Stormy winter night

Inspired by Vincent van Gogh's painting Starry Night students make their own stormy winter night! 

What do you need? 

• drawing sheet 
• pencil
• oil pastels 
• liquid watercolor paint
• brush

What should you do? 

1. Lay the drawing sheet widthwise in front of you.
2. Draw the head of a surprised looking snowman's in the corner. 
3. Draw his scarf fluttering in the wind.
4. Draw his blown-off hat floating through the air.  
5. Color everything with oil pastels
   
6. Draw spiral shapes in the air with oil pastels. 
7. Paint the drawing with liquid watercolor but leave the edges white.  

Drawings made by students of grade 4. 

Come on, let's make a snowman!

In advance: 

By choosing an incomplete snowman, students are forced to draw big. An additional advantage is that there remains some to imagine: what would your snowman look like if he filled the complete sheet?

Students have to start coloring with white. This is to prevent other colors will mix with white and to be sure the white crayons will remain white! 

What do you need?

• blue construction paper 
• oil pastels
• pencil
• white tempera
• stencil brush

What should you do?

1. Sketch a part of a snowman. 
2. Sketch the hat and scarf and other items too. 
3. Color the drawing, starting with white oil pastel. 
4. Outline everything with black oil pastel. 
5. Make snowflakes around the snowman with white tempera paint and a stencil brush.

Drawings made by students of grade 7. 

Happy new year!

What do you need?

1. white drawing sheet 
2. water paint color
3. brushes
4. liquid water color paint
5. crayons

What should you do?

1. Draw some Dutch canal houses. 
2. Color them with water color paint. 
3. Use crayons to draw fireworks. 
4. Paint the sky dark blue with liquid water color leaving the edges white. 

Works of art are made by students of grade 6.

Snowmen mandala

What do you need?

• white drawing sheet 
• compasses
• scissors 
• crayons or oil pastels 
• indian ink
• brush

What should you do?

Step 1

1. Draw a circle with a diameter of 20 cm. 
2. Draw within about 1 cm another circle (the edge of the mandala). 
3. Cut out and fold into 8 pieces. 
4. Draw against one of the folds half of a snowman using black oil pastel/crayon.
5. Fold the sheet and press firmly with your hands to get a print of the snowman on the other side of the fold. 
6. Trace this half with black oil pastel/crayon.
7. Repeat this and draw the other three snowmen. 
8. Color the snowmen and background. 
   
9. Make sure the snowmen are really colored white, otherwise they will turn completely black with ink after step 2.
10. Color the edge with a nice pattern.

Step 2

1. Crumple the picture into a ball. 
2. Make flat again. 
3. Paint the entire drawing with indian ink. Rinse the ink immediately after it in the sink. 
4. Let dry. The ink will rest in the folds and create a great antique effect.
5. Cut the circle and paste it on a colored background. 
   

Drawings made by students of grade 6. 

This lesson is a variaton on 'Autumn leaves mandala'. 

Catching snowflakes

 

What do you need?

• blue or grey construction paper
• oilpastel crayons
• fiberfill 
• glue 

I don't know who was the first that posted this lesson. Who do I link? However, it came across all art blogs lately! 

What should you do you?

It's snowing! Look up and try to catch snowflakes with you tongue! What does your face look like when you look up?

1. Draw yourself or another child in a winter sweater. 
2. Color with oil pastels. 
3. Outline with black. 
4. Paste a piece of fiberfill on the tongue.  
5. Draw the snowflakes.

Made by students of grade 4

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Snowmen

What do you need?

• blue construction paper
• oil pastels

What should you do?

1. Draw three or more overlapping snowmen wearing colorful scarves. 
2. Color with oil pastel.
3. Outline with black.
4. Draw snowflakes around the snowmen.  

Drawings made by students of grade 4. 

Winter tree in warm-cool colors

 What do you need?

• drawing paper
• crayons
• watercolor paint
• black tempera 
• brushes
• jar with water

What should you do?

1. With crayon: draw a horizon line.
2. Draw a tree trunk from the bottom of the sheet. 
3. Draw branches that touch the edges of the sheet. 
4. Draw a pattern in the landscape below the horizon line. 
5. With watercolor paint: paint the sky. 
6. Paint the surfaces between the branches in warm or cool colors. 
7. Paint the surfaces in the landscape: warm if you first chose cool, cool if you first chose warm. 
8. With tempera: paint the branches and trunk black. 

Works of art made by students of grade 4.

Elements of art: color (warm and cool), space, line (pattern)

Happy new year

What do you need? 

• white drawing sheet 
• blue liquid water color paint 
• brush
• crayons
• black construction paper
• leftovers of yellow and orange paper
• yellow chalk pastel

What should you do? 

1. Draw fireworks with crayons on a white sheet. 
2. Paint the whole sheet with blue liquid water color paint. 
3. Let dry.
4. Cut a skyline out of half a sheet of black paper. 
5. Paste the skyline on the blue sheet. 
6. Cut windows from yellow or orange paper.
7. Draw a yellow chalk line on the roofs and smudge it.   
   

Works of art made by students of grade 3, 4 and 5.

Christmas carolers

What do you need? 

