Middle School Art Sub Plan Idea - Op Art

Middle School Art Sub Plan - Stacked Shapes - Op Art

This art lesson is from the blog, Art with Mrs. Smith. 
She has written out all the directions for you and there are a lot of examples. The materials needed are simple: paper and markers or crayon.   This is a lovely little lesson, so check it out.

If you find yourself in need of an art sub plan RIGHT NOW, check out my TPT Shop:  Art Sub Lessons.  I have  plenty of no prep, fully scripted art lessons that you can just print out and hand to your substitute teacher.  Anyone can teach these lessons.

Kindergarten Art Sub Plan - Gingham Dog Calico Cat

Kindergarten Art Sub Plan

This is a lesson that I created years ago and it has been an old favorite. It goes with the book/poem "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat." I wrote it specifically for primary art subs. It's over at TeachersPayTeachers.  

I tried to make it as simple as possible. If you have the book and simple supplies, you are ready to take a day of leave. = )

This is a great solution to a day when you have an emergency and need a sub lesson immediately.  Everything you need is here.

Free Art Worksheets - Directed Drawings of Owls

Directed Drawing Art Sub Lesson for Owls

This lesson and drawing are by Art Projects for Kids. This is a directed drawing that would be perfect for kindergarten and first grade. 

Since you have come here to see some directed drawings of owls, I went and found some other ones for you.

If you go to Denette Fritz’s blog, you can find a free worksheet with step-by-step instructions on how to draw an owl.

Here’s another take on the same thing. Check out this directed drawing by Thaneeya McArdle @ the blog, Art Is Fun.

This one is in the public domain since it has been around for so long.  You can find the full-size pdf on the blog, The Graphics Fairy.

The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat

This is an art sub lesson that I created years ago and it has been an old favorite. It goes with the book/poem "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat." I wrote it specifically for primary art subs. It's over at TeachersPayTeachers. I tried to make it as simple as possible. If you have the book and simple supplies, you are ready to take a day of leave. = )

Art Sub Plans for Elementary on Wayne Thiebaud

Free Art Worksheet and Plans for Wayne Thiebaud lesson

Thanks to Jessica Young for sharing this link with me.

This free art worksheet can be found over at the blog, Art with Ms. Gram, you'll find instructions and handouts that a sub would probably find successful.  

Yay for handouts for subs!!!

If you would like a video to introduce Wayne Thiebaud, I created one and uploaded it to YouTube. You can find it here:  The Delicious Paintings of Wayne Thiebaud

Another easy way to prepare for an art sub is to go to my shop, Art Sub Plans. I have created complete lessons in which all your sub has to do is read the slides and follow the directions.  They are full of visuals and are created to be used with the most simple supplies.  Pencils, paper and crayons are all your students will need to create imaginative works of art.

These are perfect for those emergency absences when you do not have the time to write detailed plans but want to leave quality plans for your subs.

The Night I Followed the Dog Art Sub Lesson Plan

Art Sub Plan for The Night I Followed the Dog

This is a lesson I will leave for some of my younger classes this week.

Here's a fifth grader's...

Here’s a second grader’s...

I will leave a video of the book "The Night I Followed the Dog."  This is a video that I have downloaded from YouTube on the Storyline Online Channel.  I have also burned it to DVD that I can play on a regular DVD player. (See how to do this at my blog, Art Room Videos.)

The lesson will be introduced by showing some funny animal videos of animals talking.  (Kids love these and they are so funny, your kids will fall in love with your sub for showing them. I won’t link to one right now because they get uploaded and deleted on YouTube. But look for some and then then preview them before you leave them for a sub.)

Then the sub will tell the students they will be listening to a storybook called "The Night I Followed the Dog."  Ask what sorts of things they think we would see a dog doing if we followed it around in real life.
 
Show the video.

After viewing the video, ask the students what sorts of things they would like to see a pet doing if the pet was acting like a person.

They will go to their tables and draw those things.  The drawings could be in stapled book form or just one on a page.

Remind them to add backgrounds.  Where will these pets be?  What would we see around them if we were there?  Would there be other pets?  Would they be doing the same things?

If time allows, let them share their favorite drawings with the class.

How to Draw and Paint a Pattern Beetle

Video Art Sub Plan

This cute insect and pattern lesson can be found on YouTube here:  How to Draw and Paint a Pattern Beetle. It is on the channel "Artventure."

I think I may try a version of this for my next sub's lesson.  I would burn the video to DVD so it can be played on the DVD player.  (I'll write a post this weekend on how to do this.)  The sub would play the video the whole way through. Then, for the drawing part, the students would work along as the sub played the video bit by bit.

I would make it a crayon or marker lesson unless I knew the sub could deal with block tempera for the resist.

Texture Rubbing

Texture Rubbing as an Art Sub Plan

You follow Phyl's blog, right? There's a Dragon in My Art Room?

 I was digging around over there today and found these directions that turn a lesson into a sub-plan.

 

She describes the lesson in the post and then, in the comments, puts info about what the sub did.

I'm going to a meeting all day next Wednesday and will be using this for my sub.

Kindergarten Castles Art Sub Lesson

Jessica Young is so kind to share another lesson.  She has written great detail in this blog post, such that an art sub could easily follow along.  Her blog is: Miss Young's Art Room

If you'd like a castle art lesson that is all ready to hand to a sub, with visuals and script, check this one out at my TPT shop:  Captivating Castles: Drawing Lesson for Art Subs and Teachers

This editable art sub plan requires little to no prep. It would be perfect for an emergency absence. Students are captivated by castles. Their imaginations soar dreaming about the romance of medieval times. In this lesson, they will learn about castles from medieval Europe, including the exterior architecture and the reasons for their design. It includes illustrations from the early 1400's by the Limbourg brothers and photos of castles that still exist.

After going over the lesson, the students will draw a castle of their own design. They will utilize architectural elements they have learned but are encouraged to invent their own as well.

It was written in great detail for use as an emergency sub lesson but could be used by an art teacher or classroom teacher.

This PowerPoint may be used in two ways. It may be printed out and shown page by page to the students or shown as a projected PowerPoint.

The supplies needed are simple. The student will need paper, pencil, crayons or markers.

This lesson is written so that it may be taught completely by following the prompts in the slides. It written for use by grades two through five, but certainly could be used by older students.

If you are interested in other lessons that connect with architecture, you might like these:

A Tree House for Me

A Home with an Onion Dome

James Rizzi's Happiest Houses on Earth

Fairy Houses and Gnome Homes

Imagination Lockers - Art Sub Plan

This is a lesson from Lisa Marie at Art Class with LMJ.  I can tell that this would be a hit with my older kids.  They create both the inside and the outside of the locker.  She does ths lesson with 5th and 6th grade.  She's written the post in a way that you could give it right to a sub and they should be able to take it from there. 

Thanks so much for sharing the idea, Lisa Marie. 


By the way, I found graphics to use with lesson by doing a Google image search for "imaginary school locker."  There were a lot of graphics out there that would work.