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Our inquiry-based approach helps students of all ages learn to use the artistic process — focusing on exploration, discovery, and skill building across a variety of art media.

Color Mixing Painting

Media Types: Design, Painting, Watercolors
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2, Pre-K

Chart showing painting color mixing techniques created by Studio in a School Artist Instructor Mira Putnam.

Animal and Nature Textures

Media Types: Clay, Collage, Design, Drawing, Oil Pastel, Painting, Puppetry
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2

Chart showing animal and nature textures created by Studio in a School Artist Instructor Mira Putnam.

Organic vs Geometric Shapes

Media Types: Collage, Design, Drawing
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2

Chart showing organic vs geometric shapes created by Studio in a School Artist Instructor Mira Putnam.

Stamping Textures

Media Types: Design, Printmaking
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Chart showing stamping textures created by Studio in a School Artist Instructor Mira Putnam.

Tints and Shades

Media Types: Design, Drawing, Oil Pastel, Painting, Watercolors
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Chart showing tints and shades created by Studio in a School Artist Instructor Mira Putnam.

Types of Lines

Media Types: Drawing, Oil Pastel
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2, Pre-K

Chart showing types of lines created by Studio in a School Artist Instructor Mira Putnam.

Watercolor Techniques

Media Types: Painting, Watercolors
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-2

Chart showing watercolor techniques created by Studio in a School Artist Instructor Mira Putnam.

Shaping Meaning: Beverly Fishman 

Media Types: Collage, Design, Drawing
Grade Bands: 6-8, 9-12

In this lesson, you will explore the work of Beverly Fishman and analyze how she uses scale, composition, and color. Then, explore a similar process in your own work to investigate how these elements influence the viewer’s response.

Drawing a Memory: Brianna Rose Brooks 

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: 3-5

In this lesson, you will make a collage inspired by a place that is important to you, using paper and other materials to represent its shapes, textures, and details. You will look closely at the artwork of Leroy Johnson for inspiration.

Self-Portrait Drawings

Media Types: Drawing, Oil Pastel
Grade Bands: 6-8, 9-12

In this 4-lesson unit, students will learn how to use composition, scale, and value to create still life drawings.