CampFire Collection - Drawing Toolkit

Let organic shapes take flight with this ready-to-teach Year 4 Line and Shape Art Unit. Inspired by Rex Ray and Henri Matisse, Hot Air Balloons connects flowing forms, balanced arrangements and bold colour across a ten-week CampFire journey.

Why teachers love it

• Ready to teach: Ten weekly Core Skills mini-lessons of 20–30 minutes connect drawing, artist learning and digital skills.

• Composition with purpose: Students explore how grids, mirroring and overlapping shapes can help them organise free-flowing forms and make confident visual choices.

• Flexible pacing: Plan around an hour of Studio Work each week. Students continue projects at their own pace; completing all three is not required.

What students create

Begin with a Matisse-inspired hand-and-leaf print, then explore three connected projects: a clay plate decorated with organic shapes, a hot air balloon painting and a layered digital composition. Students develop their own colour combinations and arrangements throughout.

What is included

• Lesson Slides PDF with artist studies, skill activities, a warm-up, three project briefs and reflection prompts.

• Teacher Guide with the year-level planner, teaching notes and Australian Curriculum v9 Visual Arts and Media Arts planning support.

• Quiz Book PDF with three multiple-choice quizzes and answers.

• Posters Pack PDF with four Drawing Tools posters and four reflection guides.

What you will need

Digital activities use Procreate on iPad. Art materials, devices and the app are not included. Clay projects can be adapted to air-dry clay or omitted to allow more time for painting and digital work.

Digital PDF download for one teacher’s own classes. Each unit stands alone; no other CampFire purchase is needed.

Give your Year 4 class a bold, colourful art term with space for their ideas to take flight.

Read more for a fuller look at the theme and learning: https://ilovetoteach101.com/year-4-line-and-shape-art-lessons/

Explore the full CampFire Line and Shape collection: https://ilovetoteach101.com/f-10-line-and-shape-art-lessons/

See how much one heart shape can become with this ready-to-teach Year 3 Line and Shape Art Unit. Inspired by Jim Dine and Keith Haring, Nested Hearts explores repetition, variation and bold line through a connected ten-week CampFire journey.

Why teachers love it

• Ready to teach: Ten weekly Core Skills mini-lessons of 20–30 minutes connect drawing, artist learning and digital skills.

• Room for individual ideas: Students revisit a familiar motif while changing its colour, pattern, texture and arrangement across different materials.

• Flexible pacing: Plan around an hour of Studio Work each week. Students continue projects at their own pace; completing all three is not required.

What students create

Start with a heart friendship painting, then explore three connected projects: a coiled clay heart, a painted composition of patterned hearts and a digital heart balloon against flowing colour. Digital mirroring gives students another way to develop their heart designs.

What is included

• Lesson Slides PDF with artist studies, skill activities, a warm-up, three project briefs and reflection prompts.

• Teacher Guide with the year-level planner, teaching notes and Australian Curriculum v9 Visual Arts and Media Arts planning support.

• Quiz Book PDF with three multiple-choice quizzes and answers.

• Posters Pack PDF with four Drawing Tools posters and four reflection guides.

• Heart templates in three sizes for the Week 1 sketchbook activity, warm-up painting and clay project.

What you will need

Digital activities use Procreate on iPad. Art materials, devices and the app are not included. Clay projects can be adapted to air-dry clay or omitted to allow more time for painting and digital work.

Digital PDF download for one teacher’s own classes. Each unit stands alone; no other CampFire purchase is needed.

Give your Year 3 class a connected art term with plenty of room to put their own heart into it.

Read more for a fuller look at the theme and learning: https://ilovetoteach101.com/year-3-line-and-shape-art-lessons/

Explore the full CampFire Line and Shape collection: https://ilovetoteach101.com/line-and-shape-art-lessons/

Let bees and blooms fill your art room with this ready-to-teach Year 2 Line and Shape Art Unit. Inspired by Annie Troe and Charley Harper, Daisy Garden connects familiar garden subjects with organic shapes, overlapping forms and symmetry across ten weeks of CampFire learning.

Why teachers love it

• Ready to teach: Ten weekly Core Skills mini-lessons of 20–30 minutes connect drawing, artist learning and digital skills.

• Shapes students recognise: Daisies, bees and butterflies make it easier to see how simple lines and shapes can build a complete picture.

• Flexible pacing: Plan around an hour of Studio Work each week. Students continue projects at their own pace; completing all three is not required.

What students create

Begin with a symmetrical butterfly print, then explore three connected projects: a clay daisy pinch pot, a daisy-and-bee finger painting and a digital garden composition. Digital activities introduce simple layer use, line control and bold colour fills.

