Oil Pastel Portraits
These portraits were created with oil pastels on a photocopied picture of a person the students admired. After looking at examples of Van Gogh and other impressionist artists, student chose their colors carefully and used careful strokes to create the…
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.
Day of Dead Wax Resist Skulls
We looked at the Mexican holiday of the Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) and looked at sugar skulls made for holiday for inspiration. Then students created their own design for a skull in their sketchbook. From this plan,…