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Activity
Dick Blick

Mardi-Gras Mask

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Celebrate Mardi Gras in style with beautiful sparkling masks! Class members use provided materials to create their own Mardi Gras masks and then don their costumes for a fun masquerade.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

View Finder Painting

For Teachers 4th
Creative thinkers create a paper "view finder." They place it on a magazine picture in different ways until they find an image to paint. They do this until they have drawn and then painted an entire paper filled with found art. 
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Handout
Other

Golden Artist Colors: Color Mixing Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Golden Artist Colors presents a guide to mixing acrylic paint. An explanation of color theory and mixing color with paint is included on this site. There are also color charts and exercises that can be done with paint that explore how...
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Lesson Plan
Marilyn J. Brackney

Imagination Factory: Have Fun With Paint

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Several techniques for creating unique paintings are described at this website: "Make a Wax Resist," "Paint through Tissue," "Create Texture with Plastic Wrap," and "Paint on Glossy Paper."
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Article
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibits: Pigments Through the Ages: Pigments in Acrylic

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of acrylic paint and techniques for painting with acrylics.
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Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Sunflowers (Drawing/painting Expressionism)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of artists who have painted sunflowers and create their own after following this lesson plan.