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:

  • Cardboard Self-Portraits

  • 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 (English/Spanish version)

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• Lisa Caballero: Still Life Paintings Inspired by Lisa Caballero

• Kenneth Callahan: Atmospheric Perspective: Inspired by Kenneth Callahan

• Emily Carr:

  • Exploring Nature Watercolors

  • Raven Sculptures Inspired by Emily Carr: (English/Spanish version)

• 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

• Bridget Beth Collins: Botanical Trees Inspired by Bridget Beth Collins

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• Dennis Cunningham: Fish Prints Inspired by Dennis Cunningham (English/Spanish version)

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

• Kris DeBruine: Watercolor Flowers Inspired by Kris DeBruine

• Eve Deisher: Fabric Collage Self-Portraits Inspired by Eve Deisher (English/Spanish version)

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• Arnie Garborg: Cutting Shapes Inspired by Arnie Garborg (English/Spanish version)

• Richard Gilkey: Sunflower Sculptures Inspired by Richard Gilkey

• Mar Goman: Wrapped Wire Figures Inspired by Mar Goman (English/Spanish version)

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• Nicole Gugliotti: Subtractive and Additive Character Sculpture Studies

• Jack Gunter: Sunsets Inspired by Jack Gunter

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

• Laura Hamje: A Forest of Marks Inspired by Laura Hamje

• Keiko Hara: Texture Rubbings Inspired by Keiko Hara (English/Spanish version)

• Sara Harlan: Zentangle Mazes Inspired by Keith Haring and Sara Harlan

• Charley Harper: Shape & Line

• Paul Havas: Found Line Landscapes Inspired by Paul Havas (English/Spanish version)

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

• Abby Williams Hill: Artistic Landforms in Washington State

• Todd Horton: Woven Bear Blankets (English/Spanish version)

• Jan Hoy: Paper Sculptures Inspired by Jan Hoy (English/Spanish version)

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

• Etsuko Ichikawa: Blown Ink Forest Scapes Inspired by Etsuko Ichikawa (English/Spanish version)

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

• Brenna Jael: Book Binding Inspired by Brenna Jael

• Gene Jaress: Blossoming Trees Inspired by Damien Hirst and Gene Jaress

• Maynard Johnny Jr.: Raven Steals the Sun: Mixed Media Art Inspired by Maynard Johnny Jr.

• Fay Jones:

  • Friendly Monster Drawings

  • Using and Recognizing Geometric Polygons & Angles in Drawing

• Shelley Jordon: Still Life Floral Drawings Inspired by Shelley Jordon (English/Spanish version)

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• Joey Kirkpatrick: Botanical Drawings Inspired by Joey Kirkpatrick & Flora Mace (English/Spanish version)

• 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"

• Fulgencio Lazo: Space Creations with Oil Pastels Inspired by Fulgencio Lazo

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• Tracie Manso: Clay Artifact Sculptures Inspired by Tracie Manso

• Sherry Markovitz: Adorned Animals Inspired by Sherry Markovitz (English/Spanish version)

• Benjamin F. McAdoo: Architecture Sculptures Inspired by Benjamin F. McAdoo (English/Spanish version)

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

• Deborah Mersky: Leaf Prints Inspired by Deborah Mersky (English/Spanish version)

• Stacy Milrany: Community Snow Globes (English/Spanish version)

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• Cora Pearl: Lettering and Collage Inspired by Cora Pearl

• Sally Penley: Grateful Tree Calligraphy (English/Spanish version)

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• Aki Sogabe: Cherry Blossom Art Inspired by Aki Sogabe (English/Spanish version)

• Robert Sund: Artful Doodles Inspired by Robert Sund (English/Spanish version)

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

• Steven Thornton: Cloud Paintings Inspired by Steven Thornton (English/Spanish version)

• Mark Tobey: Mystical Window Resists

• Grover Topaum: Spirit Vision Inspired by Grover Topaum (English/Spanish version)

• 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 (English/Spanish version)

• Suze Woolf: Pine Bark Beetle Scratch Art

• Yoshiko Yamamoto: For the Masses: Stamping as Mass Media (English/Spanish version)