Lesson 3 – Look for Lines: Personal Environment
Lessons 1 and 2 in this unit introduce the concept of art through brainstorming and play.
Lesson 2 – More Talk About Art: Combining Lines
Developing artists will have several opportunities to create line-based art using a variety of materials and techniques.
Lesson 1 – Mind Mapping: Personal Connections
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: Game Board
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: Still Life with Unconventional Materials
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 with a Quick-Write
In this lesson, we introduce a new art idea that students discover through experimenting with their art materials.
Lesson 4 – Match My Mark! With Partners
This unit is about how artists get ideas as an important part of an artistic process.
Lesson 3 – Goal Setting: Combine Ideas to Set Goals
In this lesson, students will do a brainstorming exercise on their personal goals as an artist.
Lesson 2 – Let’s Talk! Idea Bank & Comparing Observations
This unit is about how artists get ideas as an important part of an artistic process.