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¨The arts provide a more comprehensive and insightful education because they invite
students to 
explore the emotional, intuitive, and irrational aspects of life ​that science is hard pressed ​to explain.¨ 
-Charles Fowler
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To see more examples of student projects, as well as art exhibit ideas, go HERE. 
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Student Art Projects

Paper Mache Kachina Dolls 5th Grade Art Project
Project: Kachina Dolls
Grade: 5th
Materials/Techniques: Recycled plastic bottles, paper mache, tempera paint
Elements of Art: Color, Shape, Texture




Matisse-Inspired Collages 6th Grade Art Project
Project: Matisse-Inspired Fish Bowl Collages
Grade: 6th
Materials/Techniques: Collage, tempera paint, oil pastels, watercolors
Elements of Art: Color, Shape, Line






Acrylic Painting on Canvas 2nd to 5th Grade Art Projects
Project: Acrylic Painting Extracurricular Class (Various subjects/topics)
Grade: 2nd-5th
Materials/Techniques: Acrylic paint, stretched canvas
Elements of Art: Color, Shape, Line, Texture







Kandinsky Trees 2nd Grade Art Project
Project: Kandinsky Trees
Grade: 2nd
Materials/Techniques: Mixed-Media, tempera paint, oil pastel, collage
Elements of Art: Color, Shape









Giacometti-Inspired Wire Sculptures 9th Grade Art Project
Project: Giacometti-Inspired Wire Sculptures
Grade: 8th
Materials/Techniques: Wire manipulation, modelling clay (base), paper mache, spray paint
Elements of Art: Shape, Line



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George Rodrigue-Inspired Blue Dogs 6th Grade Art Project
Project: Rodrigue-Inspired Blue Dogs
Grade: 6th
Materials/Techniques: Drawing, tempera paint, oil pastel
Elements of Art: Shape, Line







Paper Mache Mexican Alebrijes 7th Grade Art Project
Project: Paper Mache Alebrijes
Grade: 7th
Materials/Techniques: Paper Mache, tempera paint, black ink
Elements of Art: Shape, Line, Texture, Color









Mixed-Media Mexican Cacti 4th Grade Art Project
Project: Mixed-Media Cacti
Grade: 4th
Materials/Techniques: Mixed-Media, tempera paint, oil pastel
Elements of Art: Color, Shape, Line, Texture








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Van Gogh-Inspired Pop-Up Chairs 5th Grade Art Project
Project: Van Gogh Pop-Up Chairs
Grade: 5th
Materials/Techniques: Colored pencils, oil pastels
Elements of Art: Shape, Texture, Color, Line








Modeling Clay Self-Portraits 6th Grade Art Project
Project: Modeling Clay Self-Portraits
Grade: 6th
Materials/Techniques: Modeling clay
Elements of Art: Shape, Texture









Oil Pastel Avocados 8th Grade Art Project
​Project: Oil Pastel Avocados
Grade: 8th
Materials/Techniques: Oil pastels
Elements of Art: Shape, Texture, Color









Rearranged Rectangles Abstract Art 1st Grade Art Project
Project: Rearranged Rectangles
Grade: 1st
Materials/Techniques: Watercolor, oil pastel, collage
Elements of Art: Color, Line




Paper Mache Bird Houses 3rd Grade Art Project
Project: Bird Houses
Grade: 3rd
Materials/Techniques: Building boxes, paper mache, tempera paint
Elements of Art: Color, Shape, Line




Wayne Thiebaud-Inspired Desserts 6th Grade Art Project
Project: Wayne Thiebaud Inspired Desserts
Grade: 6th
Materials/Technique: Tempera paint, oil pastel, drawing 3D 
Elements of Art: Shape, Texture









Black Glue Owls 3rd Grade Art Project
Project: Black Glue Owls
Grade: 3rd
Materials/Technique:  Black glue (white liquid glue+black tempera paint), watercolors
Elements of Art: Shape, Line, Color








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Organic Shape Monsters Kindergarten Art Project
Project: Organic Shaped Monsters
Grade: Kinder
Materials/Techniques: Colored cardboard, wiggly eyes, water-based markers
Elements of Art: Color, Shape, Texture, Line




Paper Mache Head Sculptures 9th Grade Art Project
Project: Paper Mache Head Sculptures
Grade: 8th & 9th
Materials/Techniques: Paper mache, sculpting, tempera paint
Elements of Art: Color, Shape, Texture, Line









Abstract Expressionism 3rd Grade Art Project
Project: Abstract Expressionism
Grade: 3rd
Materials/Techniques: Tempera paint
Elements of Art: Color, Shape, Texture, Line





