Sharing my 5 favorite art lesson plans and projects: it’s the beginning of a post to help you get ideas for your own planning for art lessons this school year. Be it in a school classroom or a home school setting, these resources greatly assist in professional art teaching.
Planning and Organization for the School Year
“We are alike; you love organizing from planning what to do next year to making the entire process feel complete.” At this time of year, the last month of school before the holidays, I enjoy spending the most time recharging my energy, health, and mindset.
Importance of Teacher Self-Care
Teaching, still, is a demanding profession; hence, a teacher should always take some time for themselves.
About Me – Ms. Artastic
Hi, I’m Kathleen McGiveron, although I am known as Ms. Artastic in the world of art. I have designed art lessons for children and prepared teachers for ten years; my lessons emphasized not technique alone but building confidence in a child’s creative and artistic skills.
My works on NBC LX News channel live with the promise of creating a global community through the Ms. Artastic Youtube channel and podcast. And I ensure that my resources promise more creativity and engagement with less preparation. It works for a class or for just one young artist sitting with you at the kitchen table.
My Approach to Art
Art is beyond the subject: it’s that border through which one peers at and comprehends nature. Drawing in mountains and seas, outdoors, provides me idea inspiration behind the new lessons. I plan to allow them to see their art through diversity and identity.
Worksheets Elements of Art and Projects
It is the best source. You can customize it to meet your exact needs. It has all the classic Elements of Art printables that make it easy to teach. You could use this to plan the entire year’s scope and sequence or just string together a last-minute substitute lesson plan.
Perfect for Art on a Cart studies since most lessons do not address just one medium. It can be tweaked from tiny assignments in sketchbooks to large, full-length works of art.
This resource contains 60 fully fleshed-out lessons that lead children in mastering line, shape, form, color, value, texture, and space with confident fluency. Each lesson includes sketchbook activities, hands-on projects, and skill-building activities.
It has almost all kinds of teachers say that it is highly useful, and perfect for any classroom or homeschooling family.
Graffiti Name Line Art Project
This can provide students with a way of naming themselves creatively by the beginning of the school year. The kids then have the chance of designing huge letters of their names that will ultimately be filled in by various beautiful line patterns and textures.
The most part is accomplished by the crayons and the washable markers with those brilliant haute colors. Putting into the students’ use elements of art for identity and self-expression.
This project fits in with any grade level and is great fun to do, even for the not-so-artistic kids.
Color Theory and Color Wheel Worksheets: Analyses
Also on my favorites list is color theory and color wheel art resources. I mean, such a sum from the huge typical rules of art instruction very early in a new year and also for all purposes perfect in any teaching and learning environment.
This resource is for students learning how to mix colors, primary from secondary, antagonistic colors, hue, shade, and tint, analogous colors, and monochromatic colors. The resource incorporates evaluation forms and reflection worksheets for both students and teachers.
It grants children a chance to establish the groundwork of knowledge regarding color theory and its application for practical development.
Lessons and Activities on Elements of Arts
The workbook on Elements of Art gives students an opportunity to learn and practice line, shape, color, texture, space, value, and form. This workbook is meant for Grades K-8 for use as a sub or part of an entire art curriculum.
Each element will have a mini-lesson, information page, exploration activities, and creative art prompts. The whole resource allows students to create, experience, and build creative confidence while developing techniques.
Elementary and Middle School Art Curriculum
Generally, a bit difficult to design an entire curriculum being an art. K-5 Art Curriculum and Middle School Art Curriculum makes this easy. The K-5 curriculum also encompasses a unit on Elements of Art and themed projects for each grade.
Engaging Projects articulate, among others, the middle school curriculum on Art History and Artist-Inspired Projects. The flexibility and teacher use of these two curriculums are high.
The Art Curriculum provides a comprehensive solution for K-9. It gives students a complete experience of the elements of art, design principles, seasonal projects, artist studies, and cross-curricular connections.
Conclusion
Art education plays a vital role in children’s development. It not only enhances their creativity and self-confidence but also prepares them for life skills, social understanding, and academic success.
Through Ms Artastic’s resources, teachers and parents can provide children with opportunities for art elements, color theory, themed projects, and creative expression. With the right resources, teaching art can be enjoyable and inspiring, not stressful.
Ultimately, art education gives children the opportunity to develop self-expression, self-confidence, and life skills, helping them become active and capable citizens in society.
