Lesson 2 – More Talk About Art: Drawing With a Peer
Developing artists will have several opportunities to create line-based art using a variety of materials and techniques.
Lesson 1 – Mind Mapping: What’s in Your Neighborhood?
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 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 7 – Negative Space: Abstract Lines for Shapes
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: Items of Interest
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: Collaboration in Color!
In this lesson, we introduce a new art idea that students discover through experimenting with their art materials.
Lesson 4 – Match My Mark: Music Challenge
This unit is about how artists get ideas as an important part of an artistic process
Lesson 3 – Goal Setting: Mind Map
In this lesson, students will do a brainstorming exercise on their personal goals as an artist.
Lesson 2 – Let’s Talk! Idea Bank & Visual Components
This unit is about how artists get ideas as an important part of an artistic process.
Lesson 1 – Let It Rip: Paper Trade
In this opening unit, students will start to personalize their art materials and begin their journey as an artist