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Expressing Emotions: Käthe Kollwitz

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
In this lesson, you will explore expressing and conveying emotions through facial expressions, drawing inspiration from the work of Käthe Kollwitz.

Landscape: Vision and Verse 

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
In this lesson, you will make sketches of landscapes inspired by Chinese landscape paintings, photos, or personal memories. 

Value Exploration

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: 6-8, 9-12
In this lesson, students will experiment with creating value in a drawing.

Drawing an Object with Value

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: 6-8, 9-12
In this lesson, students will use value to create volume in a drawing of a round object.

Henry Taylor: Heroes

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8
In this lesson, you will draw a portrait of someone you admire, using pose, setting, and details to show why they are important. You will find connections between your own process and the artwork of Henry Taylor. 

All About Us

Media Types: Drawing, Painting, Watercolors
Grade Bands: K-2, Pre-K
In this activity, children will explore drawing and painting a self-portrait.

Drawing Plants

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: K-2, Pre-K
In this activity, children will look closely at a plant and draw the lines and shapes they see.

Drawing Animals

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: 3-5, 9-12, K-2
In this lesson, you will identify and draw the different shapes, colors, and textures of animals.

Drawing An Eye

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
In this lesson, you will learn how to draw the basic shapes of an eye.

Shape Up

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: 3-5, K-2
In this lesson, you will go on a shape hunt to discover the shapes that are all around you, invent your own shapes, ​and create a shape drawing.