painting over pokemon cards Altered Pokemon Cards – A Space to Create Art

painting over pokemon cards Altered Pokemon Cards – A Space to Create ArtTeaching the Elements and Principles of Art is part of the visual art standards for nearly every state and some say are boring to teach. Not with this project! Students design and paint an altered trading card using the elements of art and principles of design. This painting project is a perfect introduction to acrylic paint for even the youngest teenager. Why students will love it: Well students love Pokemon, Yugioh and Magic cards. Nuff said? No but

• 5 Page Lesson Plans with detailed process notes, National Visual Arts Standards, Big Ideas, Objectives, Essential Questions, Final outcomes, assessment, and more. Editable Word and PDF
• 38 Page Editable PowerPoint Presentation with detailed student process examples and notes and PDF
• Student Self-Evaluation as an editable Word document and PDF
• Fully narrated video demonstration of two separate cards
• Classroom Critique Worksheets specific to this lesson
• Thumbnail Worksheets specific to this lesson
• Elements of Art Definitions & Examples Sheet
• Principles of Design Definitions & Examples Sheet
• Student Project Checklist

• Use our favorite non-sport trading card and re-purpose it to create a custom piece of art.
• Use the elements of art to create a minimum of one principle of design.
• Learn acrylic painting techniques.
• Identify and explain how each principle of art was used in your artwork.

• Pencils/Erasers
• Pokémon Cards (or other non-sports trading cards)
• Acrylic Paints in a variety of colors Depending on the grade level/ability level of your students I would use craft acrylic paints for this lesson if you can. If you use student-grade acrylics, students will have to mix their own colors and these paints can be somewhat more translucent than the craft paint, which will make it tougher to work with.
• Water cups
• Brushes: filbert and a thin liner brush
• Paper Towels
• Palette