Lesson Plans - Art to Remember

Lesson Plans
All Grade Levels
Preschool Art Ideas
Children of preschool age and younger can make colorful pictures of their own that look great on all Art to
Remember products. Here are several examples that have worked well with past customers. See more at
www.ArttoRemember.com!
Handprint and footprint art can be used to make anything from fun bugs, tame or wild animals and funny
frogs and fish!
Hand Stamp Flower Painting
Preschool
Objective
Children will learn about colors, textures, and different art mediums.
Textured Background
Sponged Background
Required Materials
 Pictures of flowers from seed catalogues, calendars, fresh flowers, silk flowers, and artists floral
paintings
 8" x 10.5" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Washable paint, (tempera or poster paint but not fluorescent), crayons (large), texture boards or
any material that has a texture on it, paint brushes, Styrofoam trays or cookie sheets
Instructions
1. Prepare background. Place paper over textured surface and rub surface lightly with broad side of
color crayons that have had paper removed. You may overlap several colors for a different effect.
Sponge painting the background is another option.
2. Painting process. Pour small amounts of paint in trays in a variety of colors. Press child’s hand in
desired color and carefully print on an area of paper where flower is to be placed. Add one or
more flowers to complete stamping. Using paint brushes, have the children add leaves and
details to complete their paintings.
3. Print name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost in
printing.
Bugmania
Elementary
Objective
What do BUGS do? Fly, creep, swim and climb! What environment do they live in? Let your
students use their imagination and create a wild and colorful world for one or more buggy
creatures. Have them use various shapes to create the bugs and their surroundings.
Required Materials
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Markers
 Pictures of different bugs
Instructions
1. Draw your composition lightly in pencil. Make sure students use most of the space on the paper. Draw
large! Geometric shapes can be used to draw a bug, such as a beetle. A circle for the head and eyes, an
oval for the thorax, and a larger or longer oval shape for the abdomen. Add additional lines and shapes
for patterns. Remember to draw the antennae and the six legs for your insect! Have fun! Use your
imagination! Give the bug a plant or two to make the background more interesting!
2. Add color. Use colors that are vibrant and that contrast. Do not use metallic or neon colors because they
do not reprint well.
3. Outline in black markers for emphasis.
4. Print student’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost in
printing.
Color Texture Drawings
Elementary
Objective
Students will discover new ways to add color and style to their drawings. Color and Texture are two of
the elements being reinforced in this lesson.
Required Materials
 Artwork previously completed by teacher and/or students. Lots of resource pictures that
students can reference when they begin their preliminary sketch. If the students are using
stuffed animals as subject matter, they could bring their favorite animal from home to make the
product more personal to them.
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, erasers, colored fine point markers.
Instructions
1. The student will sketch his or her animal or other subject matter on the white paper drawing
large enough to fill the paper.
2. After sketching the picture with pencil, the student will use fine point markers to “color” the
picture using small circles next to and touching each other. Do not begin randomly. Work in
small sections. Don’t forget the background!
3. Print student’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be
lost in printing.
Flower Power
Elementary
Objective:
Students will learn to paint or draw realistic flowers using complimentary colors and utilize the entire
page.
Required Materials
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Paint (semi-moist watercolor or tempera paint), markers
 Flowers, silk flowers, calendars and artists floral paintings such as Georgia O’Keefe.
Instructions
1. Choose a flower shape and draw it very large to the edge of the paper in pencil.
2. Using bright colors fill in the flower image. Hint: be creative - they don’t have to be the real
flower color. Make your flower your favorite color.
3. Carefully color in the background with a contrasting color.
4. Optional – outline the flower image in a dark color.
5. Print student’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be
lost in printing.
How My Garden Grows!
Elementary
Objective
To learn how to use geometric shapes to draw flowers and insects.
Required Materials
 Pictures of flowers and insects from publications such as Better Homes and Garden Magazine
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, markers or crayons.
Instructions
1. Ask students to name different kinds of flowers: daisies, roses, sunflowers, tulips, lilies,
dandelions, etc. Show students how to use basic geometric shapes to draw flowers. Ask students
how old they are. They will draw the same number of flowers as their age. The flowers should be
fairly large.
