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Roll a Funny Monster! Get ready for a fun and creative drawing game! Roll the dice to design your own unique monster using different elements of art—line, shape, texture, and color. This activity is perfect for sparking imagination while reinforcing key art concepts in elementary school students (and also helping to overcome all negative things associated with the word "monster"!) How to Play:Roll the dice to determine each part of your monster (head, eyes, mouth, body, arms, legs, and extra d

This is a handout I used this week with my kindergarteners. We watched a short animation about shapes and had a discussion about organic shapes ( mostly found in nature, we can draw them freehand) and geometric shapes (the shapes familiar to us from math lessons, we need tools like rulers to draw them precisely). This printout can be used with Elementary school students. The activity is to complete the drawing of a robot (using geometric shapes) and the portrait of the funny monster (using organ

This is a handout I used this week with my kindergarteners. I included examples of the lines to get them started. This printout can be used in any grade. I loved the quote by Paul Klee, so I had to add it to my handout design!

In this lesson we are looking at the ways to use line to draw a shape, and a shape to convey a form. Students are encouraged to look at the provided examples, and to practice drawing a variety of forms on the spare piece of paper. Second part of the handout demonstrates how we can deconstruct the forms into shapes using artwork by Wayne Thiebaud. My suggestion is to look at this artist's works and see what forms and shapes you can identify with your students.

At the beginning of the new school year get to know your students a little better! This fun one-page questionnaire is all about your students' favorite things. This handout works as an ice-breaker for a new group. I keep these one-page handouts until kids graduate 8th grade.

This week we are visiting the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, to see the Tudors exhibit. This is a handout I've made for my middle schoolers which is sort of a scavenger hunt activity, where the students asked to match the fragment of the art to the artist/title. Hopefully, this activity will make them look closer and investigate!

This week I am taking my middle school students to see The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. This is a handout specifically made for this field trip and includes an activity of matching the art to the artist/title.

I've used these handouts on the first day of art instruction to get to know new students/ get student's feedback on their favorite art supplies, projects, etc. Works great as an ice-breaker as you get a chance to ask follow up questions or comment on common favorites.

A simple worksheet for middle schoolers to practice drawing of different textures. Students are invited to simulate the surfaces of various objects.