1. green construction paper A2 size
2. scissors and glue
3. leftovers paper or Christmas scrapbook paper
4. fine markers in black and silver

Before:
Christmas carolers are individuals or groups who sing traditional holiday songs, known as carols, during the Christmas season, often traveling from house to house or performing in public spaces.

What should you do? 

1. Cut the parts of the singers: head with the nose up and open mouth, thin arms and legs, dress or suit and black shoes or boots.
2. Cut a music book and fold it. 
3. Draw the title on it: Christmas Carols.
4. Draw some staves with musical notes.
5. Glue the parts on the large green sheet. Paste three-dimensional if possible: paste the dress with folds; arms come out of sleeves holding the 3D pasted music book. 
6. Draw nostrils with a black marker and shoe laces with the silver one.
7. Make a large group work of these Christmas carolers!

Works of art made by students of grade 6. 

Silver and white Xmas tree

What do you need?

• green construction paper
• silver marker
• white pencil

What should you do?

1. Draw the trunk of a tree in the middle of the sheet, starting at the bottom and ending about 2 inches from the top. 
2. Color the trunk with silver marker. 
3. Draw lines from the trunk to the right and left. Don't use a ruler! The lines become shorter to create a triangle.  
4. Draw Xmas decorations on the branches with a white pencil. 

Works of art made by students of grade 6. 

Christmas Angels

What do you need?

• black construction paper
• pencils in yellow, gold, silver and white

What should you do?

1. Draw some Christmas angels flying in a starry sky. 
2. You may only use gold, silver, yellow and white pencils to color them. 
3. Draw patterns in their dresses.  
4. Finish the work with a frame: a simple straight line, a dot pattern or wavy line.

Works of art made by students of grade 4.

Gingerbread man printing lesson

What do you need?

• two pieces of linoleum 10 x 10 cm
• lino knife
• block printing ink
• flat piece of plexiglass
• linoleum roller
• white sheets
• lino press
• scissors, glue
• colored paper

What should you do?

1. Draw a gingerbread cookie on both pieces of linoleum. 
2. Cut away the outlines of the first linoleum.
3. Cut away the background of the second one. 
4. Print in one or two (Christmas) colors.
5. Paste your prints on colored paper.

Works of art are made by students of grade 4. 

Christmas trees in the snow

What do you need?

• large drawing sheets 
• liquid watercolor green and red 
• oilpastel crayons 
• brushes
  

What should you do ?

• Draw a wavy line, the ground. 
• Draw several christmas trees. Simple triangles are okay. 
• Do not draw all the trees next to each other, but let them overlap. 
• Decorate the trees with balls and garlands.
• Draw presents under the trees. 
• Color with oil pastels, but leave the ground white. 
• Use white oilpastel for snowflakes.
• Paint with liquid watercolor, the ground has to stay white.

Works of art made by students of grade 1.

Elements of art: color, shape, space.

Light in the darkness

Before:
Print a lantern for each student. 

What do you need? 

• drawing sheet 
• tempera paint
• brush
• pattern of a lantern
• scissors and glue

What should you do?

1. Paint a light yellow circle in the middle of the drawing sheet.  
2. Paint around it with colors that become progressively darker: dark yellow, orange, red, dark red.
   
3. Paint the last circles in blue and dark gray and fill the sheet. Let dry 
   
4. Cut the lantern and paste it on the painted sheet. 

Elements of art: color, nuance. 
Works of art made by students of grade 3. 

Colorful Christmas trees

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What do you need?

• two white drawing sheets A4 size
• water color paint
• brushes
• jar with water
• tissue paper
• scissors and glue
• ruler
• pencil
• gold or silver marker
• white correction marker
• glitter

What should you do?

1. Paint a background on the first white sheet with water color paint. Use different colors and let them blend into each other. Use plenty of water for nice bright colors.
2. Choose three colors tissue paper. Fold the sheets several times and cut triangles. 
3. Wet the second white sheet with a brush. 
4. Place the triangles on it and leave it to dry. 
5. Cut long triangles. You may use the schedule. Cut a piece from the bottom of the triangles if you want trees of various heights. Cut some smaller triangles from the left overs if you want more trees.
6. Paste the triangles with overlap on the colored background. 
7. Outline with silver or gold marker and draw a simple branche stucture.
8. Draw snowflakes with a white marker or use chips from the hole punch. 
9. Sprinkle some glitter on the forest floor.
10. Paste the artwork on a colored background.

Works of art made by students of grade 7. 

Tea light holder of paper, ink and oil!

These beautiful colored light holders are made of paper, ink and salad oil! 

What do  you need?

1. sketch paper
2. pattern (ask me by mail)
3. liquid watercolor paint
4. great brush
5. scissors
6. strong glue
7. salad oil
8. paper towels
9. little glass jar
10. tea light

What should you do?

1. Print the pattern copy it on scetch paper. 
2. Wet the paper and sprinkle with a big brush liquid water color on it. The drops will flow in the water. Fill the whole sheet with color. 
3. Let dry. 
4. Pour some salad oil on a plate. Paint the paper with oil using a big brush. 
5. Put the oily sheet between paper towels and let dry for one day.
6. Cut out the pattern. 
7. Fold the edges and stick the tea light holder together with strong glue.

Made by students of grade 6.