Lesson 3 – Look for Lines: Make Diagrams
Lessons 1 and 2 in this unit introduce the concept of art through brainstorming and play.
Lesson 8 – Capstone 1: Silhouettes
Students will combine everything they have learned about how artists use their materials in order to create their first self-portrait.
Lesson 2 – More Talk About Art: Elaborate on a Line
Developing artists will have several opportunities to create line-based art using a variety of materials and techniques.
Lesson 1 – Mind Mapping: What’s on Your Mind Today?
This lesson introduces a method for brainstorming modified for this developmental stage and extends on previous lessons about how artists get ideas for their work.
Lesson 7 – Negative Space: City Scene
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: Blind Contour Drawing
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 – Understanding Value in Color
In this lesson, we introduce a new art idea that students discover through experimenting with their art materials.
Lesson 4 – Guess How I Made My Mark! To Music
This unit is about how artists get ideas as an important part of an artistic process.
Lesson 3 – Goal Setting: Intro to Brainstorming
In this lesson, students will do a brainstorming exercise on their personal goals as an artist.
Lesson 2 – Let’s Talk! Idea Bank & Speculating on Process
This unit is about how artists get ideas as an important part of an artistic process.