William King Museum of Art

Topic: Beginning color theory - 14-16+ project: Students create a traditional color wheel using paints or colored pencils, understanding primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Students will create a series of thumbnail compositions and choose the strongest design to develop further. - 10-13 project: Students create a traditional color wheel using paints or colored pencils, understanding […]

Topic: Texture - 14-16+ project: Students will create an oil pastel drawing and then transfer it to a second piece of paper using a blunt pencil. Students will assemble the transferred paper pieces into a unified design. - 10-13 project: Students will create an oil pastel drawing and then transfer it to a second piece […]

Topic: Texture - 14-16+ project: After planning the composition on a separate paper, students draw tin foil shapes to incorporate into their artwork with a pen. Students will create implied texture to accompany the real texture with metallic sharpie.  - 10-13 project: Students will create an abstract piece of artwork with tinfoil glued on a […]

Topic: Movement - 14-16+ project: Select an object, person, or animal to draw (these can be from life, printed out, or from a magazine). Set up your paper so you can comfortably see your subject without looking at your drawing hand. Begin drawing the outline of your subject without lifting your pencil. Follow the contours […]

Topic: Movement - 14-16+ project: Group students into two and sit them across from each other. Give them one piece of chalk, pastel or charcoal for each hand and instruct them to mirror each other’s movements in turns. Make sure to put emphasis on arm movements. - 10-13 project: Set into groups of two. Give […]

Topic: Balance - 14-16+ project: The students start with a structure, create their own compositions based on the structure and are able to articulate their thinking during and after the process. - 10-13 project: The students are given a set structure and are able to create a composition based on their structure. They are able […]

Topic: Balance - 14-16+ project: Students will create a piece of art using Radial Balance. Consider a design element that can be repeated outward from a central point. - 10-13 project: Students will design a Symmetrical artwork. They will design a visually interesting pattern to mirror on both sides of their piece. - 7-9 project: […]

Topic: Line - 14-16+ project: Students create collaborative paintings by collaging and painting shapes. After cutting their squares into fourths, they exchange pieces with classmates to assemble a larger, shared artwork. Final touches and personal details are added by the student to make it their own. - 10-13 project: Students create collaborative paintings by collaging […]