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11.13.2015

Lines, Lines, everywhere are lines!


As an art teacher, I use the Elements of Art and Principals of Design to guide my curriculum choices. Just as a chef uses a set of ingredients to make a recipe, an artist uses as set of "ingredients"or elements of art to create art. The first element we explore is Line. As artist Paul Klee has said, "A line is a dot that went for a walk."
First and Second grade students discussed different types of line such as straight, curvy, vertical, horizontal, diagonal, dotted and zig-zag. They used these different types of lines to paint their Native American Teepees. We also talked about the importance of creating a background for our
work and discussed how the sky should meet the ground, not hover as a blue line across the top of the page.

First Grader Rodaa
Third graders learned that they could use line to depict weather conditions and that by placing objects on a diagonal, it helps to create a sense of movement.  Kyrah is enjoying a windy day as she sets off in her hot air balloon to explore sights unseen!
Third Grader Kyrah

Fourth through Eighth graders used lines to create Gesture Drawings which are quick sketches with little detail meant to capture movement. They further enhanced the sense of movement by using a repetition of contour lines around their 2D figures. 

Fourth grader Chancellor
Eighth grader Karen