Course DescriptionIn the Lower Elementary Art program children learn to think creatively, to use their “right brains,” and to take risks with ideas and materials. The classes include hands-on activities involving a variety of small projects. Students begin their art education by receiving instruction and practice in cutting, gluing, painting, and coloring as they work with different materials. As lower elementary children begin to transition from symbolic drawing to observational drawing they progress to instruction and practice in drawing and painting. Their artistic awareness is developed as they discover the basic principles of art— types of lines, basic shapes, color, texture, foreground/background, symmetry and linear movement—through their experience with a variety of media. As students progress, they learn to demonstrate competency in various styles, techniques and media. Students receive instruction and practice in graphite and charcoal drawing, wet and dry media, mixed media, collage and sculpture. Artistic awareness is developed as they discover the basic principles of art—fine control of lines, using shapes and forms to create movement and balance, blending and mixing color, texture contrast, value as contrast, overlapping perspective, and radial balance. In addition, students develop a working visual and cognitive vocabulary of art concepts. Throughout the art curriculum students will study the influence of art on the individual and society, discover connections of visual arts to other subjects, and begin to make judgements about the visual qualities, value, and meaning of art.
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Lower Elementary Content Page
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