Art class for middle school

This month, the Art Ed Blogger’s Network is talking about how to enrich art class for students who finish early. I think this is an ongoing concern for most art teachers. Kids work at all different paces. Some students will finish their artwork lickety-split with half the class period left. Others will work on the same technique or project and spend multiple periods working on the same piece. So you will often have students at all different paces and at … Read more... →

Student sample This project was BY FAR the most talked about lesson throughout the school year. It is best suited for upper middle school and/or high school level students. This project pushed thei…

Student expectation poster for the art room describing the roll of artists in a TAB classroom studio. Use this as a great visual for your students at the beginning of the year, or to hang outside your studio door to remind teachers, admin and parents what your artists are accomplishing! Poster is 18x24 PDF downloadTAB classroom, TAB poster, Teaching for artistic behavior, elementary art classroom poster, advocacy poster

Diversity bulletin board for art-this is my first day of school activity and my…

These chalk pastel ghosts were a lesson in drapery. We worked on large 26x18 in sheets of paper, rendering the folds of a sheet over a basketball perched on a stool! These spooky ghosts were done by kids ages 10-14 at Art Spot Studio.

Easy Neurographic Art Project for Middle or High School Art [Video] in 2022 | High school art lessons, Art lessons middle school, Middle school art projects

What do giant snack bags have to do with art? They are POP ART! Eighth grade took a look at pop artists, such as Andy Warhol, and we discussed popular culture. Some times labels, such as Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans, can be used for pop art. Eighth grade paired up into groups of two or three to create these giant snacks. Students brought in what ever type of snack bag they wanted to mimic. We used folding and measuring to try and match our snack bags. After painting the large paper we…

DIY Yarn Art | Easy Tactile Canvas 'Paintings': I've always liked simple, bold and colourful designs....and it just so happens I also have a rather large collection of yarns...so I thought I would combine the two! This Instructable shows you how I made a collection of mini artworks out of stretch…

Ever wondered how an organized art teacher stores their old lesson plans and samples? What's the best way to plan a theme-based art unit? I'll show you.