HIGHLIGHTS

5TH GRADE ART CURRICULUM

Artistic Perception

Identify and describe the art elements.  (Color, form, line, shape, space, texture and value)

Identify and describe the art principles. (Balance, emphasis, repetition, similarity, contrast, overlap, unity, movement,     rhythm, distortion, pattern and gradation)

Observations from nature and man made objects.

Functional/non-functional artwork.

Creative Expression

Drawing      linear/aerial perspective, contour, gesture, portraits, garden

Painting      neutral/primary/secondary colors, expressive brushwork

Printing      tagboard relief prints, mono-prints

Design        collage, kites

Sculpture   clay frogs, pillows

Historical and Cultural

Andy Warhol, Georgia O’Keefe, Henri Matisse, Vincent Van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Bridget Riley

Africa  Japan  China

Aesthetic Value

Practice visual thinking skills. Build confidence in communicating opinions verbally in front of small groups.

Develop personal criteria to assess individual and group artwork.

Connections

Identify and discuss occupations held by professional artists.

Identify icons and symbols used to inform the public.

5th grade projects

First Trimester

Contour Drawings                        Working with line

Optical Illusions                           Lines create movement and form    Riley/Vaserely

Silhouette trees                             Lines with a brush/torn paper

Still Life                                         Bold/flat shapes                                 Henri Matisse

Garden watercolor                        Size/shape/overlapping                   wet on wet technique

Haunted Houses                            Architectural elements                     shudders/windows/columns   Hopper 

Owl Painting                                  Warm/cool/neutral colors               textural brush strokes  Van Gogh

Second Trimester

Holiday art                                    Tagboard relief prints      

Portraits                                        Pop art                                  Warhol

Clay Frogs                                     Slab/coil                               greenware/bisque/glaze          African Pillows                                   Soft sculpture                       patterns

Third Trimester

Gesture drawings                                Action/movement/proportion

Heart collage                                       Oil  pastel  collage  blendind      Dine 

Kites                                                     Asian symbols                Japan/China

HIGHLIGHTS

6^TH GRADE ART CURRICULUM

Artistic Perception
Identify and describe the elements of art.
Identify and describe the principles of art.
Representational/ Abstract/nonrepresentational art.

Creative Expression

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