1st Grade

Week 2:

Introductions.

Mixed Media Butterfly

For this piece, we will explore a variety of media and tools, including pencil, pen, crayons, watercolors, brushes, scissors, and glue. Using a wet-on-wet technique for watercolors or tempera paints, we will create a sky in which our butterflies will be flying. We will also talk about lines, shapes, colors, and patterns and we will look at different patterns on real butterflies. We will also talk about warm and cool colors and how warm colors tend to “pop” when placed next to cool colors.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.b Create artworks that express unique student interpretation.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.d Explore elements of art and principles (glossary) of design to brainstorm visual possibilities. (e.g., use color and shape to create pattern).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

FA 2.2.2.b Select a work of art for display.

Week 3:

Mixed Media Butterfly

Continuing our pieces, we will create our butterflies while focusing on craftsmanship. We will talk about how the butterfly's body is made up of three sections - the head, thorax, and abdomen - but we will focus on the sizes and shapes of those sections. We will also talk about the size and shapes of the butterfly's wings. Using pencil, we will carefully draw our butterflies along with the lines and shapes on the butterfly's wings. Using crayons, we will carefully add color to the shapes and to the spaces in between our lines. Using pens, we will carefully trace over our pencil lines.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.b Create artworks that express unique student interpretation.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.d Explore elements of art and principles (glossary) of design to brainstorm visual possibilities. (e.g., use color and shape to create pattern).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

FA 2.2.2.b Select a work of art for display.

Week 4: Color.

Mixed Media Butterfly

Finishing our pieces, we will carefully cut out our butterflies and glue them to the watercolor or tempera skies. Then we will talk about our pieces, how they appear, how they make us feel, and how we might put them on display.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.b Create artworks that express unique student interpretation.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.d Explore elements of art and principles (glossary) of design to brainstorm visual possibilities. (e.g., use color and shape to create pattern).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

FA 2.2.2.b Select a work of art for display.

Week 5:

Mixed Media Butterfly

We will put our Mixed Media Butterflies on display along with a description of the project. We will talk about different venues (places) where artists display their artwork, including galleries, museums, art fairs, schools, art supply stores (such as a frame store), homes, public buildings (such as a library).

Art History: The Renaissance

Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 6:

The Color Wheel and Color Theories.

We will create a traditional color wheel with oil pastels. We will talk about primary and secondary colors as well as complementary colors. We will talk about complementary colors creating contrast as well as brownish colors that are good for shading. We will also talk about warm and cool colors and how those colors appear visually.

As an example of a still life drawing, we will use oil pastels to create an image of a pieces of fruit with colorful oil pastels. If we draw a red apple, we can use green (the complement of red) to help create the shaded areas. By blending the red on top of the green, we make a brownish color that creates the illusion of a shadow. We can use green for the space around our apples to make our red apple visually "pop" (stand out) on the paper.

Art History: The Renaissance

Andrea Mantegna, The Lamentation of Christ

Raphael, School of Athens

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 7:

Oil Pastel Fruit.

As an example of a still life drawing, we will use oil pastels to create an image of a pieces of fruit with colorful oil pastels, including an apple, an orange, and a banana. If we draw a red apple, we can use green (the complement of red) to help create the shaded areas. By blending the red on top of the green, we make a brownish color that creates the illusion of a shadow. We can use green for the space around our apples to make our red apple visually "pop" (stand out) on the paper.

Art History: The Renaissance

Sofonisba Anguissola, The Chess Game

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 8:

Oil Pastel Fruit.

We will review complementary colors and our skills working with oil pastels. As an example of a still life drawing, we will use oil pastels to create an image of a pieces of fruit with colorful oil pastels, including an orange and a banana.

Art History: The Baroque

Caravaggio, Supper in Emmaus

Rembrandt, The Night Watch

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 9:

Oil Pastel Fruit.

We will review complementary colors and our skills working with oil pastels. As an example of a still life drawing, we will use oil pastels to create an image of a pieces of fruit with colorful oil pastels, including an orange and a banana.

Art History: The Baroque

Diego Velazquez, Las Meninas

Jan Vermeer, The Art of Painting

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 10:

A Fall View from Above

For this piece, we will work with pencil and colored pencil to create a piece from a unique perspective: From above the branch of a tree during the Fall season.

We will begin by drawing a branch coming out from a tree at the bottom of our paper and extending off the top of our paper. We will then draw a vine so that it looks like it is wrapping around the branch. Finally, we will draw our leaves throughout the space on either side of the branch with red outlines. The leaves will appear distant and the branch will appear close because of their sizes.

Next, we will color in our branch with different values of brown and our vine with green. To complete our piece, we will color the ground in between our leaves a light green and we will color in our leaves a variety of Autumn colors, including green, yellow, orange, red, and brown.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.d Explore elements of art and principles (glossary) of design to brainstorm visual possibilities. (e.g., use color and shape to create pattern).

FA 2.2.1.e Explore various techniques, skills, and the importance of craftsmanship/workmanship (glossary) (e.g., properly hold scissors, while turning paper, to create a well-defined shape).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

FA 2.2.2.b Select a work of art for display.

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 11:

A Fall View from Above

We will continue this piece, working with colored pencil to create a drawing from a unique perspective: From above the branch of a tree during the Fall season.

Week 12:

A Fall View from Above

We will continue this piece, working with colored pencil to create a drawing from a unique perspective: From above the branch of a tree during the Fall season.

Week 13:

A Fall View from Above

We will finish this piece, working with colored pencil to create a drawing from a unique perspective: From above the branch of a tree during the Fall season.

