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Students hold cards showing Van Gogh paintings; when prompted they describe or name their painting (either by literal description, e.g. 'purple flowers with tall green stems...', or using art elements/principles vocabulary), then call the next card, chaining through the deck. A teacher may use the labeled reference sheet to teach the…
A speaking/discussion board game to build ESL conversation skills using art-themed discussion questions.
Roll a die multiple times to determine which chicken body parts to add to a drawing (body, eyes, comb+feet, wing, tail); optional variant games ('Change It Up', 'Chicken Eats') add further dictated details, colors, line styles, or food items by roll.
Roll dice/spinner five times and use a grid game sheet to determine what shape/element to add to a drawing; color the finished piece with markers/crayons/paint; complete Warhol-related writing activities, an extended art-making activity, a compare-and-contrast activity, and reflection sheets.
Place each paint-bucket printable on a surface, then search through mixed clip-art pieces and place each one on the bucket of the matching color.
Roll a random number generator (dice, spinner, or app) ten times and use the game-sheet grid to determine which shapes/elements to draw; complete a sketch, coloring sheet, an 'Over the Rainbow' song activity, a compare & contrast activity, and reflection sheets.
Roll five times (once per drawing category: pot, cactus, pot pattern, foreground element, background/sky element) and draw the resulting combination on paper, optionally adding extra elements from a provided list (textures, cactus fruit, butterfly, etc.) before coloring.
This resource is a set of Alternative Patterns for Art Dice Roll Games. There are 3 worksheets - two with patterns and one for students to have their choice. This resource pairs well with other art dice games.
Roll five times (pot, cactus, table, wall, pot design) and draw the resulting combination on paper, optionally adding extra elements from a provided list (expression, another cactus, hat, flies, cactus fruit, more thorns, butterfly, cactus bloom, wall shapes, moustache) before coloring.
Roll dice/spin five times to determine shapes/elements to draw on a chicken game sheet, color and outline the finished drawing, complete a chicken life-cycle drawing and reading-comprehension writing activity, compare their artwork to a Gustav Klimt painting using a Venn diagram, and complete artist reflection sheets.
Roll a die four times to determine what to draw for the flower/pot design and extra elements, use a finger dipped in paint (or a marker) to add fingerprint details, then draw a picture of where they'd place their flower pot and write a story about it.
Roll dice/spinner five times using a grid game sheet (numbers 1-6) to determine what to draw on a heart-shaped template; add color with markers/paint and trace lines in black marker; complete an 'Artwork Reflection' worksheet answering questions about title, color choices, and descriptive words.
Roll a die repeatedly; for each roll, draw the element shown in the corresponding row on the game sheet (e.g. shape/body part/expression), building up a complete a cake design drawing, then add details and color it.
Students roll dice/spinner five times against a game-sheet grid to determine which shapes/elements to add to a landscape drawing, color and detail the finished piece, write descriptive words and a short story about the landscape, compare their work to Grant Wood's painting Young Corn (1931) using a Venn diagram, and complete…
Start by drawing the cone in a V shape, then roll a die five times (ice cream scoop, eyes, mouth, cone/hair design, toppings) and draw the matching element each time. As a group extension, the class can be directed to add extra elements (e.g., more toppings, whipped cream, ice cream pals), choose 'flavor' colors, and add specific line…
Students roll a random-number generator (dice, spinner, or app) ten times, using a grid game sheet to determine which shape/element/color to draw at each step to build the bird image; then color the drawing (markers/crayons/paint suggested) and outline it in black marker; then complete a 'Birdie Writing Activity' generating a…
Free download Roll a die repeatedly; for each roll, draw the element shown in the corresponding row on the game sheet (e.g. shape/body part/expression), building up a complete a happy cactus drawing, then add details and color it.
Roll dice/spinner/random-number generator five times to determine shapes/elements to add to a penguin drawing on a grid game sheet; color and add own creative details; then write a list of character traits for the penguin, plan a narrative (problem/solution, beginning/middle/end), and write a final story about the penguin character.
Student rolls a die for each column on the chart and draws the corresponding feature option onto their own paper to build a unique grumpy nightcrawler (earthworm) drawing, then adds details, a background, and color.
Roll a die/spinner five times against a grid-based game sheet to determine drawing prompts, follow a how-to-draw guide and finished example to render and color a hummingbird artwork, trace lines in black marker, write reflective interview-style questions for the artist, and describe their own artistic process in sequential steps.
For each letter of their name/word, roll a die three times (letter shape, design element, and line pattern) to build a decorated letter, then outline the whole word, break the page into sections, fill sections with patterns or color, and color the final artwork.
Roll dice (or use a spinner/random number generator) eight times, use a grid game sheet to determine which flower, leaf pattern, other pattern, and color scheme to draw; color the drawing with markers/paint and trace lines in black marker; write an acrostic poem; compare their artwork to a Durer painting in a Venn diagram; complete…
Student rolls a die for each column on the chart and draws the corresponding feature option onto their own paper to build a unique silly bird drawing, then adds details, a background, and color.
Roll a die/spinner to complete a grid-based abstract drawing game, add color and outlining, read the 'Kandinsky for Kids' passage and summarize it in 3+ sentences, complete artwork/artist reflection sheets, sequence the steps taken (first/second/next/then/finally), and compare their work with Kandinsky's 'On White II.'