Paper Mache Tiki Masks 8th and 9th Grade Art Project
Project: Tiki Masks
Grade: 8th & 9th
Materials/Techniques: Paper mache, sculpting, tempera paint
Elements of Art: Color, Shape, Texture, Line





Watercolor Chameleons 1st Grade Art Project
Project: Watercolor Chameleons
Grade: 1st
Materials/Techniques: Watercolor, collaging, Sharpie
Elements of Art: Color, Line, Shape




Scratch Art Line Compositions 4th Grade Art Project
Project: Scratch Art Line Compositions
Grade: 4th
Materials/Techniques: Scratch Art technique (no pre-made sheets), crayons, black tempera paint
Elements of Art: Color, Line




Motion Collage 3rd Grade Art Project
Project: Motion Collage
Grade: 3rd
Materials/Techniques: Collage
Elements of Art: Color, Shape





Picasso-Inspired Portrats 5th Grade Art Project
Project: Picasso Portraits
Grade: 5th
Materials/Techniques: Oil Pastels
Elements of Art: Color, Shape





Hand-made Paper Mache Boxes 7th Grade Art Project
Project: Handmade Boxes
Grade: 7th
Materials/Techniques: Cardboard, paper mache, tempera paint
Elements of Art: Color, Shape, Texture





Keith Haring-Inspired Posters 4th Grade Art Project
Project: Keith Haring-Inspired Posters
Grade: 4th
Materials/Techniques: Tempera paint
Elements of Art: Color, Line, Shape






Watercolor and Salt Hot Air Balloons 5th Grade Art Project
Project: Color Wheel Hot Air Balloons
Grade: 5th
Materials/Techniques: Watercolor and salt, collage
Elements of Art: Color, Line





Clay Creatures Kindergarten Art Project
Project: Clay Creatures
Grade: Kinder
Materials/Techniques: Clay (smudging over worksheet)
Elements of Art: Color, Texture





Pop Art Objects 5th Grade Art Project
Project: Pop Art Object
Grade: 5th
Materials/Techniques: Tempera paint
Elements of Art: Color, Texture




3D Landscapes 2rd Grade Art Project
Project: 3D Landscapes
Grade: 2nd
Materials/Techniques: Tempera paint, oil pastel
Elements of Art: Color, Texture, Shape



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Pointilist Eyes 7th Grade Art Project
Project: Eye Pointilism 
Grade: 7th
Materials/Techniques: Tempera paint & Q-tips, Pointilism
Elements of Art: Color, Texture





Crazy Marker and Water Cityscapes 4th Grade Art Project
Project: Crazy City Landscapes
Grade: 4th
Materials/Techniques: Water-based markers watercolor technique
Elements of Art: Color, Shape




Modeling Clay Sweets 2nd Grade Art Project
Project: Clay Sweets
Grade: 2nd
Materials/Techniques: Clay
Elements of Art: Color, Texture




Abstract Pop Art Mona Lisa 3rd Grade Art Project
Project: Abstract/Pop Art Mona Lisa (International Fair Group Project)
Grade: 3rd
Materials/Techniques: Creating an abstraction, creating Pop Art patterns, tempera paint, tiles
Elements of Art: Color, Texture




Full-Body Portraits with Geometric Shape Backgrounds 1st Grade Art Project
Project: Shadow Portraits
Grade: 1st
Materials/Techniques: Cutouts of colored paper (collage technique background), colored pencils, black marker
Elements of Art: Shape, Color





2 Point Perspective Cityscapes 9th Grade Art Project
Project: 2 Point Perspective Cities
Grade: 9th
Materials/Techniques: Cardboard, drawing pen, ruler
Elements of Art: Shape, Line





Paper Mache Day of the Dead Skulls 3rd Grade Art Project
Project: Day of the Dead Paper Mache Rock Skulls
Grade: 3rd
Materials/Techniques: Paper mache, modelling clay, tempera paint, Sharpie
Elements of Art: Shape, Color, Texture




Pointilism Landscapes 3rd Grade Art Project
Project: Pointilism Landscapes
Grade: 3rd
Materials/Techniques: Tempera paint & Q-tips, Pointilism
Elements of Art: Color, Texture





Watercolor Creatures 1st Grade Art Project
Project: Organic Shaped Critters
Grade: 1st
Materials/Techniques: Watercolor
Elements of Art: Color, Shape






Teacher's Examples



Re-purposed materials and paper mache Kachina Dolls
Watercolor and oil pastel Dali-inspired paintings
Paper mache head sculptures
Picasso-inspired portraits
Modeling clay cowboy mouse character

​Teaching Art in a school environment is hard! If I can help you in any way, please let me know.
​Send me an email: hello@erikalancaster.com and I'll get back to you very soon! 



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