High-school students participate in a breathing exercise and create a painting that depicts emotions passing through the body.

Young students collaborate to create large-scale shark sculptures and learn about the various parts of the shark.

A middle-school art teacher routinely displays the work of every student via seasonal stained-glass-inspired window installations.

Student artwork examples using Piktotape™. Get a box of PiktoTape™ and find lesson plans and more resources at DavisArt.com/PiktoTape.

Student artwork examples using Piktotape™. Get a box of PiktoTape™ and find lesson plans and more resources at DavisArt.com/PiktoTape.

Student artwork examples using Piktotape™. Get a box of PiktoTape™ and find lesson plans and more resources at DavisArt.com/PiktoTape.

I wanted to come up with a way to contextualize mindful strategies so students could practice self-regulation while talking through an uncomfortable feeling with a friend or listening to another person without jumping to conclusions. The solution was surprisingly simple. I would give students a collaborative assignment with no obvious solution, and we would mindfully work through the difficulties we encountered with painting and conversation.

Student artwork examples using Piktotape™. Get a box of PiktoTape™ and find lesson plans and more resources at DavisArt.com/PiktoTape.

Student artwork examples using Piktotape™. Get a box of PiktoTape™ and find lesson plans and more resources at DavisArt.com/PiktoTape.

Middle-school students use papier-mâché to create a three-dimensional pumpkin.

High-school students choose a letter from the American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet that they identify with in some way and then create contour-line drawings using the picture plane and grid method.

Student artwork examples using Piktotape™. Get a box of PiktoTape™ and find lesson plans and more resources at DavisArt.com/PiktoTape.