Inside: These five artworks for kids are perfect to share in any classroom or age group. Each one includes discussion questions to get the conversation started! Here are 5 artworks for kids that are, in my experience, fun to discuss with all ages. I have given guiding questions below with each work, and you can…
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Making Art with Kids: Chagall-Inspired Drawings
For blog inspiration, I just flipped through all my photos from my elementary art teaching days to find a lesson to write about. Usually I avoid this because it usually provokes some PTSD teaching dreams, but that’s a story for another day. 🙂 This lesson is inspired by one of my favorite artists, Marc Chagall….
10 Artworks Perfect for an Art Criticism Lesson
Through my many years of teaching, I’ve accumulated a nice list of artworks that are perfect to discuss with students and teach them how to analyze art. These artworks spark lots of interesting ideas, have easy to notice design choices that contribute to the meaning, and always lead to a great art criticism discussion (or…
The Ultimate Collection of Color in Art: Examples and Definitions
It’s time again for an Elements and Principles of Art post! This post includes good examples of color in art, divided into categories. This list of examples of color in art contains the following elements of color: warm and cool colors in art, primary color art, complementary colors in art, analogous colors examples, neutral colors in…
Artworks that Show Line
Inside: This is ultimate list of example artworks that show the different types of line in art for your elements and principles of art lessons. The list of types of line in art includes implied lines, diagonal lines, gesture lines, outlines, contour lines, expressive lines, and more! I don’t know about you, but I often find…
Best Artist Books and Movies for Kids and Adults
Although I don’t think it is necessary to study the lives of individual artist to enjoy and connect with their artwork, hearing stories about artists can make their art come alive in new and exciting ways. Several months ago, I received a message from a reader. This is what she said. My number one struggle…
Kinesthetic Learning in Art: Artworks That Make You Move
On Monday, I listed 10 kinesthetic art activities to do in front of works of art. Now, here are 12 artworks that can be explored through movement. Show the art to the kids and get them moving with some kinesthetic art appreciation activities! Don’t stop there; be sure to discuss the artwork with your students…
A Year of Art Appreciation for Kids: 52 Artworks your Child Should Know
I have compiled for you a massive list of artworks for you to look at with your kids this year. I picked one artwork for each week of the year, and I tried to pick the best of the best. If you haven’t been showing art to your kids, this is a great list to…
5 Artworks about Love
I’m so excited today to be guest posting on the 31 Days of Love series which started today on Red Ted Art, an amazing blog I greatly admire! Hop on over to my post called “5 Artworks About Love” to learn about some new art and be inspired just in time for Valentine’s Day. Each…
How to Look at Art with a Toddler: My first YouTube video and a printable!
To celebrate the launch of Art Class Curator, my daughter and I created our first YouTube video. In the video, Zuzu (age 2.5) and I talk together about a Marc Chagall painting, Paris Through my Window. I have included below some discussion questions you can use to talk to your child about this painting below,…
20 Great Artworks to Look at with Young Kids
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to help parents talk about works of art with their toddlers and preschoolers. To help you get comfortable talking about art with your kids, I’ve put together a list of 20 artworks that work well with toddlers and preschoolers. My two-year-old sat on my lap while I…
One Week in New York City
As I have already mentioned, I recently took a trip to NYC for about a week. I thought I’d document our New York City itinerary for those planning their own trip and as a way to journal my own experience. Here goes! Day One: We took an early early flight to NYC from Dallas. We…
Which New York City art museum should I visit?
I have a major dilemma (fwp) here that I am trying to work out, so I thought I’d work it out here on the blog. In a couple of weeks, I am visiting New York City for the first time (squee!). I am super excited. My husband and I are going for five full days…
