No matter your age, if you are looking to become a better photographer, you can use these projects for practice. Each one will give you the opportunity to look at things differently and use your camera to capture specific images.
This article provides seven different photography explorations to do with children.
After some basic photography tips, allocate students a letter of the alphabet. Their task is to find objects that could represent that letter.
In this lesson, students move through the photography basics as they work towards having 12 great photos to make a 12-month calendar.
Photography is a great hobby to share with kids, and the ever-increasing accessibility of point-and-shoot cameras and camera phones makes this even easier. This is the first article in an occasional series about Teaching Kids Photography.
Want to take that next step in teaching your kid(s) about photography and stoking their life-long passion? This article is the second in an occasional series on teaching kids photography.
This art history video presents a conversation between Salman Khan and Steven Zucker about sculpture and the language of representation. They examine Pablo Picasso's "Guitar" (1912-) 1914, made of ferrous sheet metal and wire. It's currently at the The Museum of Modern Art.
Students will create a narrative or short story in response to a work of visual art. They will compare their interpretation with the intent of the artist.
This lesson focuses on different exterior spaces depicted in works of art. Students practice using vocabulary associated with the weather and how people react to the sea. Activities in this section teach students about some of the elements of art (color and line), adjectives, and two kinds of sentences (declarative and imperative).
Experiment with Andy Warhol-inspired pop art with this fun chicken project.
Watch this video to learn how to paint Andy Warhol-inspired pop art donuts!
In this lesson, students create Andy Warhol-inspired self portraits in black and white (with bold, colourful backgrounds).
In this activity, students create a Burton Morris-inspired pumpkin!
In this activity, students paint hearts in the style of pop artist, Burton Morris.
In this group art project, students have the opportunity to trace a fellow-student, paint solid colours, and experiment with black and white patterns.
Students will love this pop art lesson that focuses on the principle of movement. It also makes a great abstract portrait that is frame-able!
In this activity, students create hamburgers inspired by Pop Artist, Claes Oldenburg.
In this lesson, students use pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein's, work for inspiration to create a sunrise painting.
In his lesson, students create pop art-inspired self portraits.
NOTE: You will need an alternate "photo to sketch" website / app than the one mentioned in this lesson. Use the idea presented here for inspiration.
This is a great project for children who are learning about Andy Warhol and the POP Art movement! The bright colors and bold images used in this fun fifties style makes for some stunning creations in your art classroom. Students of all ages can participate with this Andy Warhol art project.