Welcome to Lines, Dots, and Doodles. This is the place for students, parents, and teachers to find out what has been going on in my art class. I have included pictures of my student's artwork and basic explanations of the projects. I hope when you leave this blog, you feel inspired to create. Feel free to browse this blog and borrow any of my art lessons.


Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Cakes, 5th Grade

 This lesson is a perfect Wayne Thiebaud lesson.  I found the idea for this lesson on Arteascuola.   Students drew a cake and then added shading to make it more realistic.

Here's a hint:  After coloring with oil pastels, have students use a Q-tip with a little baby oil to blend the colors.  It really makes the pastels look smooth, and almost like paint.

Friday, February 13, 2015

What's in your brain?, 3rd Grade

 For this lesson, students focus on creating a self portrait.  Students create a silhouette by standing in front of the projector and having a friend trace their silhouette.  Then, students draw things about themselves inside their silhouette. Students had the choice of coloring in either crayons or colored pencils.

 I think these are wonderful!  After creating their portrait, students wrote a few sentences about themselves and added it as a thought bubble.