How college art students made drawings using color is described. The activity helped the students analyze how they drew lines, shadows, and highlights. (RM)

Describes four art activities for elementary secondary art classes and one for a methods course. Students redraw a photograph in realistic, abstract, and nonobjective styles; create three-dimensional geometric shapes with paper; draw a portrait of their teacher; use tissue paper to make collages; and do self portraits. (AM)

Describes a design exercise for college education majors. Five paper scissor shapes are used to illustrate the role of balance, variation, repetition, and unity in design. After comparing their own designs to Indian molas, students explore how color and shape affect design by elaborating their work with oil crayons. (AM)

Describes lesson plans in life drawing for gifted students of upper high school and college age. The sequence of seven activities includes drawing and then both contour and life drawing from a posed model. The goal was to help students understand the relationship between line and form. (CS)

Suggests a variety of alternative fashion illustration techniques and materials which do not require rigorous training in sketching the human figure. (SJL)

Describes origins of the constructed relief and shows some examples of contemporary artists' work. Suggests using this history to motivate students to construct their own reliefs. Outlines a four-step lesson: preliminary drawing, finished drawing, mock-up relief, and finished construction using durable materials, such as wood, acrylic sheet, or…

Points out the hazards related to the traditional silkscreening process due to the solvents and other chemicals used. Recounts the author's experience with a safer method of silkscreening using water-based materials. Describes materials needed, points out benefits related to a healthier learning environment, and explains working differences. (LS)

Describes a game designed to motivate students to conduct art historical research. Required students to find artists who created art in four different ways, realistically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. Students chose ways to take collected data and work cooperatively to create a mural. (KM)

Outlines the techniques for silkscreening using water-based inks, concentrating on the qualities of water-based printing that differ from oil-based printing. Includes a step-by-step description of the process illustrated with photographs. (LS)

Suggests that elementary teachers and student teachers should use media resources to supplement their knowledge and as references for ideas. Examines the process whereby art education students study articles from "School Arts" to extend the ideas presented and to practice adapting them to different grade levels by creating printmaking…