Sheena Kohlmeyer

Have you ever seen North Carolina's state reptile, the Eastern Box Turtle? The beautiful shell pattern of organic shapes is perfect for inspiring an art project. This art lesson includes step-by-step drawing instructions for drawing an Eastern Box Turtle's shell structure and instructions for using oil pastels (or crayons) and paint to create the artworks. Also included are science-related information about the turtles, NC 4th grade art, science and math standard connections, a supply and resour

I drew this handout on making the tessellation shapes for translations, rotations, and reflections to help my students remember what I had shown them during the demonstration time. Tessellation shapes fit together with no gaps and no overlaps. For my students, I demonstrate the three types of tessellation shapes by using a large square made of two (different) colors of construction paper glued back to back. The square has two shapes cut from adjacent sides and the shapes can be slid across to ex

This how-to-draw powerpoint can supplement a unit on Ancient Greek art or history. Teachers can use this a resource in learning how to draw a Greek style building and in showing students how to draw one. The powerpoint will show teachers and students how to take complicated subject matter and break it down into simpler steps with the use of measuring and drawing tools.

Using the one-point perspective drawing method, students can learn to draw roads or train tracks that look more realistic. In one-point perspective, roads and other objects appear smaller as they get farther away and as they get closer to the vanishing point. This handout can be used by teachers as a tool for breaking down the basic steps of perspective drawing before demonstrating to students. When I taught art at the elementary level, I used this lesson for fourth grade. I passed out a copy of

Brief history and process of traditional Cherokee style pottery

“How do I draw a person?” is a question many young students ask. The human figure can feel like an overwhelmingly complex drawing subject. Most art teachers have practiced drawing people as part of their training. They have carefully observed models and learned about body proportions. Teachers have years of experience seeing humans all around us. As students grow older, they can have similar learning experiences with observational drawing and proportions. Young students have not had these experi

Students can use this handout to remember how to make an Origami Jumping Frog after learning this origami model as a class.

My Elementary and Middle school Art class students use many supplies to make their creations, and putting the supplies back where they belong is an important part of maintaining the art classroom. Read about my table pass clean-up system (pass examples included). Also read about my Elementary Art Leaders system for clean-up time.