Monsters
Faux Stained Glass
I found this project online by Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher My class loved this project and these video instructions were very helpful.
Masks
Students came up with a theme for their masks on their own, researched ideas and images, and then drew a plan in their sketchbook. These masks were created using a plastic face base. We then placed plastic wrap on the…
Video-Afghanistan Memory Project
What is the Memory Project? The Memory Project is a charitable nonprofit organization that invites art teachers, art students, and solo artists to help cultivate global kindness by creating portraits for children around the world who have faced substantial challenges,…
Silhouettes for Ramadan
We used several images of mosque silhouettes to inspire the black paper cut out. Students then used modpodge to attach the black paper to a transparent plastic used for overhead projections. Tissue paper was then cut or ripped and attached…
Zentangle Bunnies
Process The idea for this project came from wonderbarart.com on pinterest – there are a lot of projects out there similar to this one -with and without the glasses or other accessories. Grade 6 students traced a bunny template and…
Video – Memory Project in Syria
What Is The Memory Project? The Memory Project is a charitable nonprofit organization that invites art teachers, art students, and solo artists to help cultivate global kindness by creating portraits for children around the world who have faced substantial challenges,…
Video- Memory Project Rohingya Children
Our Portraits Made It! Following a previous post that shows the portraits created for this project- here is the video The Memory Project has sent us of the children receiving our portraits! What is The Memory Project? The Memory Project…
Animals in Winter Sweaters
Students chose a winter animal they wanted to dress up in a warm sweater. Researching photos of the animal and then winter sweater patterns, they then got to work sketching out a large scale portrait drawing. Various drawing techniques for…
Colored and Greyscale Contrast Drawings
These colored and greyscale drawings were made by referencing photos students found. Students first sketched in their sketchbooks, then on a larger paper. First tracing a rectangle in the center of the larger paper- to use as a reference for…