501+Art

Students in fifth grade art will learn to identify and apply the elements and principles of art by studying the works of art of master artists and cultures.Emphasis will be placed on exploring different materials and media. Each project will highlight students' ability to express their emotions and thoughts in a artistic manner.
 * Program Overview.**

emotions or feelings.
 * Project # 1**
 * Unit Plan**:Learning Principles of Art
 * Lesson: Abstract art**
 * Name**: Robert Evangelista **Grade**: 5th grade
 * __Aim__:** Students will create an original abstract ink and watercolor painting expressing
 * __Lesson overview__**: In this lesson, students will familiarize with ideas and concepts that are relevant to making abstract art. Students will gain an understanding of how influential emotions or feelings can be when creating an abstract piece. Students will also explore the connection between line, color and shapes to feelings and emotions as they create their original abstract piece.
 * Skills:**
 * Identify primary and secondary colors.
 * Distinguish a variety of tints and shades of primary and secondary colors.
 * Apply the elements and principles of design in their abstract drawings.
 * Choose specific line patterns and brush strokes to communicate feelings or emotions in a work of art.
 * Identify and control different media, technique and processes to effectively communicate ideas and experiences through art.
 * __Materials__**: Ink; watercolors, 9x16” drawing paper, acrylic paint.
 * Artist: Jackson Pollock**
 * Student Work**

**Materials & Supplies**:White Drawing paper 9x12, Felt tip Pen
 * Project # 2**
 * Unit Plan: Learning Elements of Art**
 * __ Lesson title __**** : ** **Continuous Line Contours**
 * __ Focus __**** : ** Learning to draw what you see
 * Vocabulary: ** Contour, Line,Edge

This lesson is s a beginning preview to more complex aspects of line and line drawings, students will explore continuous line drawings. Most students are self-conscious and prefer to draw with erasable media like pencils. As a result they become focused on making their drawings perfect. Contour drawings have traditionally been used a vehicle to increase student’s ability to see and their confidence with automatic drawing. This assignment will lead to the next where students will specifically address what lines represent and hopefully will allow them greater insight and understanding that can be applied to future drawings.
 * __ Skills: __**
 * 1) ** Students will apply observational drawing skills to the concepts involved in creating continuous blind contour line drawings and draw the negative shapes using black felt tips markers from a still-life that is in the center of the room.
 * 2) ** Students at the end of this lesson will be able to discern between sketchy line drawings and free flowing continuous ones.
 * __ Rational __****__ : __**