Course Overview
This creative video course for 3rd to 6th grade students covers skills and techniques to be successful in elementary art. This course focuses on building knowledge about the elements and principles of design and applying those to create artwork. These lessons follow National Visual Art Standards of Creating, Responding, Presenting, and Connecting while challenging students to take creative risks in their own work.
This course includes:
- Six Units
- Five projects that span multiple lessons each: Design, Landscape, Still Life, Weaving, and Architecture
- 34 Video Lessons
- Mini Lessons in each unit
- Six Review Lessons (one after each unit)
- Six Tests
- Final Exam
- Vocabulary Definitions, Unit Goals, and Lesson Resources for each unit
Course Goals
Upon completion, students will have the art skills for upper elementary and middle school art.
Course Requirements
Students taking this course may have some art knowledge and will need to have some art materials to complete projects such as paper, pencils, a ruler, and coloring materials. It would be helpful to have paint as well, but projects can be completed with other materials if needed.
Course Topics
Unit 1. Elements of Art
Introduction of Line
Introduction of Shape
Introduction of Form
Introcution of Space
Introduction of Texture
Introduction of Value
Introduction of Color
Elements and Principles Explained
Unit 2. Design
Introduction to Design
Adding Black to the Design
Adding Circles to the Design
Connecting Tubes Design
Coloring the Connecting Tubes
Check for Understanding: Design
Unit 3. Landscape
Introduction to Landscape
Color and Emotion
Painting the Landscape
Painting the Foreground
Check for Understanding: Landscape
Unit 4. Still Life
Introduction to Still Life
Drawing Still Life Objects
Still Life Background
Pop Art Style: Adding Dots
Check for Understanding: Still Life
Unit 5. Weaving
Introduction to Weaving
Weaving Two
Check for Understanding: Weaving
Unit 6. Architecture
Introduction to Architecture
Drawing the Architecture
Coloring the Architecture
Background
Check for Understanding: Architecture
