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8th grade graphic arts projects under $5
Fingerprint Self-Portraits: Creative STEAM Project, Journaling & Self-Expression
Go beyond the typical self-portrait lesson with Fingerprint Self-Portraits! While most self-portraits emphasize what a student looks like, this lesson provides a snapshot of a child’s personality and self-reflection at a specific time in their life. Middle schoolers and up will enjoy sharing their opinions, their likes and dislikes, and some fun facts about themselves all in the pattern of their very own fingerprint. What could be more unique and personalized than that?!Fingerprint Self-Portrait
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5th - 8th
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Star Lord Father's Day Craft
Time to give thanks to our awesome dads! Enjoy this Star Wars inspired Father's Day craft with your kids. With an out-of-the-box craft and a trendy prompt, your students will get as much of a kick out of this as the dads will :)
** To see how we used this craft in our classroom and for more teaching inspiration, follow us on Instagram @happilyeverelementary **
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Superheroes ! Pop Art Project - Art Lesson Plan
Who doesn't like superheroes? Students love them!A theme that boys love, and girls can also enjoy.This project is a great occasion to work on how to draw characters, while discovering an incredible artist: Roy Lichenstein, through the Pop Art movement.Level:Grade 3 and up. Also great for Junior High and High School.Technique:Drawing with feltsMaterials:Permanent black feltsRegular coloured feltsTactile or glossy paperScissorsGlueLead pencil, eraserVisual Language:Thick and thin linesPrimary colo
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in:Â Art Lesson Plans Bundle : Grade 6 Visual Art
Design a New Book Cover Assignment
After they finish a book, have your students create a new book cover! They will create a new cover design, including the title and author's name, as well as a quick review and a synopsis that shows they understand the plot of the story. The synopsis will also serve to get potential future readers interested.This resource includes:A project description page that introduces the project and its requirementsTwo book cover templates, one with less structure and one with more structureA rubric that br
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4th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Book Report Alternatives Bundle: Choice Board & Graphic Organizers
Two Point Perspective How To PowerPoint: Draw a City Block
The Lesson Lady presents a 40 slide two point perspective PowerPoint on how to draw a city block. Your students will enjoy this lesson that is always a success and excites students.
Two point perspective is easy to learn and once students learn the basics, they will be able to successfully draw a fantastic looking city block with their new skills.
This PowerPoint will take you and your students from beginning to end to create a city block with both written and visual step by step instructions.
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8th - 12th
Optical Illusion Art (OP Art) & an Intro to Line
This lesson is meant to act as an introduction to one of the most important elements of art, line and to some OP Art artist who use it well (Bridget Riley & Victor Vaserely). It is targeted to students between the 6th and 8th grade levels and takes about 1 day to introduce, 1 day to finish the warm -up/ practice worksheet and 2 days to create and finish the final project for a total of 4 days give or take. There are 2 handouts with examples and step by step instructions to create OP Art patt
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6th - 10th
GOOGLE SHEETS: Create Your Name Using PIXEL ART in Google Sheets
Introduce your students to Google Sheets with this fun and creative pixel art project! Students will learn how to format a spreadsheet with column width and row height and apply fill techniques to create their name in a very creative way. Step-by-step directions will guide students on how to complete each task. File format is a Google Drive folder with directions with examples!
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in:Â GOOGLE SHEETS COMPLETE PROJECT BUNDLE - 28 ENGAGING COMPUTER LAB ASSIGNMENTS
Digital Monochromatic Art Project
Who says digital art can’t be fun and creative!? This is a digital art activity suitable for grades 3+, which allows students the opportunity for their creativity to shine. This product contains teacher notes and a Google Slides student copy which guides them through the definition of monochromatic colours, samples of art to analyse, as well as detailed instructions (with visuals) on how to create their own. See your student’s artistic values come to life with this project.This package contains:
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3rd - 12th
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Color Theory Color Scheme Worksheet with Monochromatic, Triadic, etc.
A handy worksheet in PDF format for middle school, high school, homeschool or even adult students to learn quickly the various color schemes available for them. This worksheet includes Monochromatic, Analogous, Complementary, Triadic, Split-Complementary and Double Split-Complementary Schemes. Students will use colored pencils or fine markers to color in the designs using only the colors from the particular color scheme they are using. They will need several colors of pencils as well as black,
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Color Theory - Color Wheel - Color Scheme BUNDLE - 6 Worksheet Activities
SCALE DRAWING PROJECT!
Is your Scale Factor unit a little boring? Are you looking for a FUN, ready-to-use activity to MOTIVATE your students? If so, then this PROJECT is for you!! Students will demonstrate their knowledge of similar figures, determining the scale factor, and measurement by selecting and enlarging a picture (cartoon) of their choice! I use this project every year at the end of my 2-D Geometry Unit and my students absolutely love it! What's included?•Step-by-step instructions for the students•Grading
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7th - 9th
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Visual Art - Drawing Project for high school - Design a coffee cup!
