Hand Patterns

Check out this video by The Awesome Arts on YouTube.  I found a link to this video on Pinterest.  A sub could definitely teach this one.

Emergency Art Lesson - Ugly Bug Ball

 I created this lesson for its ease of use.  It is complete with visuals and simple directions.  The materials needed are very simple.  It is for sale now for only $2.25 at TeachersPayTeachers.

This lesson was created with an art sub in mind. All of the directions have been included for their ease of use. You may print this out so that the sub may present it up close on paper or show it as PowerPoint presentation.

The materials needed for this lesson are the most simple: paper, pencils and crayons or markers.

The lesson begins with discussion questions regarding a masterpiece by the artist, Balthasar van der Ast. This painting includes many interesting insects crawling around a beautiful still life. The lesson then leads the students to creating an imaginary scene of insects at a party. Each slide includes questions and statements for the students to think about including in their drawing.

I have taught this lesson to all levels, K through Fifth. My subs who have used this lesson have left feedback that they and the students thoroughly enjoyed the lesson.

I hope that this will be a well loved lesson for you and your students and that it helps you when you are in need of a sub lesson.

Article with Ideas for Art Sub Lessons

Sub Lessons....Yahoo article

Stacked Shapes - Op Art

This is from the blog, Art with Mrs. Smith.


This is a lesson that I saw passing through Pinterest today.  There are lots of credits to be given out.  I will quote this from the blog I am linking to.  "Big thanks to Deborah Brooks at Arapahoe Ridge Elementary for submitting this lesson plan to Artsonia, and she thanks Linda Welling for showing her the lesson first."

The Gingham Dog and the Callico Cat - Emergency Sub Plan

This is a lesson that I created years ago and it has been an old favorite. It goes with the book/poem "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat." I wrote it specifically for primary art subs. It's over at TeachersPayTeachers for $2.25. I tried to make it as simple as possible. If you have the book and simple supplies, you are ready to take a day of leave. = )

This is a great solution to a day when you have an emergency and need a sub lesson immediately.  Everything you need is here.

Owls Step-by-Step

I find that my subs seem to like lessons where the kids can follow along step-by-step.  So, when I am at an all day meeting this week, I think I'll let the sub use this lesson from Art Projects for Kids.

The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat

This is a lesson that I created years ago and it has been an old favorite. It goes with the book/poem "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat." I wrote it specifically for primary art subs. It's over at TeachersPayTeachers for $2.25. I tried to make it as simple as possible. If you have the book and simple supplies, you are ready to take a day of leave. = )

Wayne Thiebaud

Thanks to Jessica Young for sharing this link with me.

Here's a Wayne Thiebaud lesson.  Over at the blog, Art with Ms. Gram, you'll find instructions and handouts that a sub would probably find successful.  

Yay for handouts for subs!!!

The Night I Followed the Dog

This is a lesson I will leave for some of my younger classes this week.

Here's a fifth grader's...

Here's a second grader's....

I will leave a video of the book "The Night I Followed the Dog."  This is a video that I have downloaded from YouTube on the Storyline Online Channel.  I have also burned it to DVD that I can play on a regular DVD player. (See how to do this at my blog, Art Room Videos.)

The lesson will be introduced by showing some funny animal videos of animals talking.  I have downloaded them and burned them to dvd player format on a disk too.

These are so funny, your kids will fall in love with your sub for showing them.

Then the sub will tell the students they will be listening to a storybook called "The Night I Followed the Dog."  Ask what sorts of things they think we would see a dog doing if we followed it around in real life.
 
Show the video.

After viewing the video, ask the students what sorts of things they would like to see a pet doing if the pet was acting like a person.

They will go to their tables and draw those things.  The drawings could be in stapled book form or just one on a page.

Remind them to add backgrounds.  Where will these pets be?  What would we see around them if we were there?  Would there be other pets?  Would they be doing the same things?

If time allows, let them share their favorite drawings with the class.

How to draw and paint a pattern beetle

I think I may try a version of this for my next sub's lesson.  I would burn the video to dvd so it can be played in the dvd player.  (I'll write a post this weekend on how to do this.)  The sub would play the video the whole way through. Then, for the drawing part, the students would work along as the sub played the video bit by bit.

I would make it a crayon or marker lesson unless I knew the sub could deal with block tempera for the resist.