Category: Art Lessons

Q is for Queen, I had a great time with this lesson. The kids came into the classroom ready to learn about Queen’s! I cant help looking at these drawings and smile… First we worked on our handwriting….lower case q’s. Wearing our Tiara’s of course! Once the face was drawn in children decided on the…

U is for Unicorn This was another Magical lesson. The we read the book Claire and the Unicorn  Then all the kids passed the Unicorn around and looked at it. We observed that a unicorn mane can be any color, pink purple, green really whatever they come up with. This is a great way to encourage…

Pandas! Giant pandas are on the brink of extinction, with just over 1,000 pandas left in the world. Scientists are hoping to increase the wild panda population to 5,000 by 2025. Bamboo is the most important plant in a giant panda’s life. They spend at least 12 hours each day eating bamboo. Pandas grasp bamboo…

So I wanted to do a fun lesson with Oil Pastels. They can render very rich deep colors and I am always fascinated at the results. Banyan tree is a huge tree with very extensive branches. It is said that at one time more than 10, 000 people can sit under its shade at one…

This was a pretty cool lesson. Dinosaurs. A fun part about drawing the Dinosaur is the opportunity to draw angle lines. The spikes on the back, the teeth, claws, tail spikes. It all makes it interesting, and I have to admit the process of drawing a pattern or angles such as spikes is just plain…

This is such a cute Lesson. The Pony. You will see here that each pony has HUGE differences, and PERSONALITY! I was pretty excited about that because each student really put their heart into their drawing and you can see the results are fantastic. Calling a baby horse a foal is a slightly general term.…

The Toucan is a classic here at Kindred Art. Probably because there are so many options you can use. A beautiful colored beak, stark black body with stunning blue feet. It makes it all interesting. Then you have the option of the way you will color in the background. What kind of leaves will you draw?Do you…

I can always tell a good lesson by how quiet the room is. I can honestly say these kids were so absorbed in the wonder and excitement of this lesson. They were fully engaged and that is a good sign that they are enjoying what they are doing! Drawing Bubbles on black paper is really…

Fairy. Well this is always a sweet lesson.  There is just something exciting and very magical about drawing Fairy’s. Fairy’s,unicorns and dragons… exciting and full of imagination!! Just what kids love! This lesson is somewhat complicated. And definitely a challenging, in a fun way.Not only are they drawing the face, they are  also doing the…

There are a few different kinds of drawing. Realistic drawing, which is a lot of what we do in the studio, abstract drawing which tells feeling and emotion with no particular realistic subject, and then symbolic drawing. We did a mix of Symbolic and Realistic drawing in this lesson. When the child is drawing they…