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Cubism Art Project for Kids

July 23, 2020 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

If you are searching for unique art projects for your student(s), we’ve got a creative cubism art project for kids! Don’t let the art term fool you into thinking it’s hard! With our easy step by step instructions along with video tutorial, it’s well worth the time.

What is Cubism Art?

What is cubism art? The cubism style of painting was developed in the early 1900’s. Many artists put together a variety of objects or figures, which resulted in paintings appearing fragmented and abstracted. You may have heard of some of these famous artists including Pablo Picasso and George Braque.

Why is it called Cubism?

The cubism term was used and seemed appropriate due to the objects in the art — they looked like cubes or geometrical shapes.

Whether you are looking for oil pastel art for kids or geometric art type projects, this activity is perfect for introducing the beautiful creations of art.

Cubism Art Project Materials

  • Giraffe Cubism Art Template
  • Pastel Crayons
  • Q-Tips
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Black Cardstock or Construction Paper

Giraffe Cubism Art Instructions

  1. Print out Cubism Art with Giraffe Blank Template.
  2. Using a ruler, draw several diagonal lines across the template. See video for visual.

3. Beginning with the top, begin to outline the ears with an orange pastel crayon.

4. Using a Q-Tip, fill in the remaining white space with the chosen pastel color.

5. Continue to follow the pattern shown on video to determine appropriate colors for each section of the giraffe.

6. Using various shades of yellow, red, brown, green, blue and purple, continue to use the correct pastel colors along with outlining and filling in remaining white space with Q-Tips.

7. Work your way down the art canvas until complete.

8. Getting close to the end! Grab a light green and dark green pastel to wrap up the gorgeous Cubism creation.

9. As you wrap up and finish the pastel colors, glue it onto black cardstock paper or construction paper to display or give as a gift!

Filed Under: Famous Artists, Oil Pastel Tutorial Tagged With: geometric art project, oil pastel art project for kids

Fall Leaf Art Projects for Kids

Fall is a great time to start new art projects with your children.  With all the colorful leaves and foliage there is plenty of inspiration to be found. These Fall leaf art projects are designed to teach children new ways they can color, shade and create texture with different art mediums.  Templates are provided as an option for younger children, those who become frustrated with drawing or struggle with perfectionism, that way children can focus on learning with the medium and technique instead.

Watercolor Fall Leaf Art Project

This geometric fall leaf watercolor project is sure to be a hit in your classroom! can be done alongside an art lesson on hues, and radial art, or even adapted for cubism.

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Fall Art Project for Kids

This fun fall art project for kids is simple enough for students of all ages! All you need to do is collect some fall leaves and break out the paint!

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Zentangle Fall Leaf Art Project for Kids

This Fall leaf art project for children combines zentangle with oil pastels and watercolor for a stunning look. Great for children in late elementary or Middle School.

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Fall Leaf Watercolor Spray Art Project for Kids

This fun fall art project for kids will have your little ones begging to make more! Each leaf is silhouetted with a variety of watercolor sprays!

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Texture & Patterned Fall Leaf Art

This is a Fall Leaf Art project for children of all ages. Using simple techniques, children can design a leaf with multiple colors and textures for a vibrant outcome.

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Fall Leaf Art Project For Kids

Students of all ages love this Fall Leaf Art Project. Using Chalk Pastels, this project is great for a First Day of Fall Art Project.

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Abstract Fall Leaf Watercolor Art

Here is another stunning fall leaf art project for kids! Using neon watercolor paints your kiddos can create this stunning abstract painting in no time!

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Painting Fall Leaves Art Collage

Here is a SIMPLE yet exciting way to capture some of those beautiful fall colors in your classroom. Students collect their own autumn leaves, paint and print them to make a unique fall collage.

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Parts of a Leaf Worksheets

Free parts of a leaf science notebook printables. A great set including a chart, labeling worksheet, cut and paste activity, notebooking and coloring page.

