Elementary Visual School Arts

Concepts

(students need to

know)

Skills

(students need to be

able to do)

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Levels

Landscape

Color Theory
Warm and cool colors

Color can unify an
artwork

Patterns create interest
in an artwork

Elements of Art and
Principles of Design:
color, texture, space,
value, balance,
emphasis

Science of seeing color
(light)

Artists use techniques
of perspective to show
distance or depth in a
landscape painting.
...close-up
objects appear large
and close to the
bottom of the picture
plane

...far away objects
appear smaller
and higher up on the
picture plane

...overlapping shapes
creates a feeling of
depth

Identify landscapes and

cityscapes

Recognize horizon line,

foreground, middle

ground, background,

overlapping

Evaluate their own work

and the work of

masters

Create representational

space through the use

of horizon line,

foreground, middle

ground, background

and overlapping

Use color expressively

Remembering

Understanding

Analyzing

Evaluating

Creating