Artists use sketchbooks as personal spaces to capture observations, emotions, and ideas. They also offer a great opportunity to explore and experiment with various drawing techniques. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, sketchbooks provide a space to create freely and discover new possibilities.  Make Your Own Sketchbook Make a sketchbook to take with you…

In this collection, you’ll find lessons and activities focused on one of everyone’s favorite art mediums—drawing!  Drawing is not just about producing images on paper—it is a way to communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas. From the simplest scribbles to detailed representations, drawing can be approached in many ways, each providing unique possibilities. Whether it’s exploring…

In this collection, you’ll find units, lessons and activities focused on making animals using a variety of different media.  Creating art about animals allows us to celebrate and explore both what we see when we look closely at animals and our own relationships to the animal world. Whether capturing their features through observation or imagining…

In this collection, you’ll find units, lessons and activities that focus on exploring facial expressions and conveying emotion throughout different media, including drawing, collage, and assemblage sculpture.   Understanding and depicting facial expressions is crucial for students as it enhances their ability to interpret emotions, fosters empathy, and enriches their visual storytelling skills. By noticing how…

In this collection, you’ll find lessons and activities centered around weather, seasons, and shadows—the dynamic changes of the natural world.  In these activities, we emphasize the importance of close observation, from shifting weather patterns to transitions between night and day. Through developing observational skills, students cultivate a deeper appreciation for the world around them and a…