2. Ask students what insects or bugs like flowers: butterflies, bees, caterpillars, etc. They can
include these in their picture. As a part of a science aspect, discuss the body parts of an insect.
3. Draw a circle for the butterfly head, and oval shape for the thorax, and a longer skinnier oval for
the abdomen. Next add the eyes and antennae. Butterflies have two sets of wings on each side of
their bodies. Draw a large circular shape on each side of the thorax. Under that shape draw a
large U-shape that touches the bottom of the body and curves around to the edge of the first
wing shape. The wings need to be symmetrical, another vocabulary term that students can be
introduced to.
4. Color the pictures with crayons. If time or extra room allows, students could add a sun, clouds, or
a rainbow in the sky. Finally, for extra pizzazz, trace the drawings with a black crayon after
finished coloring.
5. Print student’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be
lost in printing.
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Layered
Landscape
Elementary
Objective
Students will identify the layers in a landscape picture and recognize which is progressively at a further
distance away.
Required Materials
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, colors of choice (oil pastel outlines with watercolor work very well)
Instructions
1. Discuss with students which is closer in this picture: the tree or the green hills?
2. There are three rules of distance to observe:
a. Size of Objects- Generally, the closer the object, the larger it appears
b. Distance to the bottom of the page- Generally, closer objects begin further down.
c. Detail- The closer the object, the greater detail that it might have (blades of grass can be
seen close up)
3. With a pencil, sketch in layers you would like to have. Ideas: grass, bushes, trees, mountains,
body of water horizontally, hills, sky with clouds)
4. Outline the important parts, then color or paint in with a thin paint
5. Print child’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost
in printing.
Lighthouse Drawings
Elementary
Objective
To learn how to use shapes to create a lighthouse and how to use art materials effectively to add color
and form to the shapes.
Colored with crayons
Painted with tempera cake paints
Required Materials
 Examples of lighthouse pictures for students to see. Use old calendars, the Internet or art
websites. American artist Edward Hopper painted a number of lighthouse paintings.
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, markers, paint; semi-moist watercolor or tempera paint (basic watercolors not
recommended)
Instructions
1. Draw a horizon line near the center of their paper. Next draw two almost vertical lines that
intersect with the horizon line to make the sides of the lighthouse. The lines will be closer
together at the beginning and gradually move farther apart. Leave a couple of inches at the top
and bottom of the paper for the roof and cliff.
2. Connect the top of the lines together with a line that curves up in the middle, and then curves
back down to the other line (like a frown). This will be the top of the lighthouse without the roof.
To make the bottom of the lighthouse, draw a line that curves down in the middle and then
curves back up (like a smile).
3. Draw a triangle or half circle to make the roof for the lighthouse. On top of the roof add a
decorative finale.
4. Add stripes or diamonds on the lighthouse. Any horizontal lines on the lighthouse that are above
the horizon line will curve up slightly in the middle (like a frown). Any horizontal lines below the
horizon line will curve down (like a smile).
5. Add a small house on the side of the lighthouse for the lighthouse keeper. Draw a cliff around
the lighthouse.
6. Make sure to leave a space at the top of the lighthouse next to the roof for the light to shine out
over the water. Large boulder shapes can be added at the bottom of the paper.
7. Color with crayons, colored pencils, or markers. Students could trace drawings with thin
permanent markers and paint with watercolors or tempera paint cakes. Try to add darker
shades of color on one side of the lighthouse to make it look rounder. Use yellows and oranges
to make the light look like it is glowing at the top of the lighthouse.
8. Print student’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be
lost in printing.
My Favorite Pet
Elementary
Objective
Students will learn to draw from pictures and add their own creative touches utilizing the entire page
and a variety of colors.
Required Materials
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Crayons or markers
 Pictures of student’s pets from home or examples
Instructions
1. Discuss with students their favorite pet or animal; ask them to bring in a picture if possible.
2. Observe the shape of your pet and draw lightly in pencil. Pay attention to your pet’s
surroundings. Is he running, playing or doing a trick!
