Category: Art Basics
Discover how to build your art foundation skills and express your creativity by learning different art techniques.
Bird Handout
Learn how to make your own colorful bird with this handout! Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
Penguin Handout
Download this handout and get your penguin to come to life! Cut on the solid lines and fold on the dotted lines to make your penguin. Color in your fish and cut out your stick and ice so that your penguin friend has a place to stand on and enjoy …
Free Lesson Plan: Design Your Own Posters and T-shirts
Title/Description: Screen Printing Posters and T-shirts Level: Middle/High School Duration: One 45-minute class period Historical Overview: To introduce silk screen printmaking and graphics techniques Materials: Silk screen, 250-watt photo bulb, poly gloves, letter set, squeegees, photo emulsion, textile ink, t-shirts, poster paper, brush, cardboard Procedures: Day 1 Students make their …
Ceramic Pots Lesson Plan
Title/Description: Clay Containers Level: Elementary School Duration: Four 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Chinese ceramics Goals and Objectives: To introduce sculpting techniques Vocabulary: Positive and negative space, carving additive and subtractive methods, coils, pinch pots, slab, scraffito Materials: Clay, carving tools, wire and washer clay cutting tools, sponges, water containers, …
Free Lesson Plan: Etching with Scratchboard and Styrofoam
Title/Description: Etching with Scratchboard and Styrofoam Level: Elementary School Duration: Two 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Picasso Goals and Objectives: To introduce etching and printmaking techniques with scratchboard paper and Styrofoam Vocabulary: Etching, printmaking Materials: Black and white scratchboard, textured scratchboard, rainbow scratchboard, positive and negative space, stylus, oil pastels, …