These 3rd grade self-portraits were charming and delightful.  We spent two class periods mixing colors for the background.  Each student ...

I love these monochromatic rhythm paintings!  The lighting was weird when I took the pictures, so I'm not sure the colors are as vibran...

These charming pictures of hands were a lesson on warm and cool colors.  The hands are colored in cool colors and the heart is colored in wa...

Here is an easy project for first graders to introduce complementary colors.  We started off by coloring a mini-color wheel (did not incl...

What are the Primary Colors?  Who was Piet Mondrian? The Nest will be looking at artwork by the artist named Piet Mondrian.  Some of his ...

box of stickers This was a super fun art project that I forgot to blog about earlier.  We did this at the summer art class I taught at my...

Monochromatic Rhythm Painting   The third graders are learning about how rhythm is used in art.  Rhythm is a principle of art that's ...

 I really enjoy these pictures.  These were made by second graders.  This is a monochromatic color exercise.  The students flip through maga...

Cool Hands, Warm Heart The kindergartners traced their hands and colored them with cool colors.  They drew a heart and colored it ...

kindergarten Primary color Mondrian design We did this project last week to introduce the primary colors-red, blue and yellow to the k...