Acrylic painting middle school art projects

Check out student artwork posted to Artsonia from the Warm to Cool Color Scheme Acrylic Painting project gallery at Conway High School.

We had a lot fun studying real candy prices as our inspiration for our Pop Art Candy Paintings. Tempra paint and black Sharpie outlines added emphasis and strong lines. The 12" x12" paper created a cropped effect as well. Yum!

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Our tween / teen class created these amazing contour flowers using india ink and acrylic. We wanted students to practice working on a very large scale, to create a contour drawing using gestural line work and motion, and to explore how to build up a painting layer by layer. We set up a fresh […]

Got lots of newspaper piling up on a corner? In this post, you'll learn how to create this eye-catching collage pop art piece using old newspaper, some Elmer's glue, and a touch of acrylic paint. This is a great way to recycle and turn boring white canvas into something you would be proud to hang up (or even sell!).

These acrylic acorn paintings were done by kids ages 10-11. This is a fun art idea for fall! Visit the link to see more of these acorn paintings! #fallartideas

Paint this metallic beetle in acrylic paints with this simple step by step painting tutorial.

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. […]