HAPPY NEW YEAR LLAMA Video Art Lesson | Drawing & Watercolor Painting Project

Are you looking for an engaging Winter, Holiday, or New Year activity to keep your students busy this Winter season? Consider adding an art project! I'm happy to offer this Happy New Year Llama drawing and watercolor painting lesson that was designed especially for students in 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade.

This video tutorial demonstrates the necessary steps to complete this low-prep art project. Use this project as supplemental learning in Art, Science, Math, Literature, Social Studies, SEL, Language Arts, or History themes. This art project offers a fun and engaging opportunity to incorporate students' artistic literacy and innate love of hands-on experimentation into a core curriculum unit of study. To enhance student comprehension, consider turning your STEM unit into a STEAM unit with the addition of this art project.

This digital resource is Distance Learning Supported. Videos may be paused, fast-forwarded, or reversed as needed. Excellent resource to use for sub plans and to display as classroom decor. Use completed projects to brighten up your walls and bulletin boards or to give as a unique gift to parents. Need a class incentive reward or a party day activity? Consider an art project :)

UPDATE: Please see details below for instructions about how to access and view this video.

Did you know? Creating art is a great way for students to gain self confidence, tap into their natural curiosity, learn about the world around them, practice mindfulness and calming strategies, and understand connections between themselves and their environment. The social-emotional learning benefits of creating art are significant.

How to use this resource: simply supply your students with the necessary art materials, display the video in your classroom or homeschool, and watch as your students create this drawing and painting project right before your eyes!

Designed with beginners in mind, this project is perfectly suited for students in third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, and sixth grade. By following along with me, step-by-step, your students will learn the skills to create masterpieces of their own long after the project is complete.

The process used to teach this project is a kid-tested, step-by-step method that will inspire and delight your students into drawing and painting action! This process involves observing, following instructions, and creating until each student is happy with the outcome.

Students will learn basic drawing and watercolor painting techniques and apply these techniques to complete this project. This project is designed to give students the tools they need to begin their artistic journey into self-expression, reflection, and creative thinking.

Supplies and materials needed for this project:

• Heavy White Paper (Watercolor Paper Works Great!)
• Watercolor or Tempera Cake Paints
• Paintbrush
• Pencil with an Eraser
• Permanent Marker
• Bowl of Water
• Paper Towels

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There are two ways to view this video art project: stream directly from the TpT site, or access video via private link on Vimeo, a video hosting platform.

*To download art project access instructions, simply click on the 'Download' button in the Supporting Document box above this description. The 'Download' button will lead you to instructions that include a special link. Click on the link, and you will then have access to the art project video. This is an unlisted, ad-free video that is hosted on Vimeo.