Celebrate the Lunar New Year! Every year, millions of Asian families come together to celebrate the first new moon in the sky. Now your students can learn and love creating these beautiful Pagoda buildings. Included in this pdf are step by step directions using simple materials such as construction paper and markers, informative text, and colorful illustrations. BUy Lesson Here Additional directions show adding lanterns and gardens to your background for a festive celebration. This project can be created with simple paper and markers or students can make it more elaborate with painted paper ..read more

When painting with tempera paint, I have found over the years that using water dilutes your paints and makes your paint colors not vivid and become muddy. Here are some helpful tips for painting with children 6-12. Have fun creating ..read more

Want a colorful project that incorporates color, line and shapes while connecting to children’s literature? This project is purrrfect! My students loved creating these adorable cats inspired by this fun book, It’s Fall, by Renee Kurilla. Bright, warm colored trees and gray cats make these pieces of art a striking display for all love. Fall is PURRR•••FECT to enjoy the beautiful colors of nature ..read more

If you lived in the forest, what kind of house would you live in? How fun would it be to live in a mushroom or a pumpkin, maybe an acorn, squash or a trunk of a tree. So many small animals and forest creatures live in gardens, woodlands and forests. These creatures and their tiny homes were our inspiration for these folkloric garden houses. Keep on Creating ..read more

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I am so excited to share with you a new product for us at Painted Paper Art!  Inspiration Vincent created Still Lifes (a collection of flowers and or fruit not moving) a little differently than the Impressionist artists of his time period. After practicing with many different flowers, he chose a specific variety as his subject matter; the sunflower. His fellow painters thought that sunflowers were somewhat coarse and unrefined, but this is exactly what attracted Vincent. He also enjoyed painting sunflowers that had gone to seed. “How to Draw Van Gogh Sunflowers” directed drawing guide ar ..read more

I love using big brushstrokes of bold bright colors splashed on paper. These brushstrokes help make the painted paper students use in my classroom to create beautiful masterpieces. Here are two colorful lessons inspired by the artist Henri Matisse’s painting View of Collioure. The town of Collioure is situated in France near the sea. Matisse used organic shapes and bold, bright colors as expression in his artwork. Buy Lesson Here Project #1 creates organic shaped trees inspired by Matisse’s View of Collioure painting. Project #2 is also inspired by View of Collioure and creates a cooperati ..read more

In my Kindergarten classes we love examining the beautiful change of the seasons, especially Autumn. We are so blessed to have the four seasons in Ohio and to experience the cycles of life. In Art class, we discuss the beautiful colors that you see in the Fall and the foliage and flowers in bloom.  One fabulous flower is the sunflower along with crows in the sunflower fields. The children delighted in created their personal flowers.  What you will need: • Construction Paper for making Painted Paper: • Tempera Paint- Various Shades Yellow, Orange, Red, and Green • Round Brushes • Glu ..read more

Early Chinese Pagodas is a fabulous addition in our Art Exploration through Time Series. Students love learning about the history these exquisite examples of ancient architecture. This lesson is perfect for connecting geometric shapes and landscape through Art! Buy Lesson Here What you will need: Simple art materials are used for this project, such as watercolors, colored pencils and a black Sharpie marker. This is a terrific project to build your young artist’s confidence and work on some basic drawing skills. It was definitely a favorite of my students! This lesson is great for&n ..read more

Wander the forested Great Smoky Mountains, explore fields of flowers and the preserved pioneer communities including a cabin in famous Cades Cove. Interested in connecting some fun art lessons and science together while bringing the National Parks to your classroom? Here’s an addition to our popular series, National Parks, Habitats: Life in the Appalachia- The Smoky Mountains National Park Unit is another set of lessons that are sure to please your students.  Why not make Great Smoky Mountains a top destination for your students as well while they learn about the Appalachia habitat ..read more