What is included

• Lesson Slides PDF with artist studies, skill activities, a warm-up, three project briefs and reflection prompts.

• Teacher Guide with the year-level planner, teaching notes and Australian Curriculum v9 Visual Arts and Media Arts planning support.

• Quiz Book PDF with three multiple-choice quizzes and answers.

• Posters Pack PDF with four Drawing Tools posters and four reflection guides.

What you will need

Digital activities use Procreate on iPad. Art materials, devices and the app are not included. Clay projects can be adapted to air-dry clay or omitted to allow more time for painting and digital work.

Digital PDF download for one teacher’s own classes. Each unit stands alone; no other CampFire purchase is needed.

Give your Year 2 class a colourful garden of ideas to draw, paint, model and share.

Read more for a fuller look at the theme and learning: https://ilovetoteach101.com/year-2-line-and-shape-art-lessons/

Explore the full CampFire Line and Shape collection: https://ilovetoteach101.com/line-and-shape-art-lessons/

Add a sprinkling of dots and colour with this ready-to-teach Year 1 Line and Shape Art Unit. Inspired by Robert Delaunay and František Kupka, Dotty Doughnuts helps students explore semi-circles, contrasting halves and repetition through a connected ten-week CampFire journey.

Why teachers love it

• Ready to teach: Ten weekly Core Skills mini-lessons of 20–30 minutes connect drawing, artist learning and digital skills.

• Playful progression: Students move from tracing rings to dividing shapes into halves, arranging repeated forms and making deliberate colour choices.

• Flexible pacing: Plan around an hour of Studio Work each week. Students continue projects at their own pace; completing all three is not required.

What students create

Start with printed flowers, then explore three connected projects: a doughnut clay name plate, a splattered-background doughnut painting and a Swimming Doughnuts digital wallpaper. Simple digital activities build confidence with colour fills, dots and changing the background colour.

What is included

• Lesson Slides PDF with artist studies, skill activities, a warm-up, three project briefs and reflection prompts.

• Teacher Guide with the year-level planner, teaching notes and Australian Curriculum v9 Visual Arts and Media Arts planning support.

• Quiz Book PDF with three multiple-choice quizzes and answers.

• Posters Pack PDF with four Drawing Tools posters and four reflection guides.

What you will need

Digital activities use Procreate on iPad. Art materials, devices and the app are not included. Clay projects can be adapted to air-dry clay or omitted to allow more time for painting and digital work.

Digital PDF download for one teacher’s own classes. Each unit stands alone; no other CampFire purchase is needed.

Give your Year 1 class an art term full of colour, pattern and doughnut-inspired discoveries.

Read more for a fuller look at the theme and learning: https://ilovetoteach101.com/year-1-line-and-shape-art-lessons/

Explore the full CampFire Line and Shape collection: https://ilovetoteach101.com/line-and-shape-art-lessons/

Bring teddy bears into the art room with this ready-to-teach Foundation Line and Shape Art Unit. Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky and Sonia Delaunay, CampFire turns tracing, circles and pattern play into a connected ten-week journey designed for little hands and growing confidence.

Why teachers love it

• Ready to teach: Ten weekly Core Skills mini-lessons of 20–30 minutes connect drawing, artist learning and digital skills.

• A friendly starting point: Familiar teddy bears, tracing and repeated shapes help students practise fine motor control and make their own colour choices.

• Flexible pacing: Plan around an hour of Studio Work each week. Students continue projects at their own pace; completing all three is not required.

What students create

Begin with overlapping circle prints, then explore three connected projects: an air-dry Magiclay teddy bear, a painted teddy bear and a digital teddy bear. Early Procreate activities use finger drawing and Colour Drop, with no digital layers required.

What is included

• Lesson Slides PDF with artist studies, skill activities, a warm-up, three project briefs and reflection prompts.

• Teacher Guide with the year-level planner, teaching notes and Australian Curriculum v9 Visual Arts and Media Arts planning support.

• Quiz Book PDF with three multiple-choice quizzes and answers.

• Posters Pack PDF with four Drawing Tools posters and four reflection guides.

What you will need

Digital activities use Procreate on iPad. The clay project uses air-dry Magiclay, so no kiln is needed. Art materials, devices and the app are not included.

Digital PDF download for one teacher’s own classes. Each unit stands alone; no other CampFire purchase is needed.

Give your Foundation class a playful, purposeful art term with a clear place to begin.

Read more for a fuller look at the theme and learning: https://ilovetoteach101.com/foundation-line-and-shape-art-lessons/

Explore the full CampFire Line and Shape collection: https://ilovetoteach101.com/line-and-shape-art-lessons/