Elementary Visual School Arts

lines, shapes and colors
are arranged in artworks.

Show near and far in a
drawing which shows
students flying.
Elements of Art :
Lines
Shapes
Colors
Textures
Space
Value

Principles of Design:
Repetition
Contrast
Movement
Emphasis

Faith Ringgold’s style
and her contribution to
the world of art.

Pattern

Essential Questions Corresponding Big Ideas

Where do artists get their inspiration
(ideas)?

How can art tell a story without words?

Where does Faith Ringgold get her
inspiration and ideas for her story quilts
and children’s books?

How can an artist “emphasize” one or
more parts of a painting?

How do artists arrange shapes to show
that some parts of their picture are
close and others far away.

Artists arrange shapes to show that

some parts of their picture are close

and others far away.

Artists get their ideas from the world

around them.

(Faith Ringgold was inspired by the

people in her life: her mother, a

clothing designer, jazz musicians from

her neighborhood (the Apollo in

Harlem), famous artists, events that

happened in her lifetime such as the

civil rights movement...etc.)

Art can be narrative.