3. Color with markers, crayons or a combination using a variety of lights and darks.
4. Optional outline in black markers for emphasis.
5. Create an interesting background. Is your pet inside or outside? Be sure to fill in the entire
background in color.
6. Print child’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost
in printing.
Mystery Pattern Picture
Elementary
Objective
Students will learn how to incorporate patterns into their artwork and utilize shapes and colors.
Required Materials
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Artwork by Henri Matisse.
Wallpaper or fabric sample books.
8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
Pencils, markers, crayons, paint; semi-moist watercolor or tempera paint. Paintbrushes, water
bowls.
Instructions
1. Choose a geometric shape such as a circle, rectangle, square or triangle. Draw it very large on
your paper in pencil, leaving at least an inch margin on top and bottom.
2. Draw your first name or initials within the geometric shape.
3. Decide what you want your shape to be about. Be creative! A rectangle could be a van, house or
billboard. A circle could be a fish, a planet in outer space or a ball. Create an interesting
background for your shape.
4. Create repeat patterns and draw them in the spaces between your name or initials.
5. Color with markers or colored pencil. Outline areas you would like to emphasize.
6. Print student’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be
lost in printing.
Sailboat Paintings
Elementary
Objective
To learn about American Artist Winslow Homer, and to use watercolor paints to create a painting. Using
shapes, lines and contrasting colors is also important for this project.
Required Materials
 If possible, find pictures of American artist Winslow Homer’s paintings of sailboats. He painted
them while he was in the Bahamas. If his work is not available, any pictures of sailboats and palm
trees would work.
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, markers, crayons, paint; semi-moist watercolor or tempera paint (basic watercolors not
recommended), markers. Paintbrushes, water bowls.
Instructions
1. Demonstrate how to draw the boat by drawing an upside down trapezoid for the bottom of the
boat, and smaller right side up one for the cabin of the boat.
2. Draw a vertical line above the cabin for the mast of the boat. On each side of the line draw a
triangle for the sails. They are more interesting if they are not the same size. Students can add
stripes on the sails and on the boat. They can also add windows and doors to the cabin.
3. Behind the boat, which should be located near the center of the paper, show students how to
draw a horizon line. Near the bottom of their paper, they can draw another line for the beach.
4. On each side of their paper, students can draw palm trees or tropical plants. To draw a palm
tree, draw a very skinny tall trunk. At the top of each trunk, draw five or six lines coming out like
spokes on a wheel. On each side of the line draw a curved or zigzag line for the edges of the palm
leaves.
5. Optional outline in black markers for emphasis.
6. Next students will be either coloring their art with crayons or markers or painting with tempera
paint cakes or watercolors. Paintings will be more successful if students paint the boat, sand and
trees one day, and the water and sky on another day. Remind students to use contrasting colors.
Warm colors-pink, yellow, orange, and red in the sky, blue, purple, and a little green in the water.
Avoid making the boat a color that matches the water or sky too closely.
7. Print student’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be
lost in printing.
Silhouette
Elementary
Objective
Students will recognize foreground and background using a colorful background and a black silhouette
foreground.
Required Materials
 8" x 10.5" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Paint, Pencils, Sharpie Markers (optional)
Instructions
1. Discuss with students which is closer in this picture: the palm tree or the sky.
2. Observe the background (colorful) and discuss painting with watercolor washes or fading colors
together.
3. Paint the background first and let dry.
4. While paint is drying, students can begin sketching ideas for the foreground.
5. On the Background, students can pencil in the silhouette image. (Another option is cutting out
the design on another paper and allowing students to trace it onto the background.) Then trace
in black permanent marker for a crisp edge, and paint in the foreground shape black.
6. Print child’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost
in printing.
Still Life a La Pattern
Elementary
Objective
Students will learn about still life art, artists and the use of patterns in art.
Required Materials
 Pieces by Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso.
 Objects that could be included in a still life picture – musical instruments, fruit, flowers and
books. Wallpaper and fabric sample books that have repeat patterns.
