New! Art Lessons from Around The World Part I

While watching the Olympic Games, I was awestruck by the beauty of the cultural images presented during the opening ceremonies. The native dancers in their elaborate headdresses and costume were not only entertaining, but inspiring. Exploring cultures from around the world is part of every student's academic repertoire but sometimes tying an art lesson into the lesson is challenging.
I offer you three art lessons with a cultural slant...

• From Russia, The Littlest Matryoshka. Children draw a nesting doll and color with markers. An everyday household object makes drawing this doll a breeze! (age 5-8)
  

• From San Pablito, Mexico, Amate Bark painting. Children "make" bark and use markers and tempera paint to create a traditional Mexican Folk Art. (age 6-11)
  

• Ancient Aztec inspires three lessons; a leader, a warrior or a symbolic animal. Use the handouts for how-to instructions and then color away with markers. (age 7-12)
  

These three lessons require the most basic of art products (black pen, white paper, colored markers, tempera paint, paper bag or brown paper). No need to buy anything fancy!

Download the lesson directly to your computer or print out and put in a binder with your other Deep Space Sparkle Lesson Plans. Please note: ALL DEEP SPACE SPARKLE LESSON PLANS ARE FOR DOWNLOAD ONLY. THEY WILL NOT BE MAILED OR EMAILED TO YOU.
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Perfect for Kinder all the way through Sixth Grade, these lessons can be adapted to any grade. This 20-page booklet is sure to become a staple in your art curriculum.
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New! DEEP SPACE SPARKLE presents...Art and Literature!

Picture books are my go-to source for art lessons. A trip to the library yields a bounty of ideas. But not just any book with a great story and fantastic art makes a great lesson. The illustrations have to be accessible and adaptable to the young artist. These four are perfect!

Pie in the Sky (Book by Lois Ehlert) is perfect for lower grade elementary kids. Begin by making painted paper, Eric Carle style, and use the provided templates to create the stunning birds. This lesson is particularly good for inclusion children. No matter what skill level the child possesses, this is truly a successful project.

Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton is not only an endearing book, but "Splat" is easy to paint! Second graders will love creating their own "Splat" using tempera paint and chalk pastel. Add painted paper embellishments and soon the kids will be proclaiming their ambitions as a children's book illustrator!

Do You Have a Hat? by Eileen Spinelli (grades 1-3) describes famous hats worn by famous people. Using the templates provided, children will pick their favorite hat and draw a person to go with it! Watercolors and crafts unite in this creative art lessons for little ones.

Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields Illustrated by Scott Nash (grades 2-5) is best taught as a directed line drawing: use the two drawing handouts provided to guide the children through the steps of drawing a dancing dino! Finish the drawing by filling in the shapes with watercolors plus two secret weapons...salt and rubbing alcohol. The children will absolutely LOVE how the dinosaur skins literally ripple!

My 33-page Art and Literature PDF Booklet is my largest so far...8 pages of templates, 4 how-to-draw handouts, prep tips and full photo tutorials. I know you will love browsing through the student gallery and planning your next art unit.

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DEEP SPACE SPARKLE presents...Line + Color= Fun!

Who isn't looking for an art lesson that requires only a black marker and white paper? On the days that I don't have time for elaborate painting projects, I pull out one of these lessons. My newest lesson booklet "Line + Color = Fun" delivers lessons in illustration, pattern, contrast and color.

• Russian Architecture is based on the famous St. Basil's Cathedral. Do the line drawing or add the chalk pastel background. The results are stunning!
  
• Folk Art City introduces children to the whimsy of folk art inspired by a children's book illustrator. Learn cool tricks for drawing "folk art perspective" as well as cars, skyscrapers and houses.
• Crazy Critters is three lessons in one! Learn how to draw beetles, crickets and other strange looking insects, then select an option for coloring. Very easy for the teacher and terrific fun for the kids!
  

This 22-page booklet comes with four original Deep Space Sparkle Drawing Handouts, complete photo tutorials with tips, and of course, sample of student works.
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Single Lesson Plan: Egyptian Faces!

