Descriptor
Art Materials | 35 |
Art Activities | 19 |
Elementary Education | 18 |
Art Education | 16 |
Instructional Materials | 12 |
Guidelines | 11 |
Student Projects | 10 |
Curriculum Guides | 8 |
Teaching Methods | 8 |
Textiles Instruction | 7 |
Childrens Art | 6 |
More ▼ |
Author
Atkinson, Floyd | 2 |
Arviso, Kathern | 1 |
Asch, Rosalie L. | 1 |
Bunch, Clarence, Ed. | 1 |
Daniel, Robert A. | 1 |
Davis, David | 1 |
Doherty, Steve | 1 |
Dominguez, Graciela | 1 |
Engel, Brenda S. | 1 |
Esch, Robert M. | 1 |
Factor, Susannah | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Guides - General | 35 |
Journal Articles | 14 |
Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 8 |
Books | 1 |
Reference Materials -… | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 12 |
Location
Kentucky | 1 |
New York (New York) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Elementary and Secondary… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Hamilton, Marcia – School Arts, 1979
The author discusses the potential hazards of working with fibers, dyes, and wax in textile art projects: bacteria, dust, poisons, allergies, and fumes. Safety precautions for working with dyes are listed. This article is one of seven in this issue on fiber arts. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Materials, Diseases, Handicrafts, Poisoning

Mihalow, Paula – School Arts, 1980
Presents instructions for building a simple, inexpensive, one-piece loom that is easy for students and teachers to work with, transport, and store. A short list of books for weaving instruction is appended. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Materials, Guidelines, Secondary Education, Supplies

Mansfield, Patricia; Sanford, Barbara – School Arts, 1979
Describes the process of "canning"--applying textile pigment or dye to cloth by moving a pigment-filled can across the fabric to create a linear design. This printing process is described as low-cost, easy, and suitable for all age and artistic levels. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Color, Finishing

Hoffman, Donald H. – Art Education, 1981
Points out health hazards in some art materials, which may pollute the air, contaminate food and utensils, produce flammable vapors, cause chemical burns or allergic reactions, or damage the eyes. Suggests how these hazards may be compounded in nursing homes or senior citizens' agencies. Lists safety tips. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Materials, Classroom Techniques, Nursing Homes, Older Adults

Sapiro, Maurice L. – School Arts, 1979
Gives a step-by-step demonstration and explanation of the thermo-etch process, an intaglio print process which uses a heated stylus to draw on plastic plates. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphic Arts

Kren, Margo – School Arts, 1979
This article provides instructions on inkle loom weaving, from the construction of the loom through the weaving process. This article is one of seven in this issue on fiber arts. (SJL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Art Materials, Elementary Education, Guidelines

School Arts, 1979
Instructions are given for making oil ground, glue gesso, glue water size, oil colors, damar varnish, water colors, encaustic painting, egg tempera painting, etching inks, etching grounds, etching acids, and sugar-lift. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Materials, Guidelines, Methods, Painting (Visual Arts)

deGrassi, Jennifer – School Arts, 1979
Instructions are provided for making dolls, or soft people sculptures, by stuffing nylons with cotton and shaping the result with stitching and decoration. This article is one of seven in this issue on fiber arts. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Guidelines, Handicrafts
Hill, Beatrix – Instructor, 1980
Presents simple instructions for 15 mixed media art projects for the elementary grades. Part one of this series, listing 18 other techniques, appeared in the September 1979 issue of Instructor on pages 145-49. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Art Products, Class Activities

Daniel, Robert A. – School Arts, 1979
The author describes the basic materials and processes needed for a student project in planographic and incised relief printing with plasticine, and gives some hints for adapting this project to different elementary grade levels. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Elementary Education, Graphic Arts

Doherty, Steve – School Arts, 1979
The author gives step-by-step procedures for a screen printing project that teaches color mixing to young children. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Color, Elementary Education

May, Wanda T. – Studies in Art Education, 1987
Reports the results of a two-year case study of 144 third and fourth graders' art materials preferences. Results indicate that the students preferred different media for different reasons, with favorites being clay, craypas, felt-tipped pens, and cardboard or wood. Maintains that art educators should take into account students' perceptions about…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Childrens Art, Curriculum Development

Asch, Rosalie L. – School Arts, 1979
Painting cloth with crayons is suggested as a challenging art project, especially for students who have difficulty with the complex tools and processes typical of more advanced textile work. Instructions are given for creating decorative banners with this technique. One of seven articles in this issue on fiber arts. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Guidelines, Higher Education
Factor, Susannah – 1978
Developed as part of the Seminole Bilingual Education Project, this story and coloring book presents the story of "The Terrapin Race" in both Seminole and English. Right-hand pages offer full-page illustrations for students to color; left-hand pages contain a brief narrative in the two languages in large type. The book uses the sounds…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Art Materials, Bilingual Education, Books
Maine Univ., Orono. Coll. of Education. – 1979
This interdisciplinary unit is intended for use in grades K-1 and can be modified for use through grade 3. The unit encourages students to express themselves through art, using materials found at the beach and brought into the classroom. The activities can be used separately whenever art is called for in the curriculum or can be integrated into…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression