Fall Pumpkin Design      

     Materials: paper, pencil, ruler, sharpie, paint, brushes, water, markers, colored pencils

1. Draw a large pumpkin! You may choose to put the pumpkin in the middle of the paper, or on one of the sides! Please refer to the step by step pictures below.

1. With a ruler, divide the negative space (rest of the paper) into sections. into multiple sections.

2. In each of the sections, draw various fall symbols or designs in pencil. 

3. Outline everything in sharpie. 

4. Choose between markers, colored pencils or paint for your design. Students can use more than one for a mixed media design. Remember, do not paint wet areas next to other wet areas! The colors will run together!

Fill the design with color! Student examples below...

Watercolor Zentangle

 Flower Mixed Media

Objective - To create a mixed media design with watercolor paint and pen zentangle.

Materials - White paper, pencil, watercolor paints, water, paint brushes, sharpies

Steps:

1. Idea search flower pictures. Choose one to draw. 

2. Draw the flower in pencil on the white paper. The flower should be large and detailed.

3. Outline the flower in bold sharpie.

4. Paint the flower with watercolor paint.

5. Fill the negative space (background) with zentangle designs. The zentangle should be traced with a sharpie. 

5. space (background) with zentangle designs. The zentangle should be traced with a sharpie. 

Student Work...

Cubist Clover

What is Cubism?

Cubism is an art style that uses geometric shapes to depict

three-dimensional subjects on a flat canvas. 

Examples of Cubism…

Self Portrait of Pablo Picasso, 1912

PABLO PICASSO 'Factory, Horta de Ebbo', 1909 

Cubist Clover Design

Materials: White paper, pencil, ruler, colored pencils,

markers, heart stencil

1. Draw four hearts connected in the center to create a clover.

2. Add a stem.

3.With a ruler, draw random straight lines through different parts

of the clover to create a “cubist” effect.

4. Use different colored green markers and colored pencils to

color in all of the sections of the clover, you may also use

analogous colors to green. 

5. Use a contrasting color scheme for all of the negative space

(the background). Color each section individually.

Plan out your colors.

Crayon Resist / Watercolor Holiday Ornaments

 

Vocab: overlap, wash, resist, highlight, balanced, shadow, composition  

Materials:

Paper, watercolors, paint brush, water, crayons, pencil, circle template

1. Complete a pencil drawing of holiday ornaments using circle templates,

overlapping circles. Include a highlight, top and hook on each ball.

Be creative with your design (the ornaments could be in a bowl, on a

table top, forming a wreath etc.) You can add to the design

(evergreen, holly, words, lights etc) Be Creative!

2. Trace over the drawing with a crayon. 

3. Watercolor each of the ornaments with bright colors.

Leave the highlight white on each one.

Do not paint wet by wet with the watercolors.

The crayon outline should resist the paint.

4. Finish painting all ornaments and the extras.

You may add details with the crayons, as well. Be creative!

Treasure Map Drawings

Materials: pencil, paper, ruler, sharpie, chromebook for ideas

Objective: Students will create a treasure map of an imaginary island.

Please draw in pencil and then outline with a sharpie.

The island can take on the contour of an object.

The map criteria is listed below. Have fun and be creative!

Include the following: 

A detailed border (outside edge), 

1 rose compass (N,S,E,W) 

4 land feature symbols, 

1 key for the symbols, 

2 landmarks, 

2 water symbols in the water, 

1 sea monster or 1 ship 

Use your chromebook to research ideas and pictures.

When you are finished drawing everything in pencil,

your map should be inked with a sharpie or markers.

You may use color (markers or colored pencils) on your map.

Student Examples...