Warm and Cool Flowers

Image by Martin_Heigan via Flickr

For this lesson, we first talk about "warm" and "cool" colors and how they can change the mood of a painting. We also talk about Georgia O'Keeffe and the way she painted flowers. Then students are given the opportunity to paint their own warm, or cool flowers.

Thanks Kermit King Elementary students.

Picasso and Guitars

Pablo Picasso (Spain 1881-1973)
Picasso had a thing for guitars, as some of his "guitar art" below illustrates.

Kids have a thing for guitars too!

Here's a lesson where the students draw a guitar, draw intersecting lines, then color the spaces. Simple lesson, but always fun and colorful.

Special thanks to Mr. Lang, via Mr. Tedone, for sharing this lesson idea.

Start with a dot in the center of the page, to help students position their drawing.

Draw one horizontal oval below the dot. Draw lightly because these ovals will be erased later.

Draw a second oval below the first. Make it wider than the first one.

Draw the body of the guitar, using the ovals to guide your shape.

Erase both ovals.

Draw circle for hole in the guitar.

Draw neck of guitar.

Draw head on top of neck.

Draw some lines across the page. The fewer the lines, the less time needed to color the picture. More lines, means more time needed to color. Note - Drawing the guitar and 3 intersecting lines, then coloring it will take approx. 50 minutes.

Color or paint each shape in the picture.

Kermit King Elementary Artists

Kermit King Elementary Artists

Art Lesson, Starry Night

Vincent Van Gogh - Dutch, 1853-1890

Starry Night, 1889

Van Gogh's Starry Night is a perennial favorite.

Kids love the movement he so expertly realized in his sky and trees.

Sometimes short cuts let us squeeze in a very small art lesson, when little time is available. Here's a simple version for creating a Starry Night Sky.

Create a master of two swirls, moon with circle, and some various sized circles for the stars. Give each student a copy.

Kids color in the swirls, moon, and glowing stars.

Color a another piece of white paper with lots and lots of colored little lines to represent the sky background. Then cut and glue swirls, moon, and stars on the background.

Kermit King Elementary Artists

Kermit King Elementary Artist

Who says the colors have to be realistic? :)

Kermit King Elementary Artist