Go Green Coloring Handout
Color in this handout to show your fish friend help make Fishtown clean! Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
Junior Duck Stamp Contest: It was tough, but our votes are in!
Junior Duck Stamp Contest 2018! Brought to you by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Locally hosted by John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum Art Sphere Inc helped engage communities in the contest, and served on the judging panel for the Duck Stamp artwork and conservation messages. Art Sphere …
Free Lesson Plan: Sculpture and Human Anatomy
Human Anatomy Sculpture Level: Middle School Duration: Six 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: August Rodin (1840-1917) and France Goals and Objectives: To introduce sculpting techniques Vocabulary: Positive and negative space, carving additive and subtractive methods, proportion, scale Materials: Clay, wire, wood, nails, armature, carving tools, wire and washer clay cutting tool, sponges, …
Free Lesson Plan: Relief Printmaking
The Downtrodden by Kathe Kollowitz Night Snow by Utagawa Hiroshige Relief Printmaking Level: Middle School Duration: Six 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Kathe Kollwitz, German Expressionism, and the history of Japanese wood block printing Goals and Objectives: To introduce printmaking techniques Vocabulary: Positive and negative space, relief printmaking, brayer, press, …
Free Lesson Plan: Oil Pastel Styles and Techniques
Oil Pastel and Talouse Lautrec Level: Middle School Duration: Two 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Goals and Objectives: To introduce figurative drawing styles by various artists and oil pastel techniques Vocabulary: Oil pastel washes Materials: Oil pastels, paper towel, water soluble oil pastels, Prang Payons water soluble crayons, water soluble …
Free Lesson Plan: Watercolors of the U.S.
Recreation of Watercolor Landscape by Doug Denniston, Artwork by Art Sphere Inc. Watercolors of the U.S. Level: Middle School Duration: Three 45-minute class period. Historical Overview: Contemporary Watercolor Painters from the U.S.- Bruce McGrew, Homer Johnson, Doug Denniston Goals and Objectives: To introduce watercolor techniques and various artists Vocabulary: Watercolor, …
Free Lesson Plan: Surreal Landscapes with Acrylic Paints
Image by Ken, from Pixabay Surreal Landscapes of the Mind – Acrylic Paints Level: Middle School Duration: Three 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Surreal Landscapes of Max Earnst Goals and Objectives: To introduce experimental uses of paint media Vocabulary: Surrealism, Landscape, acrylics, drip techniques, encaustic Materials: Acrylic paints, brushes, plastic …
Free Lesson Plan: Expressionist Psychological Landscapes with Acrylic Paints
Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash Expressionist Psychological Landscapes – Acrylic Paints Level: Middle School Duration: Three 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: German Expressionism and Max Beckman (1884-1950) Goals and Objectives: To introduce paint media and psychological use of figure Vocabulary: Expressionism, acrylics, glazes Materials: Acrylic paints, brushes, plastic containers Procedures: …