Although I’ve had my website up and running since 2016,  I don’t know how many of you are visiting my website for the first time, or if you are looking for something in particular….So I thought I’d add a quick glimpse of some of the lesson’s  I have to offer on here!  

Lessons are under the menu tab by grade. Each lesson includes directions and the learning goals. Just scroll through the grade level page to find a lesson. You can also type in the lessons name in my search bar and it’ll bring you to a blog post of that lesson (if I created a blog post on that particular lesson). 

All artwork shown on my site is of my student’s artwork. You can visit my YouTube channel as well, which has my video tutorials on some of these lessons (link is under the menu tab)

Silly Monster Selfies -2nd grade

Dia de los Muertos Skulls -3rd grade 

Dotted Leaf painting -4th grade

Superhero Masks- 2nd grade 

Patterned Pumpkins w/ oil pastel -3rd grade

Tissue paper pumpkin collage -Special Education

Pumpkins Starry Night – K/1 (details on this coming soon! ) 

Splatter Painted Ghosts, Bats, Pumpkins -1st grade

Pumpkin Tinfoil Prints -2nd grade 

Evening Forest Perspective Paintings-5th grade 

Not so scary scarecrow collage -1st grade 

K / 1 Fall Leaves 

Owls at night -2nd grade

Spooky Eyeball Drawings -4th grade

Radial symmetry printmaking -4th grade

Holiday Lights -5th grade

Pulled String painting -Special Education

OP Art -5th grade

Victorian Architecture -4th grade

Abstract self portraits- 2nd grade 

Splattered Paintbrushes-5th grade

Mixed-media bouquet of flowers -5th grade 

3D water Lily -2nd grade

Grid Drawing – 5th grade

Mixed- media birds nests -5th grade

Winter bears in sweaters 2nd  grade

Watermelon Weaving -1st grade

Abstract Tint paintings -4th grade

Catching snowflakes -2nd grade

Wayne Thiebaud Inspired Mixed-Media Donuts! 4th grade

3D winter mugs -3rd grade 

Georgia O’Keefe enlarged flowers -4th grade

Hot air balloons -1st grade

Symmetrical name creatures -4th grade 

Complementary creature prints -3rd grade 

Mixed-media alphabet soup -1st grade

Finish the picture -3rd grade

Polar bears -3rd grade

April showers brings May flowers -2nd grade

Self-portraits w/ personal symbols -3rd grade

Birch tree landscapes -2nd grade

Sunset silhouettes- 3rd grade

Matisse inspired organic shapes collage -3rd grade

Believe in your selfie -4th grade

Birds eye view snowmen -1st grade

Snowy Owl Collage -Special Education

Bubblegum blowing self portraits-1st grade

Springtime bunnies and bearcubs -2nd grade 

Springtime bunny, bear or fox! – 2nd grade

Mondrian inspired paintings -1st grade

Love is in the air -1st grade

April Showers -Special Education

Tanglebird -1st grade

Mixed media Bridge -Special Education

Self-portraits -1st grade 

Rainbow Heart Cards -Special Education

3D Line Sculptures- 1st grade 

Mixed-Media Hearts -Special Education

Textured Paper Quilts -1st grade

Clay Birds in Nests -Special Education

Printmaking Vase of Flowers -Special Education

Positive/ negative hands- 2nd grade

3D Heart -3rd grade 

Dandelion puffs -4th grade

Initial Design with Analogous Colors -4th grade

Falling for Foreshortening -5th grade

Sandra Silberzweig Inspired Portraits -5th grade

Rainbow self-portraits with lines- Kindergarten 

Sunflowers in a Vase -3rd grade

Organic and Geometric shape robot- Kindergarten 

Stay tuned for a new post soon on 5th grade One Point Perspective and a NEW YouTube tutorial on 4th grade Victorian Architecture soon!

“In progress” pics of 5th graders working on their “One Point Perspective Cityscape” lesson 

*The first picture above  is my teacher example, below the text are all my students artwork 

SO proud of my students! 

I think just 1 more art class,  until two out of my four 5th grade classes complete them! 

This lesson will take 5 to 6 (40 minute) art classes total to complete. 

I love how close they get to their papers and their focus! 

Amazing lesson from @kerry.daley_artteacher

I can’t wait to see and share their finished artwork! My fifth graders are putting all their effort into it and are really enjoying this lesson!

Once artwork is complete, I’ll post the final drawings again here and in the “5th grade art lessons” page! 

