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Figures in a Setting

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Title:

Figures in a Setting

URL:

http://artsedwashington.org/curriculum/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Fourth-Grade-Lesson-6.pdf

Content Source:

Other
ArtsEd Washington

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

Students will draw different poses in different sizes. They will draw small figures for background and larger figures for foreground. Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF.

Content Standard(s):

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 4
Visual Arts

1) Individually brainstorm multiple approaches to an art problem.

Examples: Create lists, sketches, or thumbnail-sketches.

Unpacked Content

Artistic Process: Creating

Anchor Standards:

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Process Components: Investigate, Plan, Make

Essential Questions:

EU: Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed.
EQ: What conditions, attitudes, and behaviors support creativity and innovative thinking? What factors prevent or encourage people to take creative risks? How does collaboration expand the creative process?

Concepts & Vocabulary:

Constructed environment
Cultural traditions
Digital format
Engagement
Tertiary color
Preservation
Proportion
Principles of design

Unity

Shade
Style
Tints & shades

Skill Examples:

Create a list of multiple ideas, sketches, or thumbnail-sketches before beginning the final version of an artwork.
Identify, select, and vary art materials, tools and processes to achieve desired results in their artwork.
Brainstorm (alone or with others) potential art styles for a given piece of art, such as Monet's Water Lilies.
Create an artwork from direct observation (still-life, self-portrait, figure drawing, etc.).
Design a two-dimensional drawings of a futuristic art room, town, or planet
Use wood, found objects, wire, paper, or clay-based materials to construct a three-dimensional form.
Locate business logos in the community and explore the visual arts skills and materials that were used to create these works.
Engage in group critiques of one's work and the work of others.
Experiment with art materials by using them in unusual and creative ways to express ideas and convey meaning.
Use and care for materials, tools, and equipment in a manner that prevents danger to oneself and others.
Mix equal parts of a primary and a secondary color located beside each other on the color wheel to create a tertiary color.
Use the design principles of repetition and alignment to add visual unity to an artwork.
Create a painting using a monochromatic color scheme by using one color (red) adding white to create a tint (a lighter value--pink) and adding black to the color (red) to create a shade (darker value).

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 4
Visual Arts

3) Generate ideas and employ a variety of strategies and techniques to create a work of art/design.

Unpacked Content

Artistic Process: Creating

Anchor Standards:

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Process Components: Investigate, Plan, Make

Essential Questions:

EU: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and artmaking approaches.
EQ: How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective? How do artists and designers learn from trial and error?

Concepts & Vocabulary:

Constructed environment
Cultural traditions
Digital format
Engagement
Tertiary color
Preservation
Proportion
Principles of design

Unity

Shade
Style
Tints & shades

Skill Examples:

Create a list of multiple ideas, sketches, or thumbnail-sketches before beginning the final version of an artwork.
Identify, select, and vary art materials, tools and processes to achieve desired results in their artwork.
Brainstorm (alone or with others) potential art styles for a given piece of art, such as Monet's Water Lilies.
Create an artwork from direct observation (still-life, self-portrait, figure drawing, etc.).
Design a two-dimensional drawings of a futuristic art room, town, or planet
Use wood, found objects, wire, paper, or clay-based materials to construct a three-dimensional form.
Locate business logos in the community and explore the visual arts skills and materials that were used to create these works.
Engage in group critiques of one's work and the work of others.
Experiment with art materials by using them in unusual and creative ways to express ideas and convey meaning.
Use and care for materials, tools, and equipment in a manner that prevents danger to oneself and others.
Mix equal parts of a primary and a secondary color located beside each other on the color wheel to create a tertiary color.
Use the design principles of repetition and alignment to add visual unity to an artwork.
Create a painting using a monochromatic color scheme by using one color (red) adding white to create a tint (a lighter value--pink) and adding black to the color (red) to create a shade (darker value).

Tags:

background, draw, figures, foreground, poses

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
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Partnered Event:

ALEX Resource Development Summit

Accessibility

Comments

Lesson can be used with landscapes from Making a Range of Values for Setting.

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Author:	Tiffani Stricklin
The event this resource created for:	ALEX Resource Development Summit

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Figures in a Setting