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Markers or crayons
Instructions
1. Draw one or more objects for your picture lightly in pencil. Overlap shapes that are in front or
back to show depth.
2. Create repeat patterns in several areas of your picture. This can be on one or more of the objects
or the background.
3. Color with markers or crayons using contrasting colors so that your still life will be the center of
interest.
4. Optional outline in black markers for emphasis.
5. Print child’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost
in printing.
Tropical Feathered Friends
Elementary
Objective:
To learn about endangered birds and create a picture that incorporates their environment
utilizing bright, vivid colors and create effects using contrasting colors.
Required Materials
 Books about tropical and exotic birds and the rainforest, photography books, National
Geographic.
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Markers or tempera paints
Instructions
1. Draw lightly in pencil your exotic bird or birds in a tropical environment surrounded by colorful
flowers, plants and trees. Draw your bird large so that it is the focal point or center of interest.
2. Color your picture using yummy, lush, exotic colors such as bright orange, lemon yellow, hot pink,
lime green and peacock blue. Contrast light against dark for emphasis.
3. Outline in black markers for emphasis.
4. Print child’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost
in printing.
Underwater Scene
Elementary
Objective
Students will learn to map out the ocean, floor and sea creatures, leaving no white space.
Required Materials
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Crayons or markers
 Pictures of underwater scenes and underwater animals and plants
Instructions
1. Have students divide paper into three sections – ocean floor, water and sky in pencil. Make the
water the largest space!
2. Discuss different types of sea animals they might like to include in their picture and draw lightly in
pencil. Add details of sea grasses and coral or shipwrecks.
3. Color with crayons or markers. Outline for emphasis. Use colors that contrast with the sky and
water.
4. Optional outline in black markers for emphasis.
5. Print child’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost
in printing.
Van Gogh Starry Nights
Elementary
Objective
Students will learn about Vincent van Gogh and his art. To learn to use crayons and watercolor paint
effectively to create his swirly sky. (Or use watercolor crayons and brush with water lightly!)
Required Materials
 A picture of Vincent van Gogh’s painting, “The Starry Night.”
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, markers, crayons, crayons or water-soluble crayons, paint; semi-moist watercolor or
tempera paint (basic watercolors not recommended). Paintbrushes, water bowls.
Instructions
1. Have students look at the painting, “The Starry Night.” Notice how swirly the stars and sky are.
What are the main colors in his painting? Students will draw a landscape picture of someplace
they have visited. It could be a beach, a big city, someplace with mountains and lakes, an
amusement park, or even just their back yard!
2. After students draw their picture, they can trace over the lines with water-soluble or just crayons.
In the sky, use dots of yellow or white for the stars. Remember to add the moon! Use white and
yellow oil pastels around the stars with short dash lines. Fill the spaces in between the stars with
dash lines of light and dark blue, and purples. Try to make the sky look wavy and swirly! Leave
space in between the lines for the paint.
3. The spaces can be painted with watercolor paint, or simply colored lightly with the crayons if
paints are not available. Paint yellow over the circular stars and blue and purple paint in the rest
of the sky.
4. Set paintings in a safe area to dry.
5. Print student’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be
lost in printing.
Fanciful Pet Portraits (Becca Fischer Inspired Art)
Elementary
Objective
Students will explore optical illusions and practice using line and color to create their own!
Required Materials
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, erasures, your choice of colors (paint, pencils, markers), pictures of animals to look at
 Pictures of the pet portrait gallery by Becca Fischer, artist known for fanciful and colorful pet
portraits. http://beccavision.com/
Instructions
1. Discuss with students what makes Becca Fischer’s artwork exciting and original.
2. Have students choose an animal or choose one for them to look at before drawing. Becca Fischer
looks at a photo to create her work.
3. First sketch in pencil.
4. Next, you may want to trace designs in a Sharpie marker.
5. Fit colors and interesting shapes into your animal.
6. Paint some colorful outlines around your animal, and create background
7. Print child’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost
in printing.
