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Katz, Andrew – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2012
In this article, students build a prototype guitar. One way to get students to take creative risks is to allow playful approaches to their designs--let them come up with wild or silly ideas. By starting from such a wide-open place, many students will change their definitions and assumptions of what a guitar has to be. The result will be a wider…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Middle School Students, Musical Instruments
Sweeney, Debra; Rounds, Judy – Arts & Activities, 2011
Trees are great inspiration for artists. Many art teachers find themselves inspired and maybe somewhat obsessed with the natural beauty and elegance of the lofty tree, and how it changes through the seasons. One such tree that grows in several regions and always looks magnificent, regardless of the time of year, is the birch. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Forestry, Color
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Hinshaw, Craig – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2011
Glass as an art form is anything but new. Three thousand years ago the Egyptians were molding glass beads and shaping elegant glass perfume bottles. In this article, the author describes how his students created sun catchers inspired by the beauty of Notre Dame's stained glass windows and the intrigue of Dale Chihuly's sculptures. (Contains 1…
Descriptors: Art Materials, Studio Art, Art Activities, Early Childhood Education
Mazur, Matt – Arts & Activities, 2013
Inspired by a beautiful bookmark one of the author's students made for him as a gift, he began a lesson exploring the vibrant bark paintings popular all over Mexico. The majority of his students have Mexican ancestry, so exploring the arts of Mexico is always popular and well received. Amate paintings can also be a great way to introduce the…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Painting (Visual Arts), Freehand Drawing
Nadeau, Pamela A. – Arts & Activities, 2012
When the author was training to be an art educator, she was employed as a sixth-grade English Language Arts (ELA) teacher. When the author moved into the art teacher position at the very same school, she borrowed her cooperating teacher Kim Donovan's ELA project, in which students will design an 1800s-style "wanted poster," and transformed it into…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Portraiture, Freehand Drawing
Kosta, Timothy J. – Arts & Activities, 2012
Nature is all around, and can be the inspiration for some excellent creations in the classroom. How can a teacher bring these rich natural elements into the art class? As the author was exploring a hiking trail, he came across a large piece of bark from an old oak tree. A strong wind began to blow through the trees, the leaves began to rustle and…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Jubelirer, Shelly – Arts & Activities, 2012
Painting cityscapes is a great way to teach first-grade students about warm and cool colors. Before the painting begins, the author and her class have an in-depth discussion about big cities and what types of buildings or structures that might be seen in them. They talk about large apartment and condo buildings, skyscrapers, art museums,…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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Sands, Ian – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2012
To the general public, the topic of art education conjures up images of pencil drawings and tempera paint. If asked what a student might learn in an art class, a typical response might be that they will be taught how to draw and paint. This interpretation isn't totally incorrect, as drawing and painting are activities preformed in most artrooms.…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, High School Students, Art Materials
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Hartjen, Lisa F. – Art Education, 2012
In this article, the author shares her kinesthetic-based art classroom unit. The kinesthetic-based art unit was originally designed to address disparities in learning styles present in her art classroom. In particular, students who were generally disruptive during teacher-centered art instruction often focused easily during lessons infused with…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Kinesthetic Methods
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Lane, Shaw J. – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2012
Nature has always been a source of inspiration for artists across the centuries. Artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ansel Adams, and Andy Goldsworthy all drew inspiration for their work from nature. Seeds come from the dried pods, which when planted and cared for, bear fruit. In this article, the author describes how her…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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O'Hara, Cristina – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2012
In this article, the author describes how students can create a stunning as well as economical mosaic utilizing fall's brilliantly colored leaves, preserved at their peak in color. Start by choosing a beautiful fall day to take students on a nature walk to collect a variety of leaves in different shapes, sizes, and colors. Focus on collecting a…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, High School Students, Art Materials
Sterling, Joan – Arts & Activities, 2012
In this article, the author describes a lesson on Asian cultures. Asian cultures demonstrate respect for nature through their art. Students learned how to use Asian brush techniques and designs to create scrolls. They also learned how to write Haiku, a three-line form of poetry that uses a pattern of syllables.
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Poetry, Studio Art, Art Activities
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Leonard, Stephanie – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2012
In this article, the author describes a painting and drawing lesson which was inspired by the beautiful circular windows found in cathedrals and churches (also known as "rose windows"). This two-week lesson would reinforce both the concept of symmetry and students' understanding of the color wheel. (Contains 1 online resource.)
Descriptors: Color, Studio Art, Art Activities, Grade 4
Grigsby, Cathy Murray – Arts & Activities, 2012
In this article, first-grade students were taught the different kinds of lines that were part of the construction of various bridges--the curved lines of the arches of stone bridges, straight lines connecting the cables of a suspension bridge, vertical lines, horizontal lines, and so on. They gained practice in drawing structures and in fine brush…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
Osterer, Irv – Arts & Activities, 2012
One of the things that many post-secondary graphic-design schools look for in student portfolios is one or two typography projects with hand-rendered type. At Merivale High School, junior graphic-design classes work with traditional media, and every year they receive an assignment that encourages them to play with letter forms. In this article,…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Graphic Arts, Art Expression
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