Quick middle school art projects

Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a drip sculpture inspired by one of my FAVORITE contemporary artists, Dan Lam. Before exploring this project, check out Dan Lam's eye catching drip sculptures on her website here and her Instagram page here. Dan Lam’s "tactile, technicolor sculptures use unconventional materials to

In this mixed media lesson, students will use three mediums to create a shaded, unified piece of art.

We found the best middle school art projects online! Whether you are an art teacher teaching middle school students or have kids in middle school that you

Click on the links below to access lesson plans for projects this semester. Lessons will be added after they have been introduced in class.

Grade Level Duration Five classes, 40 minute class periods Materials Cardstock, scissors, acrylic paint or acrylic ink, leaves for observational studies, drawing paper, or use sketchbooks (if your students have them), black fine line pens like Sharpies, metallic markers Media Mixed media Lesson Objectives Students will… practice their observation skills by drawing and shading leaves. […]

It's 6:00 in the morning and something has come up! You have to call off work. The stress starts mounting.... what are my students going to work on today?! What easy materials can I have them use?! How will the sub know what to deliver?! Ahh! Hath no fear! Below are 10 straightforward, ready-made sub

It's SO EASY to make beautiful yarn art! Create a colourful yarn 'painting' by gluing leftover yarn onto a dollar store canvas. It's such a fun craft to experiment with colour and texture! Yarn art is the perfect art project for groups at summer camp or sleepovers. You can make a picture of a landscape, like we did, or create a simpler, abstract design. Either way, it's so much fun to make this unique fiber art! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we…

After a decade of teaching high school art, I've recently moved to teaching middle school art. It's a blast and there is truly NEVER a dull moment. Through some trial and error, I've learned that some projects are more engaging than others. Below are some of my favorite middle school art projects that have yielded