LEARN / NICE CLASSROOM

Elementary art lessons.

Published elementary art lessons from museum educators and classroom teachers.

6 published lessons · Grades K–5

Complete lesson plans from Getty museum educators and elementary school teachers. Grade levels and teaching times come from the publisher.

Find colors, lines, and shapes in Van Gogh’s Irises, then make a crayon-resist flower picture.

Study depth in a landscape, assemble the publisher’s composition templates, and paint an imagined landscape.

Explore a self-portrait by Charles-Antoine Coypel and draw a portrait with objects that tell others about you.

Describe a still life in writing, trade descriptions with a classmate, and draw from their words.

Look for geometric and organic shapes in buildings, paint your school, and write about its architecture.

Look at portraits to see how artists express caring, then draw yourself with something special to you.

Start with a painting.