Sumi-e Ink Animals
Elementary
Objective
Students will explore sumi-e ink
Above image from “Super Simple Sumi-e” by Yvonne Palka (http://yvonnepalka.com/)
Required Materials
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, erasures, water, brushes, black ink or black watercolor
 Book “Super Simple Sumi-e” by Yvonne Palka (recommended)
Instructions
1. Intrigue students by showing them the first step of an animal—the gray reduction that is not yet
recognizable. Then show the next steps until they say “It’s a ___!”
2. Sumi-e uses only watered black reduction (gray) and black ink. It is hard for younger students to
think about leaving white spaces for a purpose, so this works best as a step-by-step project as a
group.
3. First sketch in pencil very lightly the parts of your animal. Then have kiddos stop.
4. Discuss painting in gray with the tippy toe of your brush for thin lines. Paint the outline.
5. As a class, use black to do each appropriate limb, eyes, etc. It is fast!
6. The most important part is to stop when it is done! Students might like to freely paint the frame
around their picture to look like a design, bamboo, fish, etc. for the end of class.
7. Print child’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost
in printing.
Optical Illusion Hand
Elementary
Objective
Students will explore optical illusions and practice using line and color to create their own!
Required Materials
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, erasures, rulers, Black Sharpie Markers (fine) and water based markers with a wide tip
(Crayola are best)
 Optical Illusion prints, a variety by M.C. Escher
Instructions
1. Discuss with students what they see in different optical illusions. What is the purpose of an
illusion? Observe how the artist is trying to achieve tricking the eye.
2. Have students trace their hand in pencil with outstretched fingers on their paper. It does not
need to be in the middle, but that is easiest.
3. Use rulers to create 1” stripes horizontally across the paper. Demonstrate how to make these
even. Skip over the hand area without drawing in it.
4. Next, Show how to gently curve lines to connect over the hand creating a “bulge.”
5. Trace all lines in black Sharpie marker. (Using waterbased black marker will bleed as you use
more colors and look smudgy.)
6. Have students pick two marker colors that are either both hot (red, orange, yellow, peach, pink)
or both cold (blue, green, turquoise, purple, violet) and color in the stripes NOT including the
hand shape, alternating colors. Then be sure to alternate colors opposite on the hand, as
pictured in the example. Happy Optics!
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Telling
a Story with Games
Elementary
Objective
Students will get the chance to express their excitement with favorite games by drawing their story!
Required Materials
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, erasures, markers
Instructions
1. Students use art to communicate emotion and tell their story. Games are an exciting and
reoccurring part of their story to tell, from football to checkers to video games! First, ask
students to brainstorm games with you.
2. Once students pick a game, ask them to draw it out in pencil. They can either map the game as a
whole, how it works, or they can pick a favorite part to show, such as catching a football. Seen
above is a lego video game, with sound shown in bubbles and even showing what the character is
thinking about: a green brick. (NOTE: Please have students color in the background for the best
results!)
3. Students may want to trace in permanent Sharpie marker before coloring in.
4. Color the background and details in bright, bold colors.
5. Print child’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost
in printing.
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Tints
and Shades
Elementary
Objective
Students will mix paint with white to make tints and black to make shades in a gradual succession!
Required Materials
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Paint in a starting color of choice, white, and black; pallets to mix paint on, brushes, water
Instructions
1. Tell students to turn the paper sideways to do the background first. Fold paper in half and open
so you have a vertical line (you are looking at the picture sideways!)
2. Students will begin with one brush stroke of the solid color (pink in the example above) on the
fold line—then stop.
3. Explain that mixing white with a color makes it lighter. This is called a tint! Mix a bit of white in
your pink, and do another stroke up next to your first one on the left side.
4. Next, add a bit more white, and continue tinting each stroke a little more.
5. When students are ready for black, ration them a TINY bit of black paint and warn that it is
powerful.
6. Mix your original color (not the tint) with a bit of black and continue in a similar fashion.
7. When you’re all finished with the background, paint a foreground silhouette in black.
8. Print child’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost
in printing.
Hot Colors Desert
Elementary
Objective
Students will learn about the HOT colors on the color wheel!
