Elementary Visual School Arts

Share and Reflect

life.

Students will use appropriate

art vocabulary to discuss

which student paintings are

done in an abstract or realistic

style and explain why they

think this.

1 Session

Concepts

(students need to

know)

Skills

(students need to be able to

do)

Bloom’s

Taxonomy

Levels

Still life

Differences in abstract
vs. realistic styles

Elements of Art:
Line
Shape
Color
Space
Texture
Value

Principles of Design:
Contrast
Variety
Rhythm
Emphasis
Balance
Proportion
Unity

Composition

Light and shading

Identifies and discusses the

process of abstraction and the

manipulation of formal elements

Identifies a still life

Notices details and draws a

realistic still life.

Distorts, simplifies, exaggerates,

and invents colors and shapes to

create an abstract still life

Creates a balanced composition

Evaluate their own work and the

work of masters

Use color realistically and /or

expressively

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Evaluating

Creating

Essential Questions Corresponding Big Ideas

1. How can the elements of art be used
   to develop a composition?

Artists have their own styles of

painting.