Dry chalk drawing

Wet Chalk Drawings ~ simple activity perfect for those busy days when the kids want to create, but there is no time for paint.

I found this project on kinderart.com and really enjoyed the entire process. Don't let the website's name fool you, it has lessons for many ages. This was a 4th/5th grade project and took several weeks (but can easily be adapted for other grades too). I call it chalk painting and tell the kids that they are using chalk to paint their pictures. The process is simple: Students choose different colors of chalk and dip that chalk into white tempera paint and "paint" pictures they have drawn. The…

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The Ultimate Guide to Chalk Pastel Art with a huge list of tutorials, how tos, encouragement and the joy of art for all ages.

Grade 6 students finally finished their sunflowers last week. This is a fun and relatively easy project that all students can find success with. I find most 'glue lines on black paper' projects are great for all levels and abilities of students. Chalk pastels are very forgiving and easy to work with, so I tend to start out with these types of projects at the beginning of the year to help build my students' confidence in Art. I out some real and fake sunflowers on display for students to look…

There is a certain skill involved in each form of art, a knack that you have to grasp so that you become a master at what you do. There is no doubt that