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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.

Lesson 1: Exploring Paper With Your Hands

Last updated: March 7, 2024

Media Types: Sculpture
Grade Bands: 3-5

Overview: Students will use their hands as tools to change paper in different ways. Students will understand that:  Students will be…

Daily Sketch: Personal Significant Object

Last updated: January 3, 2024

Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Choose a three-dimensional object that is special to you. Why is it meaningful to you? Where does it live in your home? What shape is…

Daily Sketch: Winter Shadows

Last updated: January 3, 2024

Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

When light hits an object, it casts a dark shape on the surface or surfaces on the opposite side of the object. The dark shape…

Daily Sketch: What Color is the Sky?

Last updated: January 30, 2024

Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

What color is the sky? Is it always blue? How does it change with the time of day? Or with the weather? Look at the…

Daily Sketch: How is the Night Different from the Day?

Last updated: March 13, 2024

Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

What does the world look like after the day is done and the sun has set? Do colors change? How do they change? What happens…

Daily Sketch: What do our hands really look like?

Last updated: April 5, 2024

What do our hands really look like? Our palms are the biggest part of our hands. What shape is your palm? We have five fingers…

Daily Sketch: Personal Still Life

Last updated: January 3, 2024

When artists draw a still life, they select objects carefully. For example, they could be things they think are important, beautiful, interesting or useful. They…

Daily Sketch: Shadows out your Window

Last updated: March 13, 2024

Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

When light hits an object, it casts a dark shape on the surface or surfaces on the opposite side of the object. The dark shape is…

Daily Sketch: Clouds

Last updated: January 3, 2024

Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

What do clouds really look like? Do they come in different sizes? See how many different kinds of clouds you can see outside your window.…

Daily Sketch: Look! Look Closer!

Last updated: January 3, 2024

Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Look at an ordinary household object and draw it. Look for big, simple shapes first, then smaller details. Now take another piece of paper and…