UP:AE17.VA.2.5
Vocabulary
- Principles of design
- Balance
- Brainstorming
- Composition
- Concepts
- Characteristic
- Elements of art
- Space
- Value
- Expressive properties
- Foreground
- Middle ground
- Neutral colors
- Resist
Essential Questions
EU: People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives.
EQ: How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate?
EQ: How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate?
Skills Examples
- Create two-dimensional artworks such as drawing or painting by using a variety of media.
- Use the book, The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood & Martin Link to learn about weaving.
- Use clay or pipe cleaners to create small animal sculptures.
- Work in groups to brainstorm ideas for a collaborative art project.
- Use a book about clay, When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor to study Native Americans and their traditions.
- Use the book A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle to explore collage techniques.
- Create a real or imagined home using two-and-three-dimensional media.
- Learn how to properly use and store brushes, close glue bottles and marker tops.
- Use found objects such as leaves, rocks, paper tubes, egg cartons, etc. to create artworks.
- Use the book A Day with No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch to explore different colors and values.
- Create a landscape showing depth by placing the foreground, middle ground and background in their correct positions.
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
