Clay lesson plans

Clay can be the best and worst thing to happen in an art room. It can be a magical and intense experience for both the students and the art teacher. Once students get over the messy aspect of clay, they are completely mesmerized by the tactile and time consuming process. The illusive kiln, the obsessive smoothing, the endless need to score and slip…. I LOVE …

Clay Terms Ceramics : Art of making objects out of clay to produce pottery and sculpture. Clay : Stiff, sticky kind of earth that is used in ceramics. It is wet, and it hardens after drying or...

Animal pinch pots are a fun clay lesson for older kids and middle school students. Build a clay elephant with step-by-step instructions.

I put together a booklet for the staff of the primary school I work in. They were wanting to learn about clay and some ideas of what they...

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This is a perfect slab lesson for artists will a little prior clay experience. How to use simple steps to create a clay animal face of your choice while applying slip and score to attach all clay pieces together. Perfect slab clay lesson for artists will a little prior clay experience.

Using clay, middle or high school students will use clay hand-building techniques and proportion in order to create a realistic ceramic portrait sculpture. They will get their hands dirty for this one, but will come out with a clean view of themselves in the end!

This expressive clay portrait lesson is a great way to get your students thinking creatively while learning the basics of working with clay.

I put together a booklet for the staff of the primary school I work in. They were wanting to learn about clay and some ideas of what they...