Students will identify horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines in art and buildings. They will use these lines to draw buildings. Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF.
Students will use thick and thin lines to draw natural objects. They will describe the organic/biomorphic elements of each object. Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF.
Students will compare 2-D and 3-D objects. They will create a sculpture using clay techniques pinch and poke. They will add details using markers. Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF.
Students will create a landscape collage with a dominant feature. They will use their rubbings and painted art from previous lessons. Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF.
Students will describe a family scene in a piece of art. They will use oil pastels to draw their family members. They will create an oil pastel resist and paint over their entire picture. Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF.
Students will analyze the painting A Centennial of Independence by Henri Rousseau. They will draw a scene of a team doing an outdoor activity. They will use crayons or colored pencils to draw their scenes.
Students will analyze a painting depicting a family. They will use modeling clay to create sculptures of family members. They will use markers to add features and hair and clothe the sculpture using scrap fabric or paper. They will create a room for the family members in a diorama box.
Students will analyze Waiting by Edgar Degas. Working in groups, students will create a story about the two women in the painting. They will create a pastel drawing of a time they had to wait for something. They will write a story describing their painting. They will compare and contrast their painting and Waiting.
Students will analyze the painting, Street to Mbari, by Joseph Lawrence. They will draw and paint a scene where people gather.
Students will analyze the painting, The Farm, by Joan Miró. They will imagine and draw their favorite place.
Students will analyze the painting, No. 9, Nature Morte Espagnole, by Diego Rivera. They will draw still life images of three objects. Then, they will create a still life collage.
Students will analyze the painting style of Horace Pippin. They will analyze the painting, School Studies. Then, they will create a painting of a room in their house based on Pippin's "secret number."