We hope you get inspired by these amazing lessons based on the work of Northwest Artists! Once you find a lesson you like, click on the artist’s name to download the plan as a PDF. If you have any questions, suggestions, or would like help adapting a lesson to meet the needs or grade level of your students, please email education@museumofnwart.org. Click here to return to the Art Lesson Archives home page.

Artists are listed alphabetically by last name. Click on the name of the artist to download the corresponding lesson as a PDF. If we have more than one lesson inspired by the same artist, you can click on the title to select the lesson you would like to download.

• Reham Aarti: Beaded Clay Mosaics Inspired by Reham Aarti

• Harold Alfred: Stained Glass Window Paintings Inspired by Harold Alfred

• Alfredo Arreguín:

  • Designs with Symmetry

  • Ecosystem Triarama Paintings

• Ruth Asawa: Mandala Color Wheel Inspired by Ruth Asawa and Prasun Balasubramaniam

• Jo Baer: Geometric String Art Inspired by Jo Baer

• Prasun Balasubramaniam: Mandala Color Wheel Inspired by Ruth Asawa and Prasun Balasubramaniam

• Rick Bartow: Salmon Drawings Inspired by Rick Bartow

• Max Benjamin: Color Wheel & Book Mark Inspired by Max Benjamin

• Jay Bowen: Northwest Coastal Collage Inspired by Jay Bowen

• Carly A. Brock: Landscape Collage Inspired by Carly A. Brock

• Corey Bulpitt: Paper Sculpture Masks Inspired by Corey Bulpitt

• Lisa Caballero: Still Life Paintings Inspired by Lisa Caballero

• Kenneth Callahan: Atmospheric Perspective: Inspired by Kenneth Callahan

• Emily Carr: Raven Sculptures Inspired by Emily Carr

• Aleah Chapin: Mixed-Media Brain Portraits Inspired by Aleah Chapin

• Tamara B. Charles: Fantasy Paintings Inspired by Tamara B. Charles

• Karen Cheng: Art of the Alphabet

• John Cole: One-Point Perspective Landscapes Inspired by John Cole

• Karen J. Cook: Name Art Silhouettes Inspired by Karen J. Cook

• Little Corvus: Drawing Comic Strips Inspired by Little Corvus

• Katie Creyts: Sand Stories Inspired by Katie Creyts

• Dennis Cunningham: Fish Prints Inspired by Dennis Cunningham

• Travis Czekalski: Mural Inspired by Travis Czekalski & Jake Stommel

• Eve Deisher: Fabric Collage Self-Portraits Inspired by Eve Deisher

• Sade Duboise: I Have a Dream Layered Drawings Inspired by Sade Duboise

• Natalie Dupille: Fast Train Drawings Inspired by Natalie Dupille

• Torea Frey: Me and My Grown-up Poetic Collage, Inspired by Shin Yu Pai and Torea Frey

• Dan Friday:

  • Earth Day Artwork

  • Twist & Twirl: Ropemaking

  • Weaving Inspired by Dan Friday

• Arnie Garborg: Cutting Shapes Inspired by Arnie Garborg

• Richard Gilkey: Sunflower Sculptures Inspired by Richard Gilkey

• Mar Goman: Wrapped Wire Figures Inspired by Mar Goman

• Joan Govedare: Watercolors & Writing Inspired by Joan Govedare

• Philip Govedare: Mixed-Media River Collages Inspired by Philip Govedare

• Morris Graves: Bird Prints Inspired by Morris Graves

• Nicole Gugliotti: Subtractive and Additive Character Sculpture Studies

• Dorota Haber-Lehigh: Still Life Plants Inspired by Dorota Haber-Lehigh

• Keiko Hara: Texture Rubbings Inspired by Keiko Hara

• Charley Harper: Shape & Line

• Paul Havas: Found Line Landscapes Inspired by Paul Havas

• Charles "Larry" Heald: Build A Barn Inspired by Charles "Larry" Heald

• Abby Williams Hill: Artistic Landforms in Washington State

• Todd Horton: Woven Bear Blankets

• Jan Hoy: Paper Sculptures Inspired by Jan Hoy

• Yvonne Twining Humber: Apple Still Life Paintings Inspired by Yvonne Twining Humber

• Etsuko Ichikawa: Blown Ink Forest Scapes Inspired by Etsuko Ichikawa

• Adnan Idriss: Islamic Architectural Sculptures Inspired by Sheihk Idriss Mosque

• Brenna Jael: Book Binding Inspired by Brenna Jael

• Fay Jones:

