Art Class Time

Art Class Time

Art Lessons for Art Teachers. This podcast provides you with an art supply list, set-up and clean-up tips, step-by-step instructions, and links to graphics. You will have everything you need for each art lesson.

Episodes

September 8, 2023 5 mins

‘Spot’ the leopard teaches kids how to find their place in the world and that there is a special spot for everyone. This craft is handy when you are in a pinch since it can take as little or as much time as you need it to. Or use it to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday the first week of March.    preK & kinder 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uhkWcXVKkVlia1wfz-4KeLTaQmicOAJN/view?usp=sharing


 

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Celebrate Dr Seuss with this weaving project for young children. The project is paired with the book, "I am NOT Getting Up Today" and uses basic supplies and a little prep work.  The episode describes in detail how to teach students to weave a blanket with colored strips of paper and draw themselves dreaming beneath it.
kindergarten & first grade

Step-By-Step Instructions:
https://drive.google.com/fil...

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July 17, 2023 8 mins

Teach kids how to make a beautiful, circular weaving using yarn and a paper plate. This episode guides you through every step of the project to ensure that your students end up with a work of art and a love of weaving.

Step-by-Step Instructions and samples:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gAcfiYpG5U14NZzsl9wFb8xW8ahsl__r/view?usp=sharing

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July 11, 2023 6 mins

No, it's not your imagination... teaching weaving to kids is REALLY hard. This podcast will help you break down the process of weaving for different age groups. Teaching children the 'secret' to weaving helps emphasize an important step so weaving becomes fun instead of frustrating.

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June 9, 2023 12 mins

If this podcast helps prevent just one art teacher from an epic fail, then sharing my disaster stories will have been worth it. Admitting mess-ups is humbling... Especially when you’re creating a podcast on how to be a successful art teacher; but we do grow more from our messes than from our successes. No matter how much you plan, prepare and practice, every teacher will have a set back... especially when first starting out. In my ...

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May 5, 2023 5 mins

This inexpensive art project is great for a chili cook-off, rodeo season, or for any western theme. Create cowboy (or cowgirl) boots out of craft paper. Transform a repeated name or phrase into embroidered boot stitching... perfect for students  learning how to write in cursive. Younger kids can use their fancy, swirly writing along with gemstones and stickers to add glam to their boots. Great for any age.

boot sample:

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April 7, 2023 4 mins

This podcast teaches students how to transform an empty water bottle into a glowing firefly.  This craft is inspired by, "The Very Lonely Firefly", by the late, great, Eric Carle. Use the fireflies to give a pretty glow to an evening school event, then students can use it as a night light. ages 4+

student samples:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BgcgxmDuxI62GYFiKqSQGKPIRnKA9dYn/view?usp=sharing

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April 3, 2023 5 mins

This podcast provides everything needed for you and your students to play the art game called, ART CHOPPED. The game is based on the Food Network show called, "Chopped". A bag of mystery art supplies is given to each group of students to create a masterpiece before time is up. Bring out the creativity and resourcefulness of your students as they use a limited amount of supplies and time to compete against their classmates...

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Three little mice in the story "Mouse Shapes" show how to build different objects using circles, triangles, rectangles and squares. Go beyond this project to build a colorful village of houses out of paper shapes.   ages Pre-K+

sample work:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OI_FMYczeLWAPhRmAlQb2Pz90rVMicBL/view?usp=sharing

 

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January 23, 2023 8 mins

Mind-blowing optical illusions introduce students to positive and negative space using basic supplies; paper, scissors and glue. 

optical illusion samples:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RrjRMERVczji7deBtLQ398lgl2TOqOEg/view?usp=sharing

student samples:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WBhNaro7_45ZmSsoWb56lK29P0ZekD9Q/view?usp=sharing

step-by-step pictures:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XAtMT8Di0RLrDrfhZ1Bt-YJLnjBZj5wl/view?usp=shar...

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January 23, 2023 5 mins

Paint on glass successfully with this podcast. A supply list, instructions, set-up and clean-up details are included. Students get very creative with this project and it's easy with the right materials.   ages 11+ 

student samples:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/192Xv62QkYY1U4naMJGa3GoaXbn4Q8HvV/view?usp=sharing

 

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December 2, 2022 8 mins

Etching on glass is easy! Masking a design on glass to be etched is easier after looking at positive and negative space through the work of M. C. Escher and his optical illusions. Included in this podcast are a supply list, set-up, instructions with links to graphics, and tips on clean-up.  ages 11 and up

M.C. Escher drawings:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13miQ3qnNFbh7jC16_VIjWFnIvm6ZyRbb/view?usp=sharing

glass etching examples:

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November 15, 2022 3 mins

These water bottle Luminarias are easy to make and create a festive glow for our chili cook-off. Students can collect water bottles to be upcycled for this project. The supplies are basic, and glow sticks can be used instead of the battery operated tea lights.

Step-by-step instructions and images:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oU4zMpaqIV0l9eIn1ymefxlcaoNsH5ua/view?usp=sharing

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November 4, 2022 6 mins

This mosaic cup lantern glows and has the look of stained glass. An alternate version for older kids uses dry, fall leaves and pressed flowers on mason jars. Use the lanterns to decorate a school event, on the dinner table, or as a night light.

Sample Lantern:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TXytJlkSJwP8p3W4pm_kNz9Uxe4ZP8WO/view?usp=sharing

 

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November 1, 2022 7 mins

How do you explain to students why screen-printed soup cans hang in a museum and are worth millions of dollars? This episode has the answer to that question and more by learning about 1950s and '60s pop culture artists. Learn how to create a unique pop art design for today's pop culture. Included are detailed instructions on turning that design into a print and also on how to create a personal pop art collage.

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October 8, 2022 13 mins

This podcast has everything you need to learn the process of printmaking. Supply list, class room set-up, transferring a line drawing onto a printing block backwards, cutting into the printing block safely, applying ink, making prints and clean-up. Even the process of signing and numbering the prints

 

Extra information on expanding this lesson includes suggestions for using creative paper, adding color and stamp-making.

 

 Images of s...

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October 7, 2022 7 mins

Learn about the First Nation Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska. Use their graphic and simplified line work to draw an animal that represents you or your family. Take the project further and create a totem pole.   ages 11+

Project examples:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bv-7EuPUSYVeOAJE2xNtgBs2eU6QSS8l/view?usp=sharing

 

Tlingit Animal Sheet:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DONrSQ0J0yQKQ8MUYrKevg6u7NLY6yLC/view?usp=sharing

 

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September 29, 2022 7 mins

This is an introduction to printmaking for younger students. The project uses a pencil to carve into a foam plate instead of sharp tools with a printing block. Create a symmetrical design and transform it into a real art print.  ages 8+

Step-by-Step pictures:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D25G9UMb5sqEAjmLBr5ERKf5SPwSpZQi/view?usp=sharing

 

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September 29, 2022 7 mins

This podcast covers printmaking for young children and making stamps. The book, "The Shape of Things" is our inspiration for using squares, circles and triangles to draw pictures. This is an easy introduction to the mature craft of printmaking made simple for children ages 4-7.

pictures of kids in action making prints & stamps:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EmqRT8Vv8ol-3llNTIlxjUEAh3eBUpA9/view?usp=sharing

 

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September 23, 2022 5 mins

Art Nouveau is an art movement from the late 1800s through the early 1900s that used anything from nature as inspiration. Louis Comfort Tiffany's stained glass work is used as an example of flowing, organic lines and forms. Use feathers, flowers, shells and insects to inspire your art students to create an Art Nouveau style line drawing in colored pencil.  ages 9+

Student example:  

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r73...

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