Art lessons
Lessons and activities from PG Art Teachers.
The elementary art teachers of Prince George will be sharing a variety of lessons here. Each week will update with a new lesson or activity for you to try at home. Get ready to create!!
Please make sure you snap a quick photo of what you make to share it with us.
We hope that you are creating artwork. We would love to see what you are making. Please click on the link above to share your art work. Art work may be posted on this site's gallery, on PG School sites, PG school Facebook sites, or PG Arts Facebook site. We can't wait to share your art!!
Current theme: Food
Coming soon: Dragons
Quick Links
Dragons in Art
Dragons come in all shapes, colors, textures and sizes and are only limited by our imagination! They can be found all around us: in art, history, literature, movies, sports, modern day logos and more. Check out these amazing and different representations of dragons!
What a great opportunity to dream...
Let's create a dragon shadow puppet!
Dragon Puppet.mp4
Lessons to Feed your Artistic Appetite
Theme: FOOD, Art about and made from FOOD
Cupcake Card Video
Video demonstration of folding, drawing and alternative watercolor techniques
Tin Foil Sculpture inspired
by artist Toshihiko Mitsuya
Above is a video of the artist creating beautiful metal flower sculptures.
foil.mp4What will you make??? Don't forget to share you art!!
Let's Talk About the Color Wheel!
What is the color wheel exactly, and why is it important?
Simply put, the color wheel is used by artists to understand how colors work. It follows rainbow order (ROY G BIV), and is used to understand how colors are mixed to make new colors.
Check out how you can make a color wheel with things you find around your home!
Have you seen a rainbow in the sky and wondered why it happened?
Check out these resources to learn how rainbows are created!
This is the 50 year anniversary of Earth Day!
The first Earth Day in 1970 moved millions of Americans to raise environmental awareness and take action towards investing in and protecting our planet.
You can contribute to the health of our planet by creating art and reusing materials that might otherwise be discarded into landfills. This process is often called Up-Cycling or Eco-Art.
Notice how these artists create eco-friendly art...
Bride and Groom
Louise Nevelson
Octopus
Denise Hughes
Describe these two pieces of Art...
How are they similar? How are they different?
Do the materials have an impact on what you think about the art? About what the artist is communicating?
Which piece of art do you prefer? Why?
How would you make art like this?
We can make art together...
Earth Day Art.mp4Found Object Art
Materials list:
found objects
glue
box (optional)
paint (optional)
Learn more about reusing materials in creative ways...
What's the Buzz about Bees??
Check out these websites to read more about why bees are so important!
Celebrating the Importance of Bees with Art
Materials list:
2 pieces of paper
glue
scissors
a way to add color (markers, crayons, paint, or colored pencils)
Make sure to "share your art" using the page above
Lesson Theme: Spring
Learn how to create some Spring art.
Photo Alphabet Challenge
Sharing the encouragement of SPRING
Spring is now, and what a perfect time to take a walk!
In nature, there are so many wonders to see.
As artists, exploring and capturing beauty is what we do I challenge you to go on a walk! Go on more than one walk! I walk my neighborhood EVERYDAY. (I figured out that's 2 miles a day!)
When you are walking outside your house, ask yourself:
What LINES, SHAPES, and COLORS do you see?
What interesting TEXTURES do you see?
Exercise playing around with your perspective and take photos of what you see.
(If you do not have a camera, use a sketchbook and draw what you see. Famous artist did this and that is why their art is so beautiful. Scientist also reference outdoor drawings in their field sketchbooks)
Next crop the photos of nature in a way that resemble letters.
The CHALLENGE is that you are not allowed to move or change how the object is in nature.
It is photographed how it is naturally exists. With your perspective and photographing at an angle you are making it appear to be an " Alphabet Letter". When you have acquired enough letters, Spell a word of encouragement with them. Together, artists, let's share how beauty is all around and encourage others with our photographic art!
Submit your artwork
Go to the "Share your art" page listed above
What do you see in these two pieces of art?
Hare in the Meadow
by Kaye Lake
Feeding the Rabbits
by Fredrick Morgan
What things do you see that are similar?
Ideas: They are both outside, they both have flowers, the booth have rabbits, etc.How do you think they were made? Crayons, tissue paper, clay, paint, markers?
Left: Oil paint Right: Oil paintWhat things do you see that are different?
One is a close up view of one rabbit the other the viewer is further away and there is less details overall.Which one do you prefer and why?
Answer variesHow to draw Guides
drawing springBunny.mp4Quick craft for younger children
Spring.mp4