2nd grade oil pastel art

SEA+REFLECTIONS - Watercolor painting with a crayon or oil pastel resist of a sail boat with a reflection in the water between waves. Art lesson idea for 1st or 2nd grade.

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Finished picture of oil pastel and water colour galaxies that kids can make

Art Projects for Kids: Abstract Oil Pastel Cat, Mrs. Katz and Tush - good math lesson on fractions and geometry

Capture a favorite summer memory with a lightning bug chalk pastel art tutorial because you ARE an artist! A fun summer art project for all ages.

Grade 3 oil pastel flowers in progress. Trying to teach them how to blend! Use baby oil

Make beautiful chalk pastel flower art for kids with easy pastel techniques and a free flower printable template!

This beautiful watercolor butterfly painting combines oil pastels and watercolors. Kids will learn easy watercolor techniques to create this wow-worthy art!

Oil pastel drawing

Crayons take on a whole new coolness level with this easy and totally non-messy crayon transfer technique.

Teach the element of line by making and doing! This little project was all about line exploration with oil pastel and watercolor. Drawing different types of lines with oil pastels and the topping off with watercolor paint allows those lines to really "pop." If you're look for a one day art lesson on line this is it!

My first graders are studying Claude Monet right now! First we watched a cute video (below) to learn about the artist Then we drew the garden and the Japanese bridge with oil pastels on watercolor pap

oil pastel butterfly -symmetry

IF you are like me, you are looking for FUN, yet simple projects for the end of the school year!! I got this idea from this fabulous blog called The Lost Sock I found these great videos to show the students before they get started! Bubbles from baris parildar on Vimeo. First we talked about the properties of bubbles. I blew some bubbles for the kids to look at (with their hands in their laps...pure torture) but I really wanted them to use their eyes. What shape is the shiney? Where is the…

Oil pastel printmaking art project that is perfect for 3rd-6th grade students. Step by step instructions to help with this beautiful project.

Last week's second grade art lesson was all about shape. Facts about shapes: they are flat, they are made from "closed" lines, some have names (triangle, square, circle). Shapes that have names are called geometric. Shapes that don't have names are called organic or irregular shapes. Then I introduced the kids to Piet Mondrian, Dutch