- white drawing sheet A4 size
- compasses
- pencil
- oil pastels
zondag 21 september 2025
Autumn leaves mandala
zaterdag 23 augustus 2025
Stained glass, like Theo van Doesburg
- firm white drawing paper
- ruler
- pencil
- color marers
- waterproof black marker
- salad oil
- brush
- paper towels
Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931) was a Dutch painter, architect and writer. He was charmed by the abstract art of Kandinsky and Picasso's cubistic work. In 1917 he founded the magazine De Stijl, in which he and other artists could publish their innovative ideas about art. Famous Dutch artists who belong to the Stijl are Piet Mondriaan, Bart van der Leck and Gerrit Rietveld.
- only rectangles and squares
- rectangles can stand or lie
- maximum 3 colors plus white
- never two of the same colors next to each other
- black outlines
- a long horizontal line through the center
donderdag 14 augustus 2025
A day at the beach
- drawing sheet A3 size
- white drawing sheets
- tempera paint
- brushes
- scissors
- markers and/or pencils
- glue
- pencils
Cover four tables with newspaper and put three containers with paint on it:
- yellow and a little brown besides (beach) + two big brushes
- blue and a little green (seawater) + two big brushes
- blue and white (air) + two big brushes
- white (surf) + two brushes to stamp
dinsdag 22 juli 2025
Summer memory
- white drawing paper
- watercolor paint
- brushes
- jar with water
- glue
- color pencils
- grey or light brown cardboard
Passed holiday's are always full of memories. Sunset on the beach, a sunny afternoon in the woods or impressive clouds above the sea. What colors belong to that memory? What colors belong to a sunset, to the woods and what colors would you use for the upcoming thunderstorm?
Paint your sheet full with your holiday memories using watercolor paint. Paint strips in different colors. After drying, tear the sheet in strips while following the different colors. Glue your strips with a little space between them on the grey/light brown paperboard. Write a title and decorate the frame with little holiday memory doodles (shells, clouds, flowers etc).
Made by students of grade 5
zondag 6 oktober 2024
Pumpkin, like Burton Morris
You need:
- several colors construction paper
- black cardboard 20 by 20 cm
- colored cardboard 20 by 20 cm
- scissors
- glue
- black marker
I came across your blog and saw your student's artworks. I am truly touched that you honored my artwork in your teaching lessons and hope it was a success and inspired the children!
I hope to show again in the Netherlands one day and feel free to keep in touch.
Your friend,
Burton Morris
woensdag 25 september 2024
Haunted house in the moonlight
- white drawing sheet A4 size
- black construction paper
- yellow chalk pastel
- scissors
- cutting knife
- glue
- white pencil
- black marker
- blue and purple tempera paint
- sponge
- saucer
- Tear a strip of black paper from about 5 cm and paste it on the bottom of the white sheet: the ground.
- Draw a old house on black paper and cut out.
- Use a cutting knife for doors and windows.
- Paste the house on the white sheet.
- Use a white pencil for details such as bricks, ghosts, spiders, spider webs etc. Use a black marker to draw things in the open window.
- Cut and paste a moon.
- Outline moon and house with yellow chalk pastel and smudge the chalk outwards.
- Stamp the background with purple and blue tempera and a sponge.
- Finally paste the artwork on a yellow background sheet.
zondag 15 september 2024
Sunflowers in pieces
You need:
- white drawing sheet
- black construction paper for background
- pencil
- oilpastels
- liquid water color paint
- brush
- scissors
- glue
Draw at least four sunflowers. Be sure three of them are over the edges. Color them with oilpastels. Paint the backgrond with liquid water color paint.
Neil's drawing is torn in pieces. Those pieces have been re-glued for a spatial effect. Before tearing check which side of the paper is best. One side gives nice white tear lines, the other side does not.
Lyan and Jurre have pasted black strips over their artwork, creating a window through which you look outside.
zondag 21 juli 2024
Olympic athletes
- scissors
- glue
- white drawing paper A1 size
- cardboard in Olympic colors
- compasses


This is a group work for five students. Every group gets a big white sheet, five sheets of colored cardboard (colors of the rings: black, yellow, red, blue, green) and at least five copies of the athlete.
Step one: each group member cuts an Olympic ring, using compasses and scissors. Paste this five rings on the big white sheet. Look carefully which ring has to be pasted in front or back, and which ones have to be pasted through each other. Be sure the little cutting line is pasted underneath another ring.

dinsdag 2 april 2024
Mexican amate
- brown paper bag
- tempera paint in fluoresecent colours and white
- brushes
- jar with water
- black marker
- coloured paper for background
- glue or stapler
Paste or staple the artworks on coloured construction paper.
vrijdag 15 maart 2024
Tamponing an Easter bunny
You need:
- colored paper
- tamponing brushes
- white tempera paint
- pencil and color pencils
dinsdag 12 maart 2024
Pretty tulip prints
- corrugated cardboard or a cardboard box
- scissors
- roller
- blockprint or tempera paint*
- colored or white sheets
donderdag 7 maart 2024
Mix and match with Mondrian
by students of grade 3
You need:
- white sheets 21 by 21 cm
- black sheet 23 bij cm
- paper strips 3 by 6 cm in yellow, red and blue
- black squares 3 by 3 cm
- glue
I did this lesson in grade 5, students worked in pairs. The figures are cut before class. Per art work you need 4 black squares and 16 colored rectangles
- make a composition of 4 squares, each consisting of 4 colored rectangles and a black square in the middle. Make sure there are no 2 of the same colors next to each other
- paste the composition on the white sheet, keeping a small white edge visible around each shape.
- finally paste the art work on a black surface
dinsdag 5 maart 2024
Grey, like Theo van Doesburg
Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931) was a Dutch painter, architect and writer. He was charmed by the abstract art of Kandinsky and the cubism of Picasso. In 1917 he founded the magazine De Stijl (The Style), in which he and other artists could publish their innovative ideas. Well-known artists who also belong to De Stijl are Piet Mondriaan, Bart van der Leck and Gerrit Rietveld.
Characteristics of the Stijl artists:
- use of primary colors and non-colors
- horizontal and vertical lines
- use of geometric shapes
- strive for balance and harmony in the artwork
- no color, only non-colors
- geometric shapes with some rounded corners
- suggestion of depth: some surfaces appear to rise through the use of light and
- dark next to eachother
- only horizontal and vertical lines
donderdag 25 mei 2023
Selfportrait like Roy Lichtenstein
On front of it is a drawing in the style of one of the art movements we studied that year. In 2021-2022 it was pop art.

You need:
For the folder: paper A1 size, folded in half
For the drawing:
- white drawing paper A4 size
- markers
- skin color pencils
- fine marker in black
- Draw a self portrait on the small sheet.
- Add a text in a speech bubble that suits you.
- Color your face using skin color pencils. Use markers for the rest of your drawing.
- Fill one part of your drawing with dots.
- Fill the background with a pattern.
- Outline everything with a black marker.
- Past e your work on the large sheet.
- Draw in large letters: portfolio + you name + the school year.