Elementary Visual School Arts

Consider the concepts of perception, observation, creativity, and evaluation in their work

Create interior and exterior scenes (i.e. landscapes, still lifes) taken from life

Depict figures taken from life

Experiment with a variety of media (i.e. watercolor, crayons, pencil, tempera, pastels,

and collage)

Experiment with various instruments and techniques to achieve a variety of

visual effects and textures

Create artworks that depict various climates, weather conditions, and seasons

Use basic drawing and painting instruments appropriately and safely
Consider the final presentation of their work
Create prints, which consider the art elements in relation to design principles
Consider the concepts of perception, observation, creativity, and evaluation in their artwork
Create prints using one or more of the following processes: relief, intaglio, collograph, stencil
Sign and number prints correctly
Use printmaking tools appropriately and safely
Consider the final presentation of their prints
Create sculpture with consideration of the art elements in relation to the design principles
Consider concepts of perception, observation, creativity, and evaluation in their work
Use sculpture materials and tools appropriately and safely
Create fine crafts with consideration of the art elements in relation to the design principles
Consider concepts of perception, observation, creativity, and evaluation in their artwork
Create ceramic objects using coil, slab, pinch, or combination methods
Show an understanding of basic firing and glazing processes
Create works using fibers (i.e. weaving and stitchery)
Use craft tools and materials appropriately and safely
Consider ways to present their work
Use art vocabulary to express knowledge, opinions, judgments, preferences, and criticisms
Recognize the universal use of art to communicate beyond the written or spoken word
Recognize the historical value of art in recording the history of mankind
Recognize well-known works of art that relate to other curriculum areas
Name ways that individuals derive personal pleasure from creating works of art
(Art as an avocation)
Name ways that some individuals make a living from creating works of art (Art as
a vocation)