Abstract art elementary

Looking for abstract art activities for kids? This Paul Klee for kids project is hands-on and engaging for students. Plus, you can extend their knowledge with literacy components.

Looking for an activity for kids that combines music, art and literature? No problem! This fun bumblebee-inspired abstract art project for kids combines all three in super easy and engaging way.

Shape Collages by 1st Grade, artist study Reggie Laurent

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

Students learn how to practice drawing quick rectangular shapes and paint warm and cool colors into those shapes using Paul Klee art inspiration and

Kandinsky inspired art for kids. Step by step. Sharpie, oil pastel &…

Reggie Laurent is a modern art painter who lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area. He often works on black canvas, painting his organic shapes and squiggles first in white and then covering them in colored acrylic. My fifth graders have viewed the work of Reggie Laurent, and while they would LOVE to emulate his stule of acrylic-on-canvas, it just isn't in our budget! SOOOO, we did the next best thing: cut paper on black. Students used paper from the scrap box and glued it onto a sheet of 12x18…

I did learned this technique from my co-worker Jayne, who taught it during summer school last year. I think drawing on tin foil is a unique experience for kids that can be done using a variety of themes! My third and fourth graders had a great time making these abstract drawings using Sharpie markers on tin foil. To prepare the surface, pull out a sheet of tin foil and carefully flatten it on to a piece of cardboard or matboard. … Read more... →

Take a dot on a walk and see what abstract art kids can create. Use our easy art lesson to make an abstract drawing or painting today.