Quick art lessons for high school

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Our tween / teen class created these amazing contour flowers using india ink and acrylic. We wanted students to practice working on a very large scale, to create a contour drawing using gestural line work and motion, and to explore how to build up a painting layer by layer. We set up a fresh […]

Click on the links below to access lesson plans for projects this semester. Lessons will be added after they have been introduced in class.

Check out student artwork posted to Artsonia from the Warm to Cool Color Scheme Acrylic Painting project gallery at Conway High School.

This was one of my favorite lessons from last year. (I feel like I always say that....?) But seriously, this was great. It would work for a variety of grades- elementary or high school as well. I did it with 7th grade and will again this year. Using the move-able figures- students had to create a zoomed/close-up composition using the figure, taking the negative space into consideration. I actually had them do a "photo shoot" with their ipads: take photos of the figures in different positions…

Week 2 of my acrylic painting class for kids age 9-14. Let me start by saying I research A LOT!!! My premise for this painting class is: If I don’t have fun painting the same project as an …

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I created this culture jars art lesson for an 'Art and World Cultures' class, and continue to use it in art classes because it is so well received. This

In Art class we are exploring positive & negative space. Middle & high school art. #artlessons #positiveandnegativespace #thepaintedskirt