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Explore the element of texture with fun and inspiring projects for Kinder to year 6 art classes. Try out actual texture and implied texture with a six engaging texture in art lesson plans. Be inspired by Hokusai, Max Ernst and Henri Rousseau in this essential art unit on texture.

Explore the element of shape with fun and inspiring projects for Kinder to year 6 art classes. Be inspired by Alexander Calder,  Paul Klee, Piet Mondrian and contemporary artist, Reggie Laurent in this essential art unit.

Investigate the element of line with fun and inspiring projects for Kinder to year 6 art classes. Be inspired by Alexander Calder,  Bridget Riley and Joan Miro  in this essential art unit.

Sculpture is a fun way for kids to improve concentration and attention to detail through tactile, hands-on making. Explore a variety of materials and techniques, from simple paper sculptures to more detailed 3D and relief sculptures.

Students can experiment, create and problem-solve while bringing their ideas to life in 3D.  Art concepts like shape, form, texture and balance are discovered through playful exploration. This is a lively and engaging unit, with multi week projects that inspire imagination, experimentation and unique artistic expression.

We love creating collage projects with our students! Collage allows for exploration and experimentation with texture and colour to create  collage materials, then kids interpret the project ideas in their own way, resulting in a wonderful variety of unique artworks.

We explore the work of Australian artists Pete Cromer, Anna Blatmann and Laura Blythman, looking at their techniques and creative approaches. 5-6 students create an artwork inspired by illustration techniques, and there are two adaptive tissue paper heart projects for K–2.

Explore the art of different cultures through colourful Folk Art. Learn about India's Warli people, the embroidery of Poland, and Folk Art from Mexico, USA, and Russia. Create a 3D cactus garden inspired by  Navajo design and the Santa Fe region.

Welcome to our exciting K–6 Painting Unit, where students explore creativity, colour, and techniques through hands-on projects! Kids can learn about inspiring artists and create unique artworks they can be proud of. From abstract to botanical, donuts to rainforest this unit builds confidence, expressive skills, and technical knowledge, while keeping the joy of painting at the centre of every lesson.

Have fun with drawing in this colourful K–6 drawing unit. Explore a range of drawing projects using coloured pencil, chalk pastel, oil pastel, paint sticks, scratch art and lead pencil. Create a range of inspiring artworks and learn about famous artists Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky and two contemporary Artists. Each project allows children to experience the thrill of drawing, packed with colour and pattern to fire up the imagination.

In this vibrant K–6 printmaking unit, students explore a world of creative techniques, from playful monoprints and bold woodblocks to monotype prints and sun-powered cyanotypes. Each project is packed with colour, pattern, and discovery, allowing every child to experience the magic of printmaking that will excite the imagination.

Welcome to the Contemporary Artists unit! Explore a range of styles, mediums, and subject matter reflecting life now. 

Bring creativity to life with this exciting unit exploring cartoon and anime-inspired art for K-6! Students will learn to draw expressive characters, from playful Chibi animals and Kawaii food to racing vegetables and quirky flowerpot chibis. Each sketching project builds drawing skill, character design, and colour techniques—encouraging imagination, storytelling, and artistic confidence.

Create with Fibre and Textiles! Make a gorgeous painted strawberry bag or a colourful woven basket. Learn how to sew a sweet teddy bear, weave a God's Eye for protection and design a T-shirt in these fibre and textiles lesson plans. Develop fine motor skills and design sensibilities while creating some gorgeous wearable and decorative artworks.

Explore Art from China with a range of inspiring lesson plans. Learn about the endangered Red Panda or the elusive Snow Leopard. Create a Lunar New Year animal paper cut or a wise dragon using a wide range of materials and techniques. 

Create amazing characters from Fairytales and Fables with these inspiring drawing, painting, collage and clay projects. There are fairies, princesses and princes, dragons and unicorns to draw, three bears to paint and a wonderful clay dragon to sculpt from clay. 5-6 students can discover Chibis with 6 different characters to draw. 

Students will have fun creating a range of artworks based on deadly and dangerous animals and sea creatures. Find out fun facts and create artworks of lions, snakes, poison dart frogs, blue-ringed octopus and lionfish. We'll use stylised and realistic techniques to bring a variety of different projects to life, based on some of the deadliest and dangerous creatures on earth. In this unit, we'll use collage, painting, drawing, mixed media and craft, whilst having fun. 

Dive in deep to the vibrant and diverse world beneath the waves! In this series of lessons, we will explore the beauty and mystery of aquatic life experiment with  painting, drawing, collage, and sculpture, to capture the movement, colours, and textures of the aquatic world.

Welcome to the Australian Artists unit! Many Australian artists are influenced by the vast environment the animals that live there. 

Create amazing buildings in this fun unit with art lesson plans inspired by architecture. There are exciting drawing, painting, collage and printmaking projects to create, inspired by Paul Klee and Dr Seuss. There's a city skyline to draw and paint and a collagraph house printmaking project to try. 

Explore Art from South East Asia with a range of exciting lesson plans. Try out different art materials and techniques including painting, drawing and fibre textile projects.