Mary Gingerich

Students can use this worksheet to practice beginner oil pastel techniques. They will learn how to control their hand pressure to create a variety of effects. They will make a gradient, a hard pressure blend, a light pressure blend, as well as other fun techniques like stippling, sgraffito, finger blend, and scrumble. They can reinforce their techniques by learning how to draw a sphere, and then finally there is a practice pumpkin at the bottom so that they can see the step by step for shading a

This is a step-by-step guide for elementary aged art students to create an adorable shape and line santa collage. You will need: White 9x12 paper Tracers made for each shape from cardstock or poster board Neutral colored oil pastels for the beard Red and pink chalk pastels Glue sticks Painted paper cut into 6"x9" pieces Skin toned construction paper cut into 4.5"x6" pieces Scissors Small triangles for the nose (pre-cut) from skin tones or pink/red

Learn how to use prismacolor colored pencils to practice shading, gradients, and color blending techniques using a variety of color theory ideals. This worksheet includes a full color basic color wheel and covers gradients, monochromatic colors, complimentary colors, and warm and cool colors. It allows students to come up with their own color combinations and includes fun shapes at the bottom to put their new knowledge to work!

Print these shadow box templates on white card stock and cut on the outer lines. Fold the edges of the base upwards and decorate the inside, and then choose a template for the front. These are great to make mini Nichos for Dia de Los Muertos, or just to create a decorative mini shadow box for any project!

40 unique fun facts about art! These cards can be printed and cut out to pull from a stack. There are 4 full color sheets with 10 cards per sheet. Wow your students with a new fun fact every week! These can also be printed on Avery size 5371 Labels. Enjoy!

This file contains 40 Zentangle patterns with names, and a space for students (or teachers!) to try drawing the patterns. There is also a simple pattern reference sheet included for younger grades as well as the blank template page for you to draw your own patterns. Enjoy!

This is a packet intended for helping elementary art students draw a self portrait in the style of Mario. It includes a step-by-step instructional guide, an idea sheet for a variety of eye, mouth and mustache shapes, as well as a range of hair shapes for students to utilize. It also has an alphabet in the font style of Mario video games so that students can make their own first initial on their hat. This project is so fun and engaging, and the possibilities for taking it further are endless!

Students will come away from this project with a vast variety of new skills! They will compare and contrast artworks from contemporary artist John Sabraw alongside artworks from Lascaux Cave. Students will create their own symbols of things that are important and meaningful to them inspired by the designs of Lascaux Cave. They will learn about how John Sabraw is saving polluted streams throughout Ohio and turns the Iron Oxide (the same material used to paint lascaux cave) to create artwork! Th

This lesson is geared towards upper elementary students and is focused on the style of Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein's comic book onomatopoeia words. Students will use his style but will brainstorm positive, uplifting words to use in the place of "boom" or "pop". The lesson introduces color, pattern, and Prismacolor blending techniques. Lesson plan bundle comes with an original video lesson and a planning sheet for students to explore pattern, color, blending techniques, and positive power words

Need a great early finisher activity, or a way to engage kids at the beginning of a class? Look no further! These cards have tons of hilarious and silly drawing prompts that keep kids engaged and excited about drawing. With 108 cards included, you will never run out of drawing ideas! I like to glue these onto black card stock, cut out and laminate, and then stick them into a bucket for my early finishers. However, they could work in a variety of ways! Hope you enjoy!

Students will come away from this project with a vast variety of new skills! They will compare and contrast artworks from contemporary artist John Sabraw alongside artworks from Lascaux Cave. Students will create their own symbols of things that are important and meaningful to them inspired by the designs of Lascaux Cave. They will learn about how John Sabraw is saving polluted streams throughout Ohio and turns the Iron Oxide (the same material used to paint lascaux cave) to create artwork! Th

These labels are great for any art room or general classroom! They can be used to label different supplies throughout your room, or to post on your white board to instruct students which supplies they will be using that day for projects. There are 14 pages to download and print! Most general art supplies are included and even some specialty supplies! Supplies include: - Crayons - Water Cup - Eraser - Colored Pencils - Markers - Model Magic - Liquid Glue - Glue Sticks - Black Sharpie - Scissors

This art lesson plan is complete with pacing guide, video resources and materials list to get you started. Lesson is focused on the style of Roy Lichtenstein's comic book onomatopoeia words, but with positive, uplifting words instead! Planning sheet sold separately

Students will come away from this project with a vast variety of new skills! They will compare and contrast artworks from contemporary artist John Sabraw alongside artworks from Lascaux Cave. Students will create their own symbols of things that are important and meaningful to them inspired by the designs of Lascaux Cave. They will learn about how John Sabraw is saving polluted streams throughout Ohio and turns the Iron Oxide (the same material used to paint lascaux cave) to create artwork! Th

This planning sheet is geared towards upper elementary students and can help them brainstorm positive, uplifting words. It is also a great worksheet to practice color combinations, patterns, and Prismacolor blending techniques.

This is a baseline assessment to test art concepts learned throughout the 4th grade curriculum. Students will be tested on color theory as well as the elements of art. This can be a formative assessment to utilize throughout the school year to gauge how students are progressing in art class.

This sheet can be used to assess student's knowledge of correct facial proportion. Can be used as a formative or post assessment. Answer Key: 1. Face on right 2. Face on right 3. Face on Left 4. Face on right 5. Line of Symmetry

Create your own "Roll a Masterpiece" worksheet game by filling in details for any of your favorite artists! All you have to do is pick a topic, fill in the image areas, and decide how many rolls for each column.

This is a baseline assessment to test art concepts learned throughout the 3rd grade curriculum. Students will be tested on color concepts as well as the elements of art. This can be a formative assessment to utilize throughout the school year to gauge how students are progressing in art class.

This is a baseline assessment to test art concepts learned throughout the 2nd grade curriculum. Students will be tested on symmetry, color theory, parts of a landscape, texture, line, and shape. This can be a formative assessment to utilize throughout the school year to gauge how students are progressing in art class.