands-on challenges and three full-length guided art projects. It is made for classroom teachers, homeschoolers and art educators, with over 110 pages of fully planned…
This Line Art Unit teaches the Element of Art: Line through a video presentation, a PDF slide deck, informational handouts, a mini art challenge, an art history lesson on Edvard Munch and 3 full step-by-step art project tutorials. It is a complete, done-for-you unit of 110+ pages. It is made for elementary and middle school…
This Shape and Form Art Unit teaches the Elements of Art: Shape and Form to upper elementary and middle school students, grades 4 to 8. Students learn the difference between geometric and organic shapes, explore three-dimensional form and perspective, and apply what they learn in three step-by-step art projects. The unit includes a video presentation,…
This Elements of Art: Space Unit teaches positive and negative space, perspective, overlapping, depth and composition. It includes video presentations, guided slides, student handouts, a mini art challenge and three art project tutorials, with over 110 pages in all. The projects are designed for upper elementary and middle school students and work for classroom teachers,…
This Value Art Unit teaches the Element of Art: Value through tonal shading, light sources, gradients, tints and contrast. With over 110 pages of lessons and projects, it includes a video presentation, informational handouts, a mini challenge and three full art project tutorials. It is made for grades 4 to 9 and for general classroom…
This Elements of Art: Texture Unit teaches upper elementary and middle school students about real and implied texture, mark-making and mixed media. Students learn through instruction, visual presentations and art history, then complete three art projects, from texture rubbings to Basquiat-inspired layering. It is designed for general education teachers, art classrooms, homeschooling and sub plans….
This Shamrock Mixed Media Line Art Project is a bold St. Patrick's Day lesson that teaches the Elements of Art while introducing mixed media. Students combine tempera paint, oil pastels, color mixing and expressive line design to make a vibrant, layered March artwork. Students build a large shamrock with bold oil pastel outlines, mix yellow…
In this free Halloween Pumpkin Line Art project, students explore the Element of Art: Line as they create a mixed media jack-o'-lantern. It is an easy-to-use art tutorial that helps you plan quickly, teach with confidence and keep students engaged. The lesson comes with everything students need to complete the piece successfully: a visual and…
In this Autumn Pumpkin Art Project, students create a large pumpkin filled with different line designs and patterns against a swirling fall background. They use paint, paper and oil pastel to make a mixed media artwork that explores a variety of ways to use line in art. The lesson is designed for grades 1 to…
