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Category: Grade 6 – Unit 1

Lesson 8 – Capstone 1: Silhouettes

Two colorful silhouette-style artworks side by side, each filled with abstract patterns and personal art goals written inside—one reads “I hope to use my sketchbook everyday,” and the other says “I want to use watercolor more.

Students will combine everything they have learned about how artists use their materials in order to create their first self-portrait.

Lesson 7 – Negative Space: Seeing Beyond Objects

A pencil drawing features kitchen utensils—scissors, a strainer spoon, and a circular object—outlined in white against a checkerboard background shaded in various tones of gray.

This lesson is an introduction to the concept of negative and positive space in art, which describes the space around the subject of an art piece (negative) and the subject itself (positive).

Lesson 6 – Collection Expedition: Experiment for New Ideas

A collection of various found objects—including natural items like a stick

As you likely know by now, this first unit is all about how artists get ideas through experimentation with their art materials and brainstorming.

Lesson 5 – Five-Value Chart: Replicate Value

A five-step color value chart transitioning from white to black using shades of blue, created with textured art materials like oil pastels or crayon.

In this lesson, we introduce a new art idea that students discover through experimenting with their art materials.

Lesson 4 – Making Opposite Marks to Music: Quick-Write

Two young children draw colorful, abstract shapes and patterns on a large sheet of yellow paper using markers, with their hands and sleeves visible in the frame

This unit is about how artists get ideas as an important part of an artistic process.

Lesson 3 – Goal Setting: Opening Up to New Ideas

Hand-drawn mind map with branching circles connected by directional arrows

In this lesson, students will do a brainstorming exercise on their personal goals as an artist.

Lesson 2 – Let’s Talk! Idea Bank & Impact of Visual Components

A black ink drawing of a smiling cartoon frog wearing a superhero mask and cape, with a large letter F on the cape and wide, exaggerated hands and eyes

This unit is about how artists get ideas as an important part of an artistic process.

Lesson 1 – Let It Rip: One Color Challenge

A collage composed of torn pieces of blue, purple, and black paper layered over one another, creating an abstract landscape with jagged edges and textured contrast

In this opening unit, students will start to personalize their art materials and begin their journey as an artist

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