Albrecht Durer and Printing

Snowy Landscape Art Lessons

Yvonne King October 13, 2018

In this series of lessons, students learn about color value by painting several layers of color to create a snowy landscape. Foreground and background is emphasized with trees of different sizes and…

Spring Flowers: Doodling Art Lesson

Bettina Yoder, Anita Yoder May 18, 2018

Students learn four simple doodling patterns as they use a black sharpie to fill in circles to create flowers. They learn how make butterflies to add to their picture, then finish it with leaves and…

Papier-Mâché Cuisine

Bettina Yoder May 4, 2018

In this art lesson plan, students use papier-mâché to create a piece of food and paint it. Bettina encourages teachers to use the project as context for a consideration of world hunger and the…

Owl or Bird Silhouette

Bettina Yoder April 28, 2018

In this art lesson plan, students paint a background with warm colors, then silhouette an owl or bird in black in the foreground.…

Mimetic Architecture

Bettina Yoder April 20, 2018

In this art lesson, students draw and paint a building that is shaped as an animal, food, or some other object.…

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Art Lesson

Bettina Yoder April 13, 2018

In this art lesson, students create a caterpillar in the style of Eric Carle and learn about how Eric Carle creates pictures.…

Debra Burkholder, Rebecca Beiler March 23, 2018

In this lesson plan, students learn about Albrecht Durer, a Renaissance artist. Students use Styrofoam to create a printing plate to print a simple nature picture. Classroom PowerPoint Download the…

Color Wheel Umbrella

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Debra Burkholder March 9, 2018

In this lesson plan, students draw an umbrella color wheel and color it using only primary colors. They combine the primary colors to create secondary colors. Partially Finished Umbrella Finished…

Snowy Winter Night

Sharon Yoder March 9, 2018

This lesson plan outlines three art lessons in which students create a winter scene with paint and oil pastels. Students blend paint to show value.…

Lines and Spaces Art Lesson

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Carolyn Martin February 23, 2018

In this lesson, students recognize and produce lines: straight, curved, looped, jagged, wavy, diagonal, horizontal, and vertical. After drawing each of these lines, they color the spaces to create a…

Albrecht Durer and Printing

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