Required Materials
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, RED, ORANGE, and YELLOW crayons and watercolor paint, and black crayons for outlining
Instructions
1. Discuss with students the colors on the color wheel. Which ones feel warm to see? Which colors
are in fire? Fan yourself as though you are very warm when talking about red, yellow, and
orange. (Shiver and be cold is they mention blue, purple or green)
2. Encourage students to draw something they would see in a desert with the hot colors.
3. To fill up the entire paper, provide a watercolor wash to paint over the crayon in orange or
yellow.
4. Print child’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be lost
in printing.
Animals in the Wild
Middle School
Objective
Students will learn about creating a focal point in a picture and creating a background around it.
Required Materials
 Books on animals in their natural habitats, National Geographic and nature magazines.
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, markers, paint; semi-moist watercolor or tempera paint (basic watercolors not
recommended)
Instructions
1. Discuss with students categories of animals from various geographical areas including local
habitats. Have them choose animals that are protected, extinct animals, arctic animals or
whatever animals they are interested in.
2. Draw lightly in pencil the animal or animals you want to feature as the focal point of your picture.
Create an interesting background.
3. Wash the sky and land in very light watercolor. Use several shades for each area.
4. Using oil pastels, color animals and areas you want to highlight. Add details such as grass, clouds
and trees.
Fauve Flowers
Middle School
Objective
Students will learn about the artist Henri Matisse and his style of art, drawing and creating large flowers
utilizing vivid and contrasting colors and specific detail.
Required Materials
 Botanical garden books, silk flowers, garden flowers. Artwork by artists such as Georgia O’Keefe.
Artwork by fauve artists such as Andre Derain and Henri Matisse.
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 Pencils, markers, crayons, paint; semi-moist watercolor or tempera paint (basic watercolors not
recommended), paintbrushes, water bowls.
Instructions
1. Study the flower you have selected for your fauve flower study. Draw lightly in pencil your flower
outline filling the entire page. Your flower can go off the edge of the paper. Sketch in the details
of the flower, petals, stamen and leaves.
2. Wash in watercolor carefully the lightest flower color and leaves.
3. When your painting is completely dry, highlight areas in overlapping shades in colored pencil.
Hint: the colors can be imaginary like the fauves.
4. Paint in watercolor around your flower in a contrasting color. You can emphasize area with
contrasting colored pencil or fine line black marker.
5. Print student’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be
lost in printing.
Making an “Impression”
Middle School
Objective
Students will learn about impressionism and pointillism, the use of the color wheel to create light and
dark areas in a piece.
Required Materials
 Paintings of the Impressionist Claude Monet and Post Impressionist Georges Seurat.
 8" x 10" art paper provided by Art to Remember
 pencils, crayons or watercolor pencils, paint brushes and water bowls
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Instructions
1. Explain the terms impressionism and pointillism. Show students how patches of colors close
together are blended by the eye to look like another. Yellow next to blue green.
2. Decide on the composition that you would like to do in the impressionist style and sketch in
guidelines lightly in pencil. You can choose from still life, portrait, landscape, or a floral.
3. Working from light to dark create the background. Use several colors in a variety of shades.
4. Use a variety of contrasting colors to emphasize your focal point or center of interest.
5. Print student’s name legibly at least an inch from the edge of the paper so the name will not be
lost in printing.
Important Art Guidelines!
YES
NO
Use bright bold colors
Don’t use construction paper
Fill the entire page with color
Don’t do scratch art
Create horizontal OR vertical
artwork
Don’t use photographs or
copyrighted images
Place labels on the back, in the
upper left corner AFTER artwork
is complete
Don’t write on the back of the
paper (it may show through)
Don’t put label on the front of
completed artwork
Mediums: temper paint, water
color, markers, crayons
Don’t use: colored pencil or
sketching pencils, fluorescent
colors, highlighters, metallics,
glitter, chalk, any 3D material
such as sand or salt, oil pastels
Make sure dates, names, and
other important details are at
least 1” from the edge of the
paper
Don’t write names or dates on
the edge of the paper
Don’t add any borders
Check out great ideas for artwork on Pinterest:
pinterest.com/ArtToRemember
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