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8th Grade – The Art of Dale Chihuly – In the K-8 Art Studio with Anita Sagastegui

Emulating Artists with a lunch tray and milk carton.

Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a drip sculpture inspired by one of my FAVORITE contemporary artists, Dan Lam. Before exploring this project, check out Dan Lam's eye catching drip sculptures on her website here and her Instagram page here. Dan Lam’s "tactile, technicolor sculptures use unconventional materials to

A few weeks ago I was contacted by a representative of Prang. She asked if I would be willing to try out and compare some of their art materials and give a review of them in exchange for free materials...heck yes! So, as I began planning my first unit for Studio Art, I decided to give the Prang markers a go, compared to the Rose Art markers they sent me as well. So, here goes (I'm killing two birds with one stone here!). So the first set of materials I decided to try out was the Prang vs…

Art Therapy Techniques and Activities for Teens

7th grade students just finished an art assignment involving paper cutting and layering colors. This lesson was originally from School Arts Magazine and written by Helaine Schechtman. We started by…

Get ready to see painting results in your middle or high school classroom like NEVER before - yes, that sounds bold, but that's because this scaffolded method of teaching kids to paint with acrylics WORKS!"My students felt successful after finishing the marbles. They never knew they could paint like this until this lesson." jennifer s. This acrylic painting bundle takes your students from start to finish - beginning with Acrylic Value Scales and ending with the Acrylic Master Study (Acrylic…

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…