Thursday, April 30, 2020

Videos for Distance Art Learning

Videos for Art Sub Lessons and Distance Learning

If your students have access to the web and YouTube, there are some sites that they can access easily. 

Here are some you might check out.

The Kennedy Center
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems


Mr. Pstudios is an art teacher. His YouTube channel includes drawing activities for kids.



The blog, Art Room Videos, has links to lots of individual art videos that have been previewed for kids.


The Dad Lab has lots of videos. Your students may have access to lots of materials, so check out his entire channel. For those whose students may have limited supplies, here are some videos that might work for you.
Crayon Rubbing with Legos 
Shadow Drawing
Draw with Your Feet 
Tree Bark Rubbing

Young Rembrandts They have some directed drawings. They also have an online course that you can pay for that is off of YouTube



Art for Kids Hub  They do a lot of directed, step-by-step drawing.  



Mark Kistler is a long time favorite for kids wanting to draw better. I would suggest these for upper elementary and middle school.  Many of his videos are hour long, which I suspect will not work for most kids.  Finding the shorter videos, I sorted by "most popular." I saw a lot that were around ten minutes long.

The Art Project has lots of videos you might like for older kids. His drawing prompt videos are the perfect length for kids drawing at home.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Art Sub Lessons - Sugar Skulls

Sugar Skulls - Art Sub Plans Elementary


Cinco de Mayo is in a few days. Drawing sugar skulls would be a fun elementary activity for distance learning or classroom learning and they could be tied into the holiday.

Here is a YouTube tutorial that you could send your students to that is easy to follow.

















If you need something in paper form, check out this set of worksheets from the TPT Shop: Centers and Early Finishers. It can also be set up as an art center; used as an early finishers project, or taught as an art sub lesson.  There are templates, sample patterns, and examples of three different designs.   TPT Shop: Centers and Early Finishers



Art Sub Plans - Positive and Negative Space

Easy Art Sub Plans for Middle School about Positive and Negative Space

negative and positive space art lesson for middle school and elementary


Written as an art sub lesson this can be taught by anyone, even for distance learning. Negative and positive shape can be taught using simple supplies that students may have at home.  Here are a couple of lesson plan ideas using only paper and pen. The pen could even be replaced by a pencil, crayon, or marker if that is what is available.

LeaNewtonArt  has a fully written lesson plan on her blog. It is intended as a lesson to be taught at school but has lots of information you could glean if you are writing a lesson for distance learning.

Student drawing of black and white art with negative and positive space

Nic Hahn, in her blog "Mini Matisse," shows a different take on negative and positive space. She also uses doodling with patterns. The theme of the designs is personal to the artists.
Student drawing showing negative and positive space

If you want an art sub lesson for negative and positive space that you can print and hand to a sub, I have this one in my TPT shop.

This was written as an art sub lesson but can be taught by anyone. Middle school and upper elementary grades will find it easy and fun to do.

Drawing by image by 마 법사

It is short, easy, and takes the most simple supplies: paper and pencil. It would be nice to have crayons, pens, markers, or watercolor paint, but not a requirement.

Here's a preview of the slides inside.

Examples from an art sub lesson on negative and positive spaceExamples from an art sub lesson on negative and positive spaceExamples from an art sub lesson on negative and positive space




Thursday, April 2, 2020

Popular Art Sub Lessons

Art Sub Lessons Ready Right Now

Art teachers and parents are looking for lessons they can use right now; ones that are full lessons to teach. Here are the fully formed lessons most often purchased from my shop this week.

These are scripted, no prep lessons that can use paper and pencil.  Pens, markers, crayons, or colored pencils would certainly enhance the artwork, but if someone only has pencil and paper, they can still do these lessons. These are full of images with examples of art student artwork.

These are PowerPoint presentations that can be printed out, projected, and viewed on your device screen.

They are fully scripted and can be taught by anyone. Parents would have no problem going through them with their children. They are meant to inspire students to create their own inventions and not just copy what they see.

Click on the images to go to the lesson on my TPT shop.

































Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Early Finishers Worksheets and Art Subs Lessons

Art Worksheets Elementary and Middle School

Teacher, I'm done. What do I do next?" A dreaded question, especially for a substitute teacher.  Answer: Art Worksheets 

I have been creating fun classroom activities for years. Kids love them!  These drawing worksheets will also work great at home for distance learning. As a bonus, you can use these as art sub plans worksheets too!

Each worksheet has a lightly drawn outline of a character surrounded by images of possible cartoon features. Students choose the details they want and add them to the character. 

Typically, I sell these on TPT for $.99 apiece, but recently I have added them as a bundle option.  In a bundle of 21, you save over $5.

The worksheets include these characters: block people, dragon, Jack O'Lanterns, bunny, reindeer, turkey, panda, trolls, elves, penguins, monster, gingerbread house, monkey, yeti, turtle, frog, claw machine, groundhog, nutcracker, leprechaun, and Little Red Riding Hood.
Click here to go see the items in my TPT store:  Learning Packet for Art

Here are the individual items that are included in this bundle.
art sub plans worksheets


Art Sub Plans Worksheets

Art Sub Plans Worksheets








Sunday, March 29, 2020

Explorers and Sea Monsters - Middle School Art

Art Sub Lessons: Sea Monsters 





Who wouldn't love learning about sea monsters! If your students are learning about the "age of exploration" or "European explorers," they will enjoy this art lesson plan. Students will learn about maps created by ancient navigators and the sea monsters that often appear on those maps. Then they will create a drawing of their own imaginary sea monsters. 

It was written with substitute teachers in mind, so it is written with a full script and tons of visuals.  It can be taught successfully by anyone. It is no prep and uses the most simple materials.  Paper and pencil. Crayons, pens, and markers could be added. It is presented as a PowerPoint but can be converted to Google slides if you want to use it in that manner.  Make your life a little bit easier with this already prepared activity.

Here’s Where You Can Find This Lesson

This is where you can find the middle school lesson:  Sea Monsters.

If you are interested in an elementary lesson about early explorers, click here:  Art Sub Lesson - There Be Monsters! It is another fully ready; easy to teach; no prep art lesson that will be fun for your kids.


Composite photo of images from a lesson on sea monsters, maps, and explorersComposite photo of images from a lesson on explorers, maps, and sea monsters























Composite photo of pages from a lesson on sea monsters and explorersComposite photo of images of sea monsters and explorers lessonComposite photo of images from lesson on sea monsters

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Art Activities That Students Can Do At Home

Elementary Art Sub Activities to do at Home

If you are looking for easy options for teaching art at a distance, here are some suggestions.

I found this drawing prompt generator. artprompts.org  You select a category and then a prompt appears for that. There are ads at the top but look down at the bottom to see your prompt. Get a new prompt by clicking on "refresh." You can make your own template and then insert drawing prompts for each week.





Crayola has art worksheets that you can download.


If your students have access to the web and YouTube, there are some sites that they can access easily.  

Here are some you might check out.




The Kennedy Center
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems



Mr. Pstudios is an art teacher. His YouTube channel includes drawing activities for kids.



The blog, Art Room Videos, has links to lots of individual art videos that have been pre
viewed for kids.


The Dad Lab has lots of videos. Your students may have access to lots of materials, so check out his entire channel. For those whose students may have limited supplies, here are some videos that might work for you.
Crayon Rubbing with Legos 
Shadow Drawing
Draw with Your Feet
Tree Bark Rubbing

Young Rembrandts They have some directed drawings. They also have an online course that you can pay for that is off of YouTube







Art for Kids Hub  They do a lot of directed, step-by-step drawing.  



Mark Kistler is a long-time favorite for kids wanting to draw better. I would suggest these for upper elementary and middle school.  Many of his videos are hour-long, which I suspect will not work for most kids.  Finding the shorter videos, I sorted by "most popular." I saw a lot that was around ten minutes long.

The Art Project has lots of videos you might like for older kids. His drawing prompt videos are the perfect length for kids drawing at home.

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In case you need some art lesson ideas to print and send home with your students for a few days, these would work great. Written as early finishers activities, they are worksheets with directions and lots of details that kids can draw from on their own.





"Create a Silly Monster" Worksheet