  • Friendly Monster Drawings

  • Using and Recognizing Geometric Polygons & Angles in Drawing

• Shelley Jordon: Still Life Floral Drawings Inspired by Shelley Jordon

• Ed Kamuda: Signs of Life Inspired by Ed Kamuda

• Mel Katz: Mel Katz-Inspired Paper Sculptures

• Leo Kenny: Collages Inspired by Piet Mondrian & Leo Kenny

• Shannon Kirby: My Thoughts: Self-Portraits Inspired by Shannon Kirby

• Joey Kirkpatrick: Botanical Drawings Inspired by Joey Kirkpatrick & Flora Mace

• Jacob Lawrence:

  • Cityscapes in Primary Colors

  • Harriet Tubman Tempera Paintings

  • Library Paintings

  • Shape Collages: Inspired by Jacob Lawrence's "The Shoemaker"

  • Using Shapes in "The Studio"

• Eddie Lee: Habitat Sculptures Inspired by Eddie Lee

• Rachel D. Lodge: Carbon Cycle Drawings Inspired by Rachel D. Lodge

• Flora Mace: Botanical Drawings Inspired by Joey Kirkpatrick & Flora Mace

• Tracie Manso: Clay Artifact Sculptures Inspired by Tracie Manso

• Sherry Markovitz: Adorned Animals Inspired by Sherry Markovitz

• Benjamin F. McAdoo: Architecture Sculptures Inspired by Benjamin F. McAdoo

• Philip McCracken: Sticks & Stones Sculptures Inspired by Philip McCracken

• Deborah Mersky: Leaf Prints Inspired by Deborah Mersky

• Stacy Milrany: Community Snow Globes

• Pratima Misra: Circle Vocabulary Paintings Inspired by Pratima Misra

• Shin Yu Pai: Me and My Grown-up Poetic Collage, Inspired by Shin Yu Pai and Torea Frey

• Eric Parnell: Caterpillar to Butterfly Painting Inspired by Eric Parnell

• Kevin Paul: Northwest Coastal Native Designs: Burned Cedar Boards Inspired by Kevin Paul

• Cora Pearl: Lettering and Collage Inspired by Cora Pearl

• Sally Penley: Grateful Tree Calligraphy

• Lillian Pitt: Clay Family Portraits Inspired by Lillian Pitt

• José Guadalupe Posada: Printmaking with José Guadalupe Posada

• Daniel Quasar: Invention Layered Drawings Inspired by Daniel Quasar

• Joseph Ramsey: Papermaking Inspired by Joseph Ramsey

• George Rodriguez: Textured Animal Sculptures Inspired by George Rodriguez

• Anne Schreivogl: Comfortable Cats Inspired by Anne Schreivogl

• Maurice Sendak: Wild Things Drawings Inspired by Maurice Sendak

• Sara Siestreem: Gridded Collages Inspired by Sara Siestreem

• Preston Singletary: Texture Tiles Inspired by Preston Singletary

• Adrianne Smits: Tree Mural Inspired by Adrianne Smits

• Sarah Spurgeon: The Value of Place Value Inspired by Sarah Spurgeon

• Jake Stommel: Mural Inspired by Travis Czekalski & Jake Stommel

• Bradd Skubinna: Mixed-Media Art Inspired by Bradd Skubinna

• Aki Sogabe: Cherry Blossom Art Inspired by Aki Sogabe

• Robert Sund: Artful Doodles Inspired by Robert Sund

• Barbara Earl Thomas: Family Scratch Art Portraits Inspired by Barbara Earl Thomas

• Steven Thornton: Cloud Paintings Inspired by Steven Thornton

• Mark Tobey: Mystical Window Resists

• Grover Topaum: Spirit Vision Inspired by Grover Topaum

• Jacqueline Tribble: Native Plants Watercolor Paintings Inspired by Jacqueline Tribble

• George Tsutakawa

  • Still Life Practice Inspired by George Tsutakawa

  • Whatever the Weather: Shrinky Dink Key Chains

• Michele Usibelli: Investigation of Feelings Using Art

• Roy Henry Vickers: Owl Drawings Inspired by Roy Henry Vickers

• Elizabeth Warhanik: Mathematical Shapes Printmaking Inspired by Elizabeth Warhanik

• Sally Weber: Hologram Mobile Sculptures Inspired by Sally Weber

• Suze Woolf: Pine Bark Beetle Scratch Art

• Yoshiko Yamamoto: For the Masses: Stamping as Mass Media