Art Lessons and Projects

Click on the thumbnail images to check out my secondary level art lessons and projects. You can find photography, digital art,and studio art lessons. Enjoy!

Digital Photography Projects:

Beginning DSLR Manual Photography

Learn all the basics of shooting in manual mode and get a free photography cheat sheet download.
Learn how to shoot in manual mode.

Isolated Color Photography

High school photography lesson about composition.
As you can see, this student had a great photography model at home.

Art Element Photo Quilts

Students use texture, color, line, and shape to create a cohesive composition.

Digital Art Projects:

Gestalt Theory Animal Graphics

Principles of gestalt lesson for high school students.
Students used gestalt theory to create their own animal-based graphics.

Printmaking-Inspired AI Accordion Books

Create an image that looks like a linoleum block print using Adobe Illustrator.
Students use Adobe Illustrator to create images that look like linoleum block prints.

Classic Movie Digital Collages

Digital collages using classic movie images.
Students use provided movie stills and images from the Internet to create their digital collages.

Studio Art Projects:

Colorful Cardboard Animal Busts

A sculpture using cardboard positioned with intersectional planes to create animals.

Large Wearable Paper Mâché Heads

high school sculpture project: paper mâché heads
Giant wearable heads made out of cardboard, tape, and paper mâché.

Handmade Watercolor Artist Books

watercolor washes for artist book pages.
Handmade books in which students can create artistic spreads and journal.

A dork about all things art.