Danielle Vanderkeyl

This is an excellent handout for pushing students beyond the "I know what I'm doing" phase, and forcing them into developing a solid plan before moving on to their final product. This handout works well for any 2D medium.

Make copies of this practice sheet for your students to learn paint control, color mixing, and blending. Pair this with a teacher sample, and demo of paint control for a great into to acrylic painting!

This generic class critique is a great introduction to critiques for students. We play it like musical chairs. When the music starts, they move around the room. When the music stops, they have two minutes to write positive feedback on a classmate's work. The music starts again, and they find a new seat and write constructive criticism.

I use this for my Art 1 kids before we dive into shading forms. This is a great exercise to introduce them to more beneficial ways to hold a pencil, circle shading instead of lines, and how value makes form. This would be followed up by additional sketchbook practice of forms, and a culminating lesson on value.