Line Turtles by Grade 1

First graders started this lesson by searching the art room for all kinds of lines.  We then took turns drawing all types of lines on the whiteboard.  They drew a turtle and filled it's shell with all kinds of lines: loopy, curvy, straight, even letters, numbers and shapes.

Optical Illusion Hands by Grade 4

Fourth graders used both line and value to create this illusion of 3D hands.  They practiced using value (darks and lights of a color) by creating a value scale, before embarking on their final product.