Musical Clip Art Handout brainstorming reference

Music is a great subject matter for visual art!  With primary students it can reinforce instrument names and types. Intermediate and secondary students can relate more to the sounds and songs they like, and think about visual rhythm.  Clip art is never a good substitute for something drawn or created by the students, but it works well as a reference and to get students brainstorming.  This Musical Clip Art page is exactly what it sounds like.  Several clip art instruments on one page for quick reference.

Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus worksheet

I have been finding a bunch of old brainstorming worksheets, vocab pages, and other resources deep in the belly of my file cabinets.  Some of these are so old, the original file no longer exists...or is on 3.5 inch floppy!

This Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus Worksheet was used to introduce a sculpture project and integrate with fourth graders study of Ancient Egypt.

Alien Driver's License Handout

In third grade we do a project where we draw and paint imaginative aliens.  We talk about what an alien would look like if it walked into our classroom, and we discuss what it would feel like to shake that alien's hand!  I use the Texture Hand Handout to help students understand implied texture.  As an extension to this project we design an Alien Driver's License to learn more about our alien.  The handout helps students with what they should include on their license.

Contour Line Drawing Handout

Teaching contour line drawing to intermediate kids is tough. I developed this handout to help students better grasp why I was making them do what I was making them do.

 "Why can't I look at my paper!!"

I again have an uncredited Internet resource.  I have no idea where I grabbed the images of the keys so many years ago.  I apologize. Also, what is with all the Comic Sans?

Implied Texture Handout

I take no credit for this one... but I LOVE it.  I got this as a handout while I was student teaching (a  long time ago) and I have used it every single year since.  It is a fabulous way to help younger students understand implied texture.  Seeing an implied texture on an object that normally wouldn't have that texture helps students grasp the power artists have in their 2D drawings.

As a texture exercise, third graders trace their own hands on a 12 x 18" piece of drawing paper.  Together, we brainstorm other textures (not objects) and draw each finger to feel a different way.  It's fun and memorable.

Anyone know where this originally came from?

Here is a foam plate print a third grader made from  their collection of
 implied textures.  We continued the pattern outside the printed surface
with colored pencils for colored paper.