If you are looking for some inspiration for art lessons a great place to start is Patty Palmer’s website Deep Space Sparkle. It is jam-packed with colourful ideas, examples and instructions. The lessons are compiled into grade levels but I find you can adapt lessons to suit the age group you are teaching. You can also purchase and download some PDF lesson plans from the site. Kudos to Patty- a wonderful site.
I found a great lesson from Patty’s site that I used the other day in a combined Kindergarten/Year 1/Year 2 class. I read ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak and we talked about the illustrations. I drew an example of a happy monster on the whiteboard while the children watched. They helped me by offering suggestions for my monster as I drew.
I gave each of them an oil pastel to begin drawing their own monster and I showed them how to fill their page. I didn’t want tiny little monsters on a large piece of art paper. I also told them not to fill the monster in with oil pastel. They were to just draw the outline and paints would be used to add colour.
I was really pleased with the results and so were the children. The Principal of the school liked them too and said he needed some new artwork for his office 
Hi,
I love these creations. I am always amazed at the level of creativity young children have, thanks for learning. I have recently just started a blog dedicated to art projects as well, it is only in its earlt stages though.
http://cre8andinnov8.blogspot.com/
Thanks Steph. I love your blog. I just visited and commented on the pen line drawings they are stunning
Thanks for sharing.
These are SO cute! Thanks for the shout out.
Patty
Love kids’ art – especially the really early year drawings – show so much about them. A