As this first 16 week session of art classes draws to a close we ended with a multi step project that included beginning symmetry.(I will recap results of
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As this first 16 week session of art classes draws to a close we ended with a multi step project that included beginning symmetry.(I will recap results of
This lesson took place over a few weeks but, for ease of following I am putting it all in this one post.This lesson has really proved an amazing
We started off lesson 11 painting the  paper mache sculptures. We mixed up the tempera paint we had to get the closest shade to flesh tones and got
This post is a  combination of two of the art classes that I have been running with a group of first graders. I began lesson 9 with trying
Since Chanukkah (Hanukkah) is this week, I thought it was a good idea to let the kids do a Chanukkah menorah art project instead of doing some of
I learned a couple of things from this lesson. It was supposed to be a mixed media art project teaching about foreground, midground and background. (which is really
Today I decided to try observational drawings with the girls. I collected a bunch of items from around my house as you see above and told the girls
It turns out that some of the girls are having a hard time with some of the drawing exercises I have been giving them. To lighten things up
My quest to uncover the best way for children to copy what they are seeing continues. I started this class by giving them the sheet above. Each girl
One of the most important concepts in drawing is contour drawing. That is basically drawing the lines of the object onto your paper. A very popular pre activity