Field Trip Art Lessons
Learn about line, color, shape, texture and space
It amazed me how creative something can turn out to be. For example, I thought that my portrait of myself was going to be horrible but it turned out to be pretty good.
–Haley, 6th grade
Line Lessons
Monoprint: grades K-3
Monoprint
Learn the monoprint technique of drawing with Q-tips on plexiglass and create several prints. View and discuss examples of prints by different artists.
Etching: grades 3-6
Block Printing with Styrofoam
Learn about etching a print block, and make multiple copies of art. View and discuss examples of block prints using different block types and from different cultures.
Color Lessons
Primary color mixing: grades K-2
Color Mixing with Two Primary Colors
Engage in scientific process to predict, experiment and discuss what happens when two primary colors are mixed. Create a color collage-painting.
Color wheel level 1: grades 2-3
Color wheel level 2: grades 4-8
Color mixing the Color Wheel
Engage in scientific process to identify and mix the primary, secondary and intermediate colors of the color wheel.
Hot & cool colors: grades 2-8
Hot and Cool Colors in Oil Pastel
Learn how hot and cool colors can convey feeling and personality.
Shape Lessons
Clay sculpture: grades 2-6 Clay-Pinch pots
Discuss the difference between two and three dimensional shapes and discover the relationship between circles and spheres, squares and cubes, and triangles and cones.Use clay joining techniques to create a sculpture from the shapes you've made.
Recycled sculpture: grades K-8
Three Dimensional Shape Sculpture
Discuss the 4-Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot) and then create sculptures or architectural pieces using MOCHA's stock of exciting recycled materials.
Sponge printing: grades K-3
Sponge Printing
Learn how to make prints with a variety of objects including potatoes, wood or rubber. View the work of artists who use various printing techniques.
Collage portraiture: grades K-3
Paper Collage Self Portrait
View and discuss examples of portraits, learn shape vocabulary and categories, and create a self-portrait collage.
Paint/ink portraiture: grades 3-8
Portrait Drawing in Pencil, Ink and Paint
Learn correct proportion of the human face and use proportional guidelines to draw portraits.
Charcoal still life: grades 3-8
Still Life Value Study in Charcoal
Learn the concept of value (shades of light and dark). Observe and draw a still life using shadows and light to reveal 3-dimensional shapes.
Texture Lessons
Clay exploration: grades K-8
Learn about earth clay and use it to explore texture impressions. Create a pinch pot, and ancient technique for understanding the properties of clay and the constructive ceramic process, and then decorate it with texture.
Mixed media collage: grades K-8
Multimedia Texture Collage
Explore the ideas of both visual and tacticle texture in the world around you. Apply what you discover to create a multimedia texture-collage.
Space Lessons
Positive and Negative Space Collage: grades 2-8Discover the importance of both positive and negative space in a composition through paper collage.
Preschool Art Exploration
Young children explore art stations with different activities, art media and techniques.
Custom Art Projects
Work with a MOCHA artist to customize a lesson that supports your classroom curriculum in history (California Missions), science (water environments) or language arts (bookmaking). Additional charge of $25 for custom lessons.
