Art: What's Been Happening in the Art Room?

All year, our Chargers are learning the building blocks of art - the Elements of Art and Principles of Design. Each month in the Art Room, we study a different topic. In the case of the middle school artists, we often study many Elements together. During the month of September, students had been looking at LINE - its purposes and how it functions in art.

September and October Highlights

Kindergarten

Students were introduced to the art room and how to use materials and tools safely with environmental awareness. Here are their “I CAN” Statements:

• I can recognize and produce a variety of line types

• I can identify and create patterns

• I can identify spatial relationships

Next up: Color

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A DOT?

LINE CHARTS

NAVAJO BLANKETS

PRIMARY COLOR BIRDS

First Grade

Students explored lines in four different projects this unit, culminating in Lines at a Circus! The major “I CAN” Statement for this unit is:

• I can recognize and produce a variety of line types and directions

Next up: Shape and Space

LINES TO TOUCH

LINES AT A CIRCUS

Second and Third Grades

Students learned identify horizontal and vertical lines, how to create a variety of line types, and how

these kinds of lines to produce artworks.

The “I CAN” Statements for this unit are:

• Students can identify and produce a variety of lines, such as thick and thin, horizontal and vertical, diagonal, spiral, zigzag, intersecting and parallel

Next up: 3D Form

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINES

STARRY NIGHT

Fourth Grade

Fourth grade is studying lines to create pattern, movement and shape. They have done a portrait and now a still life.

• I can use lines to create patterns and movement

• I can use lines to create shapes for a still life

Next up: Value

BAD HAIR DAY

LINE TO CREATE SHAPE

Fifth Grade

Fifth Graders are studying basic drawing by completing a realistic charcoal drawing.

• I can make 3D forms and value in a drawing

Next up: African Masks

Sixth Grade

Throughout the year, the grades will be studying the art of various world and historical cultures. Sixth Grade is currently studying Mexican folk art. This means that different forms of art are produced in various parts of the country, and not all people take part in the specific traditions. Additionally, like with folk tales, parts of the art might not be realistic. Students have learned the cultural and historical context of the Mexican celebration Day of the Dead. By working in the style of the artists, they will create their own unique drawings in contemporary settings, such as at a soccer game, baking cupcakes, going to a movie with friends, or family routines.