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…
