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Greetings Greetings &Welcome &Welcome to Elementary Visual Art Elementary Visual Art

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Greetings Greetings &Welcome&Welcome

to

Elementary Visual Elementary Visual ArtArt

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ELEMENTARY ART

•Elements & Principles of Design—the basic “ingredients” of visual art; the language of art

•Art Production—Materials, techniques & skills

•Aesthetics/Art in a cultural setting

The entire Elementary Art program is based on three broad, overlapping areas:

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Elements & Principles Elements & Principles of Designof Design:

the basic “ingredients” and language of Visual

Art

Line, Shape, Value, Color, Texture, Contrast,

Balance,Pattern, Unity

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Art activities are age appropriate

Kindergarten & Grade 1 Artwork

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Grade 1 learns about borders and backgrounds

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Grade 4 learns about composition, balance, and the element of value.

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Grade 5 learns about color schemes, composition and genres of art.

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Art Art Production/Materials & Production/Materials &

TechniquesTechniques Students learn how to effectively use

various materials to create original artwork.

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Grade 5 weaving effectively combines the elements of Line,

Color, and Texture

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Grade 2 used paper sculpture techniques and their knowledge of rainforest animals from a unit

in science in order to produce effective and detailed animal masks.

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Grade 4 learns about printmaking and the

use of opposite colors.

Grade 1 uses paint and collage technique in this

“Under the Sea” composition.

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Kindergarten & Grade 1 paint self-portraits.

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Grade 3 uses collage to learn about distance in a picture.

Grade 4 learns a charcoal technique to help them learn about drawing solid forms.

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Aesthetics/Visual Aesthetics/Visual Art in a cultural Art in a cultural

settingsetting

Students look at artwork from various artists and cultures and

use what they see as inspiration for their own work.

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They might look at the work of Vincent Van

Gogh. . .

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. .or Australian Aboriginal people . .

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. . .or work from observation

Drawings by Grade 4

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. . .or memory.

International Flag Ceremony, Grade 2

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. .or from a combination of knowledge, memory

and imagination.

Grade 2 watercolor

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There are some basic rules and routines in the

art room:• Wear protective clothing• Be attentive to instruction• Try your best• Use the materials as they are intended to be

used• Be very careful with scissors• Ask the teacher questions if you do not

understand• Respect other people’s artwork—look but do

not touch!

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It: * holds all of his artwork, * shows his progress over time,* is used for assessment and* provides work for exhibitions in school.

Your child’s portfolio looks something like this.

It will be sent home during the year for you to look at and at the end of the year it will be sent home permanently.