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2009 Totems
Students create a modern-day totem pole with hand-formed clay animals positioned on a wooden dowel.
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5-8
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Altered Images
Hand-altering photos is a practice nearly as old as photography itself. Here are some new ideas for embellishing digital prints, featuring Blick Studio Art Markers and Scratch-Art Tools.
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5-12
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American Pie
A "slice" of American Culture! Students design a clay pie piece piled high with symbols, icons and representations of their favorite things.
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5-12
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"Bones"
A full skeleton illustrates movement during a wide range of activities. The addition of a background turns this project into a more complete artwork.
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3-6
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Book of Secrets
This book-making and collage project uses small matchboxes as drawers to tuck away secrets, supporting a variety of literary and historical studies, such as “The Hiding Place” (Anne Frank) or the Underground Railroad.
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3-12
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Bread Spread
This lesson will spark students’ creativity as they use an unconventionalmaterial — French bread — to enhance their pastel paintings.
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5-12
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Canvas Looming
With its repetitive under-and-over motion, weaving creates a visual rhythm. Choose a few musical selections for students and have them interpret the six principles of design while listening to music: contrast, rhythm, unity, pattern, movement and balance.
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9-12
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Collagraph Printmaking
A very creative and experimental form of printmaking, collagraphs can be made with cardboard, yarn, fabric, leaves, tape and more.
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2-8
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Flip Flop Drawing
A drawing becomes a painting, then flips back to a drawing again as students use variety to explore surfaces, media and techniques.
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5-12
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Float People
Marc Chagall, is known for his paintings of floating, dream-like people, animals and objects. Students design "Float People" to display their understanding of colorful imaginary images.
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K-6
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Hand Signals
Create a fully posable hand to help students learn to communicate in sign language.
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3-5
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Hometown Map
As they create maps of their route between their homes and their schools, students learn about distance, signs, symbols, landmarks and safety.
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K-6
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Mean Green
In painting, color can be used to describe emotions, feelings and ideas. Students select a color and paint a monochromatic theme of their choosing.
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K-12
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Multi-Foot Drawing
Develop an awareness of natural lines from unlikely sources. It's an active lesson that incorporates math, art — and giggles!
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Kindegarten
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Nature Shaper Paper
A lesson in Earth Art, in the style of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Students use Crayola Shaper Paper to "wrap" elements of nature — sticks, rocks, etc.
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3-12
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No Sew Molas
The Kuna culture flourishes today in the San Blas Islands with the vibrant trade of native Molas — brightly colored cotten panels that have been hand-sewn for many decades. Kuna women use both appliqué and reverse appliqué sewing techniques. These easy "no sew" Molas are made with felt and glue, rather than stitching.
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K-8
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Ostrich Egg Mosaics
In Namibia, ostrich eggshells are broken and used in many contemporary art forms. The shapes are often sanded or painted This lesson plan uses small pieces of wood and cardstock to closely resemble the thick shell pieces.
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K-12
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Painted Locket
Over the centuries and across many cultures, lockets have been worn as tiny, portable treasure chests. Students paint the front of a mini canvas and use the back to display a small photo or something with meaning and value.
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K-12
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Paper Dishes
These papier mâché dishes are an example of utilitarian items that can also be used as décor.
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3-8
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Perfect Proportion
The "grid method" has been used for centuries to create accurate proportions when painting. Blick Exclusive Artist Grid Canvas makes it easier to place objects from a photograph and plot landscapes, still lifes and portraits.
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5-12
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Primitive Semi Flat Dolls
There is a rich history in dollmaking techniques throughout the centuries. These soft dolls are painted, stuffed, and glued together — so the construction is easy and safe.
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4-6
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Ribbon Weave
Paper, paint, and ribbon are used to develop a pattern with contrasting textures and colors.
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K-6
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Shaper Paper Lantern
To celebrate Chinese New Year or just for decoration, these easy to make paper lanterns are surprisingly sturdy. Translucent lanterns can be lit from inside for a nighttime glow.
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K-8
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Shoji Screen
Japanese homes have interior walls that are actually large, movable screens constructed of thin wooden strips and very strong paper — allowing light to shine through. In this lesson plan, three small Shoji screens are created to hang on a wall or stand upright on the floor.
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4-6
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Shrink Art Mosaics
Create your own mosaic pieces — any design, shape or color you want them to be! This project combines the fun and excitement of Shrink Film with the fine art of mosaics.
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5-12
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Simple Pate de Verre
Translated to "glass paste," the French term Pate de Verre refers to a glass vessel kiln-fired in a mold. This lesson shows how to make a simple one-part mold and glass casting.
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5-12
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Simple Perspective
A beginning lesson in one-point linear perspective. Grid Canvas eliminates time spent measuring and marking, allowing students to achieve perfect accuracy on their first try.
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4-12
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Suminagashi Monoprints
Suminagashi is a process in which Sumi ink is floated on the surface of plain water, then transferred to a sheet of paper. Each monoprint is like a fingerprint — unique and unreproducible.
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3-12
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Sunshine on a Stick
This project teaches free-form weaving in the round. The sticks are extremely bright and pretty when finished and look great in a vase or potted plant.
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2-6
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Ultimate Paisley Patterns
First seen in Persian fabric design, the signature floral kidney and tear shapes of Paisley prints are a great lesson in pattern and rhythm. French curves and colored pencils are used to draw colorful versions on construction paper.
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K-12
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Wind Catchers
This step-by-step project from Mayco Colors demonstrates how to make insect-themed Wind Catchers from bisqueware pieces.
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3-8
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