Instructional strategies based on a portrait painting of Francisco Goya introduce primary grade students to the idea that portraits are pictures of people. Students also develop an awareness that the visual vocabulary of color, shape, line, texture, and the quality of brushstrokes can communicate feelings and ideas. (RM)

Instructional strategies based on a portrait painting of Jean-Baptiste Oudry familiarize intermediate grade students with the techniques of portraiture and introduce the characteristics of eighteenth-century French rococo painting. (RM)

A commentary on the life and work of Henri Matisse for use with secondary art students is provided. Exercises to use with the commentary are provided, and art activities are suggested. Annotated references are also included. (RM)

Students created and drew sketches for each of the twelve months of the year, which were printed and sold to raise money for class and club activities. (GB)

Describes an art lab developed as an alternative form of education for inner-city children. (GB)

Author describes a successful venture of a school art gallery and the relationship of painting to sculpture. (GB)

The interest and atmosphere generated during the mural painting produced a class cohesiveness and cooperation that could never be achieved in more individual projects. (Author)

An art teacher captured students' interests by bringing a motorcycle into the art workshop as a model. (GB)

Wall space can be a valuable resource for artistic expression. (GB)

Outlines several approaches for planning art activities for elementary school children. (GB)

In a voluntary summer program, Kingston High School students can work with internationnaly-recognized muralist Anton Refregier. (SJL)

Meadow Woods Elementary in Orlando, Florida has a garden ceremony at the end of each year. This is a time when the whole school gathers together to celebrate another successful school year. The classrooms are built around the garden, so it is the centerpiece of the school. Students always do an art project for this ceremony. One year, students…

Honore Daumier is probably best known as a politically motivated artist. Born in Marseilles in 1808, the French artist lived through one of the most turbulent eras of his country's history. With his artistic prowess and biting wit, he recorded the 1848 revolution, the rise and fall of the Second Empire, the Crimean and Franco-Prussian Wars, and…