- Smashed Face Scanner Portraits in Charcoal
*Please note: Do not open your eyes when photocopying or scanning your face; it can damage the eyes. The image below came from Pinterest. See the lesson and examples on Riverside Art‘s blog. - Haunted Houses
Middle School Art Teacher Amy Markham created this black watercolor haunted houses lesson with her students, focusing on creating a full value range.
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You can find her presentation here. - Squeegy Ghosts, Video here.
Step-by-step directions here. - Halloween Notans
Take an old classic, Notans, and run with a Halloween Theme, like Le Chan Nhu did with her middle school students. Find her YouTube demo here and her TPT link here. - Monsters!
Monsters are a great topic to spur the imagination. For inspiration, check out this Interview with artist James DeRosso and be inspired by his drawings and sculptures.
James DeRosso’s drawing and sculpture are below..
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Art Teacher Katy Dryman Machingo’s monster lesson example in clay can be found below. - Jean-Michel Basquiat!
Jean-Michel Basquiat was of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, so he can be celebrated as part of Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month. In addition, he used many skeletons, masks, skulls, and hammer and sickle symbols in his work. Check out our Jean-Michel Basquiat-inspired lesson. - Insects!
Check out this lesson by Michelle Breyer on creepy crawlies! - Try the “Big Head” Lesson
We have the lesson here at My Art Lesson, contributed by McKenzie Grimm. - Sgraffito, inspired by Hector Javier Martinez
- Halloween GIFs
Find art teacher Regina Inlo’s instructions on creating their own GIF here using Photoshop.
She writes, “For a practice one, I have students just use jpegs that they find from the internet to learn the steps before coming up with their own more creative version. Then, I let them design in either (Photoshop or Illustrator). Most of my students choose Illustrator, though—they seem to like the look of vector, but it doesn’t really matter at all!”
Another excellent resource for making GIFs can be found here.
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