Fun Art Projects

This powerpoint includes artwork by MC Escher and a few other op artists. It explores space and form and includes many examples of op art projects. The 2 demo videos show how to draw an optical illusion and color it to depict the illusion of form. This is a fun back to school project or any time of the year. Students get very into it. I've done this project with 5th-8th grade and have had great results.

This PowerPoint includes masks from a variety of cultures all over the world. The videos show step by step instructions to completing a clay mask using a mask mold. This is a fun projects students enjoy.

This is a bundle of 2 Wayne Thiebaud Inspired Projects. The first powerpoint includes information about Wayne Thiebaud, his art, and the element of art form. These 2 projects teach about form, how to create the illusion of form in drawing followed by creating a physical form with clay. The second powerpoint discusses clay terms and glazing techniques. There are 4 demo videos. 2 demo videos model how to create a cake drawing and paint it. I use this project for square 1 each year, the results ar

This bundle includes demo videos that show step by step instructions for 3 projects -1 Point perspective Name or Word (2 Videos) -1 Point Perspective Landscape drawing (desert) (2 videos) -1 Point Perspective City drawing (2 Videos)

Bundle Includes: -Slideshow (Guiding students through research) -1 Video on how to copy and paste pictures for google slide show -6 Art Project Videos (clay mask/plaster masks, clay vases, tie dye) -Country Research Graphic Organizer -Peer Grading Rubric -Peer Compare and Contrast Artwork Activity worksheet World Research Project: this is a class wide project I facilitate in art class. Students select a country to research and create a slideshow about the artwork from that country. Students us

This radial symmetry project bundle includes a powerpoint and 3 demo videos. The materials needed for this are: Shape stencils, rulers, drawing paper, pencils, and markers. I've used this project for students in 2nd and 4th grade and both turned out well. I'm sure it would work well for other grades as well. Also a good square 1 art project.

In this demo video, step by step instructions are given to create a one point perspective landscape drawing. Students can follow along or watch the video prior to the lesson. This video details vocabulary for 1 point perspective and creating the illusion of space. This is one of 2 videos.

This is a great project to help students get to know each other. They can create a name tag that represents their interests. This bundle includes: -Powerpoint with student examples -Demo video to walk students through -Worksheet to scaffold their ideas

This bundle includes 2 videos and a PowerPoint detailing 1 point perspective and how it's applied in art. This is a fun project that students enjoy. It can work as a good ice breaker or a nice closure too. It's also a great introduction to 1 point perspective. Materials needed: pencil, paper, erasers, colored pencils and or markers.

This Mandala bundle includes a ppt, video, classroom guide, lesson, and project rubric and self assessment. The ppt has a few slides regarding the history of Mandalas. It includes student work examples as well as daily warm ups related to Mandalas and principles of design. I used this project teaching Junior high and high school and the results were always great. It's a 3 part project beginning with graphite Mandalas, then Ink Mandalas, and lastly acrylic mandalas. I used chip board for the acry

World Research Project: this is a class wide project I facilitate in art class. Students select a country to research and create a slideshow about the artwork from that country. Students usually work well in partners for this. After each research topic, students create their own artwork in connection with that topic. Country research topics: -Traditional textiles of selected country -Traditional masks of selected country -Traditional vases/vessels of selected country 3 Art projects pair wit

This Powerpoint includes many different examples of 1 point perspective. It's used for 3 different perspective projects. 66 Slides -1 Point perspective Name -1 Point Perspective Landscape Drawing/watercolor -1 Point perspective city drawing This powerpoint is meant to go with a bundle of demo videos for all 3 projects. This is not the bundle. You can find the bundle in my store.

This powerpoint includes artwork by MC Escher and a few other op artists. It explores space and form and includes many examples of op art projects. There are demo videos that show how to do one of the optical illusions and is optional in a bundle.

This is a basic powerpoint that shows the steps to create this radial symmetry project. It is meant to go with the demo videos which are in my store. I recommend purchasing the bundle instead of this solo powerpoint because the bundle includes the demo videos.

This video describes how to make a clay mask using a mask mold. This is video 1 of 3. The clay I use is Laguna EM330. This is a fun project that students enjoy. Materials: Clay Mask Mold Tools- bamboo skewer, forks, popsicle sticks Water cup

This video models the pinch pot and coil technique to create a clay cupcake. This project is part of a Wayne Thiebaud inspired unit which is available in a bundle in my store. Students really enjoy this project. I use Laguna EM330 clay but I imagine air dry clay would work too.

This is the scaffolded worksheet that goes with the Name tag project. For elementary students I only used the first page. For middle school-high school, I used the 2-4th page as well. Rubric is optional. Check out my store for this project bundle that incldes a demo video.

This Mandala ppt has a few slides regarding the history of Mandalas. It includes student work examples as well as daily warm ups related to Mandalas and principles of design. I used this project teaching Junior high and high school and the results were always great. It's a 3 part project beginning with graphite Mandalas, then Ink Mandalas, and lastly acrylic mandalas. I used chip board for the acrylic paintings and had student cut it down to size. Students were quiet doing this project, it can b

This is a great project for students to share a bit about themselves and get to know each other. The powerpoint is included in this page and shows student examples, however this project is part of a bigger bundle that includes the scaffolded worksheet and a demo video. Check out my page for the bundle.

This is video 2 of 3. The powerpoint for this project is available as a bundle(including the videos) in the store.