This is always a really popular project that we do with senior grade visual art students in high school. It's cheap, approachable, and students can get CRAZY creative with this one. They love it!The project asks them to design a coffee cup.The project involves✤ creating 4 mini thumbnail drawings of potential designs ✤ deciding on a theme to work with✤ using whatever materials they wish✤ they also have to design the sleeve of the coffee cup (you could make this optional) and other ideas are incl
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Art Drawing unit for high school - complete BUNDLE
Roll-A-Basquiat
This game can be played individually or with a group of students (I usually give one dice per table...you can purchase big foam dice off of amazon for super cheap and they are not noisy!) They will take turns rolling and have to draw what they roll. The first roll they will draw whatever head goes with that number, second roll they will draw the body, and so on. This is a great game to play to give students different ideas of what kind of Jean-Michel Basquiat inspired monster/skeleton they want
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1st - 12th
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Digital Photography Composition Handout, Art Activity, Middle, High School Photo
One of the basics of teaching digital photography is teaching the rules of composition. This photo assignment is simple, straightforward, and perfect for middle or high school art classes. This product includes two versions of a printable handout/worksheet showing the seven rules of composition in digital photography: focal point, cropping, leading lines, framing, repetition, balance, and rules of thirds. The handouts are formatted to a black and white and color version. In addition, there is an
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Stop Motion Animation Project - Media Literacy
Stop Motion Animation Commercial ProjectThis project is a ready to print step-by-step guide that allows students to create a Stop Motion Animation commercial as a cumulative task within a media literacy unit. This project is designed for students who are brand new to stop motion animation and film creation. Students will develop their own Stop Motion Animation commercial using the StikBot Studios app, a free app that can be downloaded to most devices. This assignment walks students through each
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3rd - 10th
2 Point Perspective Cityscape
PURCHASE DETAILS: This item includes a 30 slide digital instructional presentation formatted (.pptx) suitable for Mac and PC. The slideshow presentation features:(1) a brief intro to perspective and terminology(2) detailed, clear step by step directions with photos(3) a grading rubric specific to this projectTERMS OF USE: You may use this copyrighted resource for educational purposes only. Materials are presented in an educational context for personal use and study within a classroom and should
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5th - 12th
Art Lesson & Project: Unique Self Portrait,"My Life in a Jar"
This is a great project adaptable for distance learning! The assignment was designed as a project for my year 1 high school class, but would be great for middle school too. It's a way for them to tell a little about themselves through drawing of personal ideas. Like a self-portrait about them. It encourages them to self-reflect, reach into their favorite memories, what and who is important in their lives and draw what they cherish in experiences and worldly possessions. They draw any style jar o
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6th - 12th
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Gifted and Talented Six-Word Digital Memoir Project Based Unit
How do you capture a moment from your life in just 6 words? In this project based unit, students will do just that. They will learn about the power of simplicity in writing and the strength a visual adds to words. Your students will be captivated by their own creativity and as a teacher you will learn more than you ever have about your students.
I hope you find this unit enlightening.
This product includes:
>Complete unit in plans
>List of online resources to accompany the unit
>PDF P
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4th - 8th
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Easy Middle School Art Lesson Project: Pop Art! Giant Snack Foods
Easy Middle School Art Lesson Project: Pop Art! Giant Snack FoodsIn this project / lesson students create a large scale snack food in the style of Pop artist Claes Oldenburg. The lesson provides step-by-step directions that include diagrams and video examples. In addition, the lesson provides a brief summary of the Pop Art movement and introduces students to 8 predominant Pop artists through, quotes, facts, selected art pieces and embedded video segments. Lesson includes: - PowerPoint slide sh
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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1 point perspective surreal room interior
PURCHASE DETAILS: This item includes a 32 slide digital instructional presentation formatted (.pptx) suitable for Mac and PC. The slideshow presentation features:(1) a brief intro to perspective and surrealism and terminology(2) detailed, clear step by step directions with photos(3) a grading rubric specific to this projectTERMS OF USE: You may use this copyrighted resource for educational purposes only. Materials are presented in an educational context for personal use and study within a classr
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5th - 12th
Photoshop Tutorial: Creating an Impossible (Hybrid) Creature
Pulling the head off one creature and placing it on another one not only makes for an awesome graphic, but it is a fun way to learn many of Photoshop's basic tools. In this lesson, students take the head off a rabbit and place it on the body of a parrot. Along the way students learn such Photoshop tools/techniques as making/modifying selections, resizing/rotating selections, zooming, using the Clone Stamp Tool, adjusting the Brush Tool, using the Blur Tool, adjusting a layer's Levels, and more.
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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Make Your Own Comic Book Build a Comic Templates
This build your own comic book template is the perfect addition to literacy centers, or any creative writing unit. Students choose their own cover, pages, and cut and paste add ons to make the perfect story. Students can complete these for fun, or show content knowledge in a more creative way. Get students writing and showing their understanding with these fun and engaging templates!Product Format: PDFIf you like this product, check out:Finish the PictureWriting Journal with 35 Unique and Hilari
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Grades:
K - 10th
Shade by Number Art Activity, Famous Artists, Early Finisher/Sub Activities
Want to celebrate some famous artists throughout history while teaching great shading techniques? Check out this fun packet of SHADE BY NUMBER activity portrait sheets!SHADE BY NUMBER allows students to learn shading and value in a simple, easy way by matching value tones inside the portrait. A great introduction activity to shading. No prep required except provide a few shading pencils! Great for cold winter days, coming back from a long break and even for an emergency sub lesson!These SHADE BY
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5th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Shade by Number Art MINI BUNDLE, Famous Artists, Early Finisher/Sub Activity
Animal Eye Paintings (Or Drawings) Art Making Project
My Painting 1 students LOVED this project that we just finished. In the PowerPoint, we viewed zoomed-in images of different animal eyes, trying to guess what they belonged to. When the identity of each animal was revealed, my students were excited to see if their guess was correct or if they were way off. We then viewed some paintings of animal eyes. Finally, my students used the included worksheet to plan their own painting. Included:-PowerPoint (25 slides)-Brainstorming and sketching worksheet
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7th - 12th
Op Art ~ Optical Illusion PowerPoint Lesson
This step-by-step powerpoint will lead your students through the process of creating a checkered optical illusion (Op Art) piece using a simple formula I put together. The last slide of the powerpoint is a student worksheet to figure out the design. Print it out at the beginning of the lesson. Take a look at how they turned out when my students tried this lesson.
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3rd - 12th
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