Using Elements & Principles of Art

LINE - SHAPE - TEXTURE - COLOR - FORM

These are just some of the Elements & Principles of Art that the students have been learning all year in art class.

The students learn them as concepts and apply them to their artwork.

They also learn them as vocabulary and use them during class discussions about their artwork and the artwork of famous artists.

Here are a few examples of how the students used the Elements & Principles of Art in their artwork this year:
Featured Artist: Miranda
In this third grade lesson, students learned about the artist, Georgia O'Keeffe. They applied her style of making a magnified (or close-up) composition.
Students were asked to use line and color in a very specific way.







In this first grade lesson, we started with the book The Rainbow Fish. This is a wonderful story with a lesson about sharing and making friends.
Students learned to draw the fish starting with basic shapes. Then they practiced their painting skills carefully painting all the scales on their fish.
There were many steps and processes for the students to follow in this lesson - a great test for all they have learned this year!

Featured Artist: Sergio
In this fourth grade lesson, students learned about the concept of form versus flat shape.
Students were asked to used shading to suggest the form of the lighthouse and other objects in their composition.