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.
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First Grader Rodaa
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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!
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Third Grader Kyrah
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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.
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Fourth grader Chancellor
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| Eighth grader Karen |
