KINDERGARTEN
Artist Unit: Georgia O'Keefe & Wassily Kandinsky
Multiculture Unit: Native American Art
- Introduction to lines, shapes, patterns & color
- Introduction of primary and secondary colors
- Introduction to paint, clay, sculpture and paper weaving
- Students will learn use and maintain art tools & materials
FIRST GRADE
Artist Unit: Henri Matisse
Multicultural Unit: Art of Asian Cultures
- Review of creating lines & shapes
- Pattern making
- The color wheel
- Exploration of paint, clay, basic sculpture & weaving
SECOND GRADE
Artist Unit: Vincent van Gogh
Multicultural Unit: Art of Middle Eastern Cultures
- Symmetry, line & movement
- Brush stroke variety
- Mixing gray and color values
- Stencil printing
- Additive clay forms & adding textures
- Introduction to loom weaving
THIRD GRADE
Artist Unit: Claude Monet
Multicultural Unit: Art of Central and South America
- Introduction to landscapes
- Painting conveying time of day and weather
- Relief printmaking
- Loom weaving
- Identifying common themes, symbols and styles in art
FOURTH GRADE
Artist Unit: Pablo Picasso
Multicultural Unit: African Art
- Drawing the human form in correct proportions
- Using color and application of media to express ideas & feelings
- Creating movement in 2D and 3D art
- Reviewing styles of art & explore the meaning of selected works
FIFTH GRADE
Artist Unit: Alexander Calder, M.C. Escher & Maria Martinez
Multicultural Unit: Native American Art
- Illusion of space (perspective drawing)
- Shading and creating depth in drawings
- Creating three dimensional sculptures and clay figures
- Computer Art
- Composition
- Abstraction