ALSO- 

I just added two NEW lessons that I haven’t posted before —————- K/1  “Self-Portraits with Rainbow Lines” at the BOTTOM of my “Kindergarten Art Lessons” page, as well as “Future Self” to the BOTTOM of my “3rd Grade Art Lessons” page 

#artlessons #artlessonsforkids #1pointperspective 

#5thgradeartlessons

#artwithmrsfilmore

#Onepointperspectivedrawing

#Artlessonideas

#artlessonsforelementarykids

This lesson took (4) 40 minute classes to complete. 

On day 1, students learned about the life and artwork created by Yayoi Kusama, then  drew along with me as I demonstrated how to draw the pumpkin, under the document camera. They drew with pencil first on 9 x 12“ 80 # white drawing paper.

Next, students drew whatever patterns they wanted in every other section of their pumpkin. 

Then used black sharpie to trace over all their pencil lines, and colored in their patterns with black sharpie. 

We talked about the principle of art “contrast” and how adding the black and white patterns against the brightly colored oil pastel adds a ton of contrast to their work, and makes it pop! 

Then they added oil pastels to the sections that did not have any patterns. 

I demonstrated to students how to clean the tips of the oil pastels with a folded paper towel to get rid of any residue from other colors that may be on their oil pastel stick. This prevents other colors from smearing onto their art. 

(I keep dozens of colors together in clear, plastic shoe box containers to share between groups at tables, or in between desks)

They are always so amazed every time I show them this trick!! 

They could use any colors they wanted (although we discussed how blending complementary colors like red and green together would create a brown) and blended any two colors that connected. 

For the final step, students cut out their pumpkin, leaving a bit of white paper along their entire pumpkin. 

I love the variety of line, shape, pattern and vibrant color! Not to mention the awesome contrast! 

Lesson from @2art.chambers on Instagram 

Please Note: In case you follow me, and saw this lesson under my 4th grade section at a previous time— its posted under my 4th grade art lessons page from a couple of years ago because back then I taught it to 3rd AND 4th grade the same year.

LEARNING GOALS

• Students can demonstrate an understanding of overlapping and color blending and show this in their artwork 
• Students can define and create patterns in their artwork 
• Students can define contrast and show this in their artwork
• Students can identify and create artwork inspired by Yayoi Kusama 

Be on the look out tomorrow for a new post on a NEW exciting lesson for 5th!

The two first prints at the top are my teacher examples FYI

This was a very fun 3 day art lesson! 

To prepare for the lesson, I took 30 sheets of tinfoil and traced a piece of 80# drawing paper (9×12”) onto each sheet of tinfoil with sharpie. Be sure to make the rectangle a little larger than the actual paper. 

*Tip – Use “heavy duty” tinfoil – not the regular kind. It will last longer. The tinfoil sheets can be wiped down with water and paper towels after each use, and be re-used a few times unless it rips. 

Then students followed along with me as I showed them under the doc camera how to draw their pumpkin on a sheet of 9×12” 80# paper with pencil.

Then inside each section of their pumpkin they drew patterns with pencil. 

Then they traced over all lines with a black sharpie. Students filled in some of the shapes with black sharpie as well.

Then on DAY 3, students colored in the rectangle on their sheet of tinfoil with whatever colors they wanted, any way they wanted, using Crayola washable markers, making sure to fill in all of it. I always tell the kids to color in beyond the rectangle a bit, just to be sure it’s fully colored. Make sure to leave no bald spots. 

With their finished black and white pumpkin drawing next to them, and a large messy mat under their colored tinfoil, I walked around and sprayed water using a spray bottle about 5 or 6 times onto the colored part of the tinfoil (maybe holding it 12” away) 

Students then placed their pumpkin paper (face down) onto the colored in area and pressed all over the entire backside of their drawing for at least 20-30 seconds. 

Kids hands will definitely get a lot of marker on them, but I let them know that ahead of time, and just explain it will wash out over the next few handwashing’s. I like to wear gloves as I demo to kids for this reason! 

After counting to about 30 seconds, while pressing and smoothing over the backside of their papers all the way to the edges, students carefully lifted one corner of their pumpkin drawing and flipped their paper over onto the tinfoil to reveal their awesome print!

 All the marker transfers onto their pumpkin drawing! 

After,  students picked up and placed the messy mat, tinfoil and pumpkin print onto the drying rack to dry. 

Kids had a BLAST creating these!! This is definitely a fun and exciting lesson that I’ll definitely keep doing again and again! 

I saw this lesson idea about 4 or 5 years ago on Instagram from a few different art teachers @mrsallainart 

@art2.chambers and @helloartteacher

LEARNING GOALS

• Students can create a print using markers and water on tinfoil
• Students learn the basics of printmaking 
• Students can define and create various patterns within their artwork

The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt