Art for fourth graders

My fourth graders have started on some metaphorical self-portraits and they are looking so great! We expanded our vocabularies by looking up adjectives about ourselves on thesaurus.com and using th…

36 Elementary Art Lessons for Kids - one for every week of the school year! Perfect for homeschool families, teachers, scout leaders, and parents!

Oil pastel printmaking art project that is perfect for 3rd-6th grade students. Step by step instructions to help with this beautiful project.

Learn how to make your own DIY scratch art paper! This simple kids' craft uses oil pastels, paint, dish soap, and paper, and the process is a great opportunity for child participation. Kids will love scratching out drawings and illustrations to create colorful projects with this fun technique that feels like art magic. A great DIY art supply for elementary art classrooms or to keep on hand at home for rainy days! | from barley & birch

school auction art a lot of times can be very corny, or something you may not actually want to bid on / hang in your house. if you're in charge of doing the auction art for your kids classroom this year, here is a post of beautiful projects that fellow parents would actually want and bid on!

Autumn Dow’s Instagram photo: “Pulled these off the drying rack today! 5th graders rocked this lesson that took us 3.5 classes! Amazing craftsmanship!! 🐬 🐢 🐙 🐠 🐡”

Olivia Gay on Instagram: "Under the Sea Art Show was a massive success!! I am still overwhelmed with joy and gratitude for our school community. Everything was perfect! We had Artome frames in the gym and masterpieces lining the hallways! I will share lots more but for now here’s some of the hanging artwork. I used @cassie_stephenz deer mesh method and it was awesome again (used it last year too!) 🐙🦞🦀🦐🦑🐡🐠🐬🐋🐳🐟🪼"

Lauralee Chambers🌀 | Next up- 4th grade giant ice cream sundaes! Drawing with ink on 18x24. Following an @artforkidshub lesson. Thanks! #drawinglesson #kidsart… | Instagram

STEM becomes STEAM as we integrate science with art in these awesome science art projects for kids! Get ready to get your mind blown!

Step 1. Put a visual dot in the center. Step 2. Draw 4 arms from the center either off the page at the sides or at the corners. As the arms go out they should spread apart from each other or get wider as they go out. Step 3. Write your name in capital letters inside the arms. Always start at the dot and work out. Make sure the letters of your name touch the top and the bottom of each line. The letters will get bigger as they go out. Keep writing the letters of your name until you are out of…

5 th grade students love looking at Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night and creating their own personalized version. Students learn abo...

School-aged kids will learn about creating pixel art on graph paper in this easy project. This mess-free technique can easily be used at home or in the

Create stunning tin foil art with your kids using a simple technique with aluminum tinfoil to make beautiful designs from flowers to animals.

Fourth graders made these neat Heather Galler self-portraits. We learned about Etsy, a website were artists can sell their artwork and keep a better percentage of the profits than selling some of the same art in an art gallery. Buying art on Etsy is a great way to support artists directly. Here is Heather Galler's popular Etsy page! We talked about the characteristics and subject matter that Galler uses. Here is some of her art: In order to create our own Galler style self-portraits, we…

Katie Allain 🎨 on Instagram: "Fourth Graders explored printmaking with Lego Dots today. They created their designs on 8x8 base plates and printed a tiled pattern with water soluble printing inks on paper. Everyone had fun with this process today! Comment “Dots” for a link to the Lego sets we used!"

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