Coloring Page Lesson with Amanda O’Shaughnessy
Amanda O'Shaughnessy provides this wonderful lesson to create drawings using different colored pencil techniques.
Realistic Pineapples
Create the background using watercolors. Divide the background paper provided by Art to Remember in half. Paint the top half one color and the bottom half another. This will act as the surface for the pineapple to set on. Allow this page to dry. Create the pineapple on the watercolor [...]
Color Mixing Cupcakes
Using the black Sharpie, have students draw the cupcake base. Alternatively, you can provide a template for the base. It can serve as a great first step to get the painting started. Use an extra sheet of paper to cut out templates of the cupcake base. Have students trace the [...]
Hot Colors Desert
Encourage students to draw something they would see in a desert with the hot colors. To fill up the entire paper, provide a watercolor wash to paint over the crayon in orange or yellow. Print name legibly on the front of the paper (at least an inch from the edge [...]
Color Texture Drawings
The student will sketch the animal or subject matter on the white paper, drawing large enough to fill the paper. After sketching the picture with pencil, the student will use fine point markers to fill in the picture with very small. Do not begin randomly. Work in small sections. Don’t [...]
Cityscape – City on the Water
Draw a horizon line across your page. Place several rectangles along the top of the line. Fill the rectangles with shapes to represent windows and doors. Fill the buildings with a black Sharpie marker. Use washable markers to create the sky. When a color is used, it is repeated in [...]
Primary Petals
Cut out template. Use an extra sheet of paper to cut out the template of the vase. Have students trace the vase on their paper with a black Sharpie. Older students may be able to draw their own vase, but this step will be helpful for the younger ones. Using [...]
Sea Turtle
Use a pencil and tracer to create an oval on the sheet of paper. Draw four flippers, a tail, and a head off of the body. Add additional details to the head such as eyes. Draw the design on the shell of the turtle. See page one for more detailed [...]
Floating Donuts
Use watercolors in a wet-on-wet method to paint the background. (Paint the paper first with water and then add the watercolors onto the page.) Allow dry time before moving to step number two. Stamp five to seven ‘donuts’ onto the background. Some of the circles should go off the page. [...]
STEAM in the Classroom
The video below contains two great lesson plans that show how you can successfully incorporate art into your STEM/STEAM classroom. Your students will love creating art while incorporating science, technology, engineering and math. As a bonus, both lesson plans work well with an Art to Remember fundraiser! Lesson Plans: Art Draw [...]
Tropical Feathered Friends
Draw the bird lightly in pencil surrounded by colorful flowers, plants and trees. Draw the bird as large as possible so that it is the focal point or center of interest. Color your picture using saturated, exotic colors like bright orange, lemon yellow, hot pink, lime green and peacock blue. [...]