Deep Space Sparkle presents....EGYPTIAN FACES!
Studying ancient civilizations is a huge part of California's social studies curriculum. Most teachers have a bevvy of lesson plans devoted to Egyptian art but this one is my favorite. It takes portrait drawing skills a bit further by learning how to draw a profile plus it allows for a ton of creative expression. The results are stunning with all the intricate details and makes even the most tentative artist empowered. It's fun too...how often do you get to work with gold paint!

This 8-page single subject lesson plan features:

• Two original Deep Space Sparkle drawing handouts
• Student samples (my favorite!)
  
• Complete multi-photo tutorial.

This lesson is best suited for upper elementary students but would be successful with junior high as well.

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DEEP SPACE SPARKLE presents...Architecture Made Easy

Drawing buildings are easy with my secret weapon...TEMPLATES! By using your own cardboard templates, architectural-based lessons are a breeze. They not only save time, but frustration as well. I've demonstrated three of my most popular architecture lessons: Country Barns, Castles and Victorian Homes.

Architecture Made Easy is a 23-page booklet that is best suited for the upper elementary school student. It is destined to be your best tool in your art lesson repertoire.

• In Country Barns, students use the templates and a ruler to make a grid, then connect the points to draw a very cool, 3-D barn. Watercolors and colored pencils finish up this impressive lesson.

• Drawing Castles have never been easier! Using the templates to draw towers and turrets leaves precious art time for the really fun stuff like making the drawbridges, kingdom banners and battlements.

• Positioning rectangle templates together makes creating your own Victorian Dream Home a snap. Trace around the templates to create a multi-level home that is fun and unique!

All lessons come with a supply list, complete photo tutorial, how-to-draw instruction handouts (my personal favorite!) and samples of real student work.
The PDF is designed to be printed out or you can view from your computer screen.

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Introducing: Single Subject Lesson Plans!

I thought it might be helpful to introduce a new format of lesson plans directly related to specific art lesson posts. I figured that if a teacher wanted to print out a post, it would be hard to do so. Too much cutting and pasting! So, I've taken a few of my most popular lessons and reformatted them to include handouts that you can reproduce and give to the students as well as a printer friendly version of the lesson plan. For those of you who have purchased my Art Booklets, these are similar in format, just smaller and more focused.

My first is "Royal Pooches"!
This adorable art lesson comes with three "how-to-draw" handouts for a Bulldog, a Basset Hound and a Cocker Spaniel.
The nine-page mini-booklet also includes a supply list, photo tutorial and student samples. The PDF is designed to be printed out so you can bring it to your classroom. This lesson is perfect for grades K-3.

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DEEP SPACE SPARKLE presents...Fun with Portraits!

The second in my series of PDF downloads, "Fun with Portraits" is a 24- page packet that contains everything you need to teach fun portrait lessons to your students or children. I've include SIX portrait lessons designed specifically for elementary students:

• Two dynamic Matisse-inspired portrait lessons for upper and lower elementary
  
• Paper-Cut portraits with optional lesson ideas
  
• Tempera/Watercolor portraits
• Imagination portraits
  
• Collage portraits with optional lesson ideas
  

The PDF includes original how-to-draw handouts, two "head" templates to reproduce, full picture tutorials and the best yet, over 75 students samples!

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New! Eric Carle Inspired Lessons Plans Booklet

Introducing a new feature on
Deep Space Sparkle...

PDF Formatted Lesson Plans!

My first lesson features my very favorite illustrator, Eric Carle. His iconic style is an inspiration for many of my art projects and according to your emails, the subject of many of your lesson requests.
Children adore these projects. They get to play with paint, experiment with textures and best of all, create their own masterpiece. But how do you reign in one child (let alone thirty students!) to create this project?

This lesson plan will show you.

Jam-packed with complete tutorials, templates and student artwork, this
16-page printable PDF includes all you need to create several Eric Carle inspired art lessons.

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Only $5

The PDF is designed to be printed out or you can read it directly from your computer screen. The lesson plan features my most popular project, Seahorses, but extra templates and instructions are included to create additional Eric Carle inspired projects!

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