First grade art lessons

The August art session with my little "firsties" was a HUGE success. We created "Wild About 1st Grade" self-portraits. They turned out so dang cute! It was a lot of fun to combine some guided art along with "do your own thing" directions. The bulletin board is adorable. We'll be adding their writing prompt responses to "I'm WILD About 1st Grade Because..." as soon as we finish the edit process. I created a file with the guided art directions, supply list, and writing prompts. Feel free to…

100 Art Projects for First Grade Students. Project ideas and lesson plans include: art collages, painting, mixed media, clay and many more!

My first graders are studying Claude Monet right now! First we watched a cute video (below) to learn about the artist Then we drew the garden and the Japanese bridge with oil pastels on watercolor pap

Teach children art history through a variety of fun art projects and lessons. We love using artists as inspiration for our own creations.

I just had to share this tonight. It couldn't wait. First grade has been learning about still lifes as part of our curriculum this year, and today I completed my first round of Cezanne apple still lifes. I was SO pleased with how these turned out! It only took one class period, which is always nice, and the kids really enjoyed making them. We reviewed what a still life is [because we just completed a Van Gogh sunflower still life], and looked at a few of Cezanne's apple paintings. I will…

Cassie Stephens: My 15 Favorite Art Lessons for Spring!

Today was day one of week three and man oh man has it been interesting so far (aside from a kindergartener throwing up on my brand new carpet today)! As many of you know I started at a brand new school this year - so I've had to start from scratch with my art program! I'm not sure why I just expected that the county would give me additional money for start up supplies (scissors, rulers, etc.)... cauuuuseee that didn't happen. In fact every art teacher in our county lost $50 each from our…

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I’m proud of this lesson and how colorful and unique each of these pictures turned out! I like to introduce a bit of art history to the younger kids, but I didn’t want the kids to copy a famous painti

36 Elementary Art Lessons for Kids - one for every week of the school year! Perfect for homeschool families, teachers, scout leaders, and parents!

36 Elementary Art Lessons for Kids - one for every week of the school year! Perfect for homeschool families, teachers, scout leaders, and parents!

First grade artist learned about the life and art of Romero Brito by looking at a slide show and you tube videos about him. Click here for the Romero Britto Slide Show We were inspired by his cats and dogs and created our own pets Britto style. We used patterns and lots of colors! This lesson has been modified from one seen on Pinterest at some point. :)

Paint your very own sand castle this summer with Kwik Stix and Wonder Stix! Adding vibrant colors to your artwork makes it stand out from miles away!

Bring storybook art to life with Eric Carle inspired collages! Kids will love painting, cutting, and layering colorful papers to create art.

This lesson is an original by Julie Werkman, who I student taught with 25 years ago. It is a great lesson for teaching the elements of art! Line, shape, color, texture, and value are all worked in! Any fishy book of your choice maybe the inspiration! First, we paint some light to dark blue waves on a large 18x24 blue construction paper for our fish bowl. I pre-trace the fish bowl on the back of the paper before the next class, then students cut out and add seaweed and rocks! After painting a…

I can’t get over how ADORABLE these weavings are!!!! I LOVE them!! I absolutely LOVE these fun watermelons!!! Thank you Nichole ( Mini Matisse) for sharing this wonderful lesson! My students …

2nd Grade Art Lessons – Art with Mrs Filmore