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Sutley, Jane – Arts & Activities, 2010
Abstraction is, in effect, a simplification and reduction of shapes with an absence of detail designed to comprise the essence of the more naturalistic images being depicted. Without even intending to, young children consistently create interesting, and sometimes beautiful, abstract compositions. A child's creations, moreover, will always seem to…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Studio Art, Elementary School Students, Art Products
Ramos-Burrows, Michele – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2010
In this article, the author describes 8 Tags, a project that she used with her eighth-grade studio art students to encourage them to come up with original and creative solutions to an assignment. She also wanted to incorporate their knowledge of the elements of art and principles of design. In this project, students were challenged to create an…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Education, Art Activities, Design
Fortune, Tracy – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2010
In this article, the author describes a papier-mache unit inspired by whimsical animal sculptures created by artisans from the Oaxaca (pronounced Wah-Haw-Ka) region in southern Mexico. While the actual Mexican sculptures are carved from wood, the papier-mache medium is easier to work with and requires fewer tools. Most middle schoolers love…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Studio Art, Art Activities, Animals
Huggler, Silvia – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2010
In this article, the author describes a unit on monsters wherein students were charged with painting an imaginary character and, in so doing, demonstrated mastery of expression, organization of space, control of paint media, and application of the elements of art. Students discovered how color and line could be used to convey expression. The media…
Descriptors: Painting (Visual Arts), Studio Art, Art Activities, Early Childhood Education
Harris, Mary; Given, Sarah – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2010
With the United States obesity rate at 34% in adults and 17% in children, and increased inactivity among young people, the authors decided to create an interdisciplinary (art and health) lesson that they hoped would raise student awareness on the subject. In this article, the authors describe how their middle-school students created an artwork of…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Middle School Students, Interdisciplinary Approach
Hicks, Bill – Arts & Activities, 2010
In this article, the author describes an art project intended for high-school students to create a three-dimensional design using a Styrofoam. The students were asked to find and take photos of architectural details, such as decorative columns, and use the photograph as inspiration in their drawings. The drawings served as a "blueprint" to help…
Descriptors: High School Students, Studio Art, Art Activities, Sculpture
Greenwood, Nate – Arts & Activities, 2010
In an effort to create a collaborative, grand-scale project that would not only showcase the talent of young artists, but also serve as a reminder that art is a significant part of the human experience, the author asked Cameron VanDyke, a working, professional furniture maker and sculptor, to work with junior-high art classes to collaboratively…
Descriptors: Sculpture, Studio Art, Artists, Junior High School Students
Daddino, Michelle – Arts & Activities, 2010
This article describes an art project developed by the author which provides a way to further the children's understanding of Picasso's Cubism style in 3-D. Through this project, upper-elementary students learn a bit about the life and art of Picasso as they gain a firm understanding of the style of art known as Cubism, and apply clay techniques…
Descriptors: Artists, Studio Art, Elementary School Students, Student Projects
Newberry, Ashley; Sweeney, Debra – Arts & Activities, 2010
Anytime an art teacher mentions clay projects to elementary students, they immediately get excited. The problem is doing a clay project can oftentimes be expensive and time consuming. This article describes an art project that provides an interesting way to apply the concept of crayon resist to ceramics. This project is fun, easy and inexpensive.…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Products, Ceramics, Elementary School Students
Skophammer, Karen – Arts & Activities, 2010
Plasticine clay is a bendable material that is easily manipulated by students of all ages. It is a great material to work with because it does not dry out from day to day, so high-school students can work on an extended project. They do not have to worry about the clay drying and cracking, and the entire work of art does not have to be completed…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Studio Art, Art Products, Color
Herberholz, Barbara – Arts & Activities, 2010
The figure has "figured" prominently in the choice of subject matter for many artists throughout history. Whether they may choose to depict it in an abstract or expressive form, most artists are quite capable of realistic portrayals of the human form. And all people know that one of the very first drawings made by young children is a symbol for…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Childrens Art, Studio Art, Teaching Methods
Savage, Martha – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2010
A symbolic dry landscape garden of Eastern origin holds a special fascination for the author's middle-school students, which is why the author chose to create a project exploring this view of nature. A dry landscape garden, or "karesansui," is an arrangement of rocks, worn by nature and surrounded by a "sea" of sand, raked into patterns…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Studio Art, Middle School Students, Asian Culture
Nelken, Miranda – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2010
This article presents a lesson that allows students to make bird ornaments using a metal tooling as it can be textured, cut, and colored. In this lesson, students choose a bird and sketch it on a piece of paper. Once the sketches are complete, students copy their pictures on a second piece of paper by taping the sketch over a sheet of blank paper…
Descriptors: Animals, Design Crafts, Art Activities, Studio Art
Kim, Nanyoung – Arts & Activities, 2009
This article describes a name design project. The project is one way to teach how repetition makes a composition look harmonious and pleasing without even saying the word, and introduce the concept of "style" that can later be expanded to appreciating different styles of artworks. The main part of the project consists of drawing the chosen design,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Studio Art, Student Projects, Design
Szekely, George – Arts & Activities, 2009
Magic shows represent an authentic children's play turned into an art lesson. School art should accurately represent the unique qualities of children's art, incorporating children's experiences as young artists. An art lesson in school should not look and feel entirely different than art made outside of school. Unlike specialized adult art…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Play, Childrens Art