Free Art Lesson Plans: Ideal for 4th Grade Students

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Line Is An Element Of Art

Describes Line as one of the elements of art. Reviews different kinds of lines. Shows how line is used by artists.

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art
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Printmaking Kindness Post Cards

Using foam and black ink to design an image to print onto neon colored postcard paper.

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art
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Shading And Light

How to

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art
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Pop Art

Create a lesson plan about Artworks inspired by the most famous artist about pop art

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art
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Van Gogh Inspired Pop Out Chair Room Drawing

look at Van Gogh's room painting and discuss. Fold paper in half, cut 2 lines from the folded edge to make the chair that will pop out. Then draw the rest of the room details, trace with markers and color with colored pencils

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art
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Op Art Hand Line Drawing

trace your hand and draw lines straight until the line curves inside the hand to create an optical illusion. add a little shading and an many lines as you can

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art
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Perspective Snowman Drawing

perspective drawing. I had my kids do a directed drawing of a snowman from different angles. A side view, a bottom view, a close up, and a full view of the snowman. They did a great job! We also added a little shading!

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art
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Picasso Portrait Relief Sculpture

Learn about the artist Picasso and play a game called Roll a picasso with dice and drawing. Cut cardboard and layer the pieces to build up a relief portrait and use white glue to glue together. Paint white and use oil pastel and blending to color.

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art
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Watercolor Technique Leaves

practice different watercolor painting techniques. Draw a large leaf with veins to create different sections to show the different watercolor painting techniques. then cut out and mount on paper

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art
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Papier Mache Bird

Create creative funky papier mache sculpture birds by utilizing a water bottle as the armature and adding elements with cardboard cereal boxes and them papier mache

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art
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Zentangle Pumpkin

practice drawing pumpkins and patterns. choose the patterns to place inside the spaces of the pumpkin, use sharpies, contract, pattern

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art
Lesson Plan
Bee Bubble Wrap Printmaking

Trace a hexagon and use marker and bubble wrap to print the bubble wrap texture. Utilize how to draw sheets for the bee drawings that are cut out and added on

Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Art