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Printable Fall Leaf Art Cards

This set includes five different leaves each with different shapes, colors and textures for your little artists to explore. These are super simple to print out and lay on the table for some quick art projects this Fall!

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Fall Leaf Printables

A great set of free fall leaf preschool printables, games, worksheets, activities and resources.

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Van Gogh Art Project for Kids

September 17, 2013 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

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We’re diving into our Artist studies this year, starting with Van Gogh. A couple of years ago we did this Starry Night Art Project, and this year we’re starting off with The Potato Eaters.

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This is a fantastic painting to study for children of all ages, and I highly recommend looking into this book series by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each artists most famous paintings are discussed in great detail and these books would make a fantastic addition to your homeschool library.

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We used our Oil Pastels for this project, which worked really well for blending, and overlapping color. We even used our fingernails in some parts to scratch away color.

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All of our Master Artist projects come with a printable artist card you can use for displaying children’s artwork.

Click Here for the Full Art Project Tutorial.

Siggy

Filed Under: Famous Artists, Oil Pastel Tutorial Tagged With: art for children, art project, children, craft, famous artist, kids, middle school, potato eaters, primary school, van gogh

Tiger Eyes Oil Pastel Tutorial

July 9, 2013 By Valerie Mcclintick 3 Comments

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We are getting tons of use from our Crayola Oil Pastels.
I’ve purchased other pastel kits in the past, but I love the amount of crayon you get with this set. They are so much thicker and have lasted us much longer.

Plus they are nice for little hands.

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Amazon currently has them for $3.88 and free shipping as an add on for Prime
I highly recommend them!
They are wonderful quality, and produce stunning results:

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I know right?!

This is our latest project, Tiger Eyes!

I’ve posted the two part photo tutorial

Drawing your Tiger Eyes
Using Oil Pastel on Tiger Eyes

I’m guessing that this would be perfect for 6th and 7th graders,
or very enthusiastic elementary students.

The tiger is the national animal of India, and would also tie ie with our previous oil pastel tutorial of India’s national bird, the peacock.

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Can you guess what country we’ll be studying this coming year?

Siggy

Filed Under: Animal Crafts, India Crafts, Oil Pastel Tutorial Tagged With: art, christian, india crafts for kids, instruction, oil pastel, peacock, step by step, tiger, tutorial

Peacock Oil Pastel Tutorial

July 8, 2013 By Valerie Mcclintick 1 Comment

I have a dear sweet little girl who thinks she can’t draw. We sit at the table and I instruct her, drawing a line on my paper, then she draws a line on her paper.

It’s not perfect. I can’t do it. It doesn’t look like yours SEE…

And I tell her, Sweet Girl, The world isn’t perfect. There are bumps and squiggles and dents and dings, but that is what we want to see. We want to see lopsidedness, and misshapen, off-center and unsymmetrical

Our drawing can reflect reality rather then perfection.

So she kept pushing herself, I instructed and she drew her best.
There were moments of frusteration, but as her drawing came together she began to see how beautiful her drawing she really was!

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Confidence was built this week.

She is begging for another picuture, a tiger she says would be amazing with it’s red and orange……or a sheep with it’s white fluffy body….

And I’m thinking of all the goals we met over the school year, our Summer months spending time together, just might be more fruitful.

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If you want to try out this little peacock,
I’ve posted the full tutorial on our website.

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There is even a printable peacock for a template guide,
or for your TOT’s to color in while you instruct your older kiddos.

I actually printed the peacock for my oldest boy, who struggles with motor control and it would have made the lesson excruciatingly painful for him. He was full of joy when coloring it in with pastels and it was still a mini lesson for him :)

Siggy

Filed Under: Animal Crafts, Bird Crafts, India Crafts, Oil Pastel Tutorial Tagged With: drawing tutorial, how to draw a peacock for kids, india crafts, oil pastel tutorial for kids, peacock craft

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