Art History: Rococo

Jean-Honore Fragonard, The Swing

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 14:

Fall Leaves

We will look at actual Fall leaves and talk about the various colors that we see. We will then draw a leaf from real life and work with colored pencils to make it as believable as we can.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.e Explore various techniques, skills, and the importance of craftsmanship/workmanship (glossary) (e.g., properly hold scissors, while turning paper, to create a well-defined shape).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Quick Draw: A Straw in a Cup of Water.

Week 16:

Fall Leaves

We will look at actual Fall leaves and talk about the various colors that we see. We will then draw a leaf from real life and work with colored pencils to make it as believable as we can.

Art History: Neoclassicism and Realism

Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, Marie Antoinette and Her Children

Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 17:

Sitting down to a Drink

For this piece, we will work with the idea of a cup with a straw in it. Like before, we will freehand draw a straw and then a cup with water (or other drink). We will talk about how the light refracts as it passes through the water, causing the straw to appear wider and to move to one side.

We will then create our own space around the cup by adding details and colors. We can ask ourselves all sorts of questions: Is the cup on a wooden table? Are there other items around the cup? Does or cup have a unique design? Are we enjoying our drink?

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials

FA 2.2.1.b Create artworks that express unique student interpretation.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.d Explore elements of art and principles (glossary) of design to brainstorm visual possibilities. (e.g., use color and shape to create pattern).

FA 2.2.1.e Explore various techniques, skills, and the importance of craftsmanship/workmanship (glossary) (e.g., properly hold scissors, while turning paper, to create a well-defined shape).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 18:

A Table in a Room

Using a pencil (and eraser) and 1-point perspective, we will draw the top of a table on a 6" x 9" piece of paper. We will then use our own imaginations to decide what room this table is in. What will be on top of this table? What will be on the wall around the table? With our drawings, we can create a space and even tell a story.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials

FA 2.2.1.b Create artworks that express unique student interpretation.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.d Explore elements of art and principles (glossary) of design to brainstorm visual possibilities. (e.g., use color and shape to create pattern).

FA 2.2.1.e Explore various techniques, skills, and the importance of craftsmanship/workmanship (glossary) (e.g., properly hold scissors, while turning paper, to create a well-defined shape).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Art History: Impressionism

Edgar Degas, The Dance Class

Mary Cassatt, The Child's Bath

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 19:

A Table in a Room

Using a pencil (and eraser) and 1-point perspective, we will draw the top of a table on a 6" x 9" piece of paper. We will then use our own imaginations to decide what room this table is in. What will be on top of this table? What will be on the wall around the table? With our drawings, we can create a space and even tell a story.

Art History: Aesthetic Movement and Portraiture

James McNeill Whistler, Whistler's Mother

John Singer Sargent, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 1:

Portrait Drawing

Using a pencil, we will talk about where we might find facial features on the human head as we draw one. We might find, for example, that our eyes are about halfway between the top and bottom of our heads. We might also find that we could fit a third eye in the space between our two eyes. We will talk about how everyone's face is different, so we should look at a specific individual's face if we want to draw that person. These are only guidelines to help us study our facial features.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.e Explore various techniques, skills, and the importance of craftsmanship/workmanship (glossary) (e.g., properly hold scissors, while turning paper, to create a well-defined shape).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

Week 3:

Art History: Post-Impressionism

Georges Seurat, A Sunday on the Island of Le Grande Jatte

Paul Signac, Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints. Portrait of M. Felix Feneon in 1890.

Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night

Paul Cezanne, Mont. Saint Victoire

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 4:

Portrait Drawing

Using a pencil, we will talk about where we might find facial features on the human head as we draw one. When we finish drawing our human head, we will add shoulders and then a background that says something about this person that we have drawn.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.b Create artworks that express unique student interpretation.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.e Explore various techniques, skills, and the importance of craftsmanship/workmanship (glossary) (e.g., properly hold scissors, while turning paper, to create a well-defined shape).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

Week 5:

A House

For this drawing, we will use a pencil and ruler to draw a house. We will also using linear perspective to make that house look three dimensional. We will add a roof, doors and windows, and a sidewalk.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.e Explore various techniques, skills, and the importance of craftsmanship/workmanship (glossary) (e.g., properly hold scissors, while turning paper, to create a well-defined shape).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

Week 6:

A House

For this drawing, we will use a pencil and ruler to draw a house. We will also using linear perspective to make that house look three dimensional. We will add a roof, doors and windows, and a sidewalk.

Week 7:

Make Yourself at Home

Working with our drawing, we will add details to make our house more uniquely our own.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.b Create artworks that express unique student interpretation.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.e Explore various techniques, skills, and the importance of craftsmanship/workmanship (glossary) (e.g., properly hold scissors, while turning paper, to create a well-defined shape).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

Week 8:

Make Yourself at Home

Working with our drawing, we will add details to make our house more uniquely our own.

Week 9:

Art History: Early Modern Art

Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Chair Caning

Piet Mondrian, Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow

Georgia O'Keeffe, Hibiscus and Plumeria

Rene Magritte, The Treachery of Images

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 10:

Pouring Out Our Thoughts

Working on our drawing and shading skills, we will draw a glass or bottle to look like it is pouring something out onto a table or the ground. We will use pressure to create light and dark values with our pencils and we will use a blending stump to make those values change gradually so that our glasses or bottles look round. We will then draw and shade liquids or solid objects that might be coming out of our glasses or bottles.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.b Create artworks that express unique student interpretation.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.e Explore various techniques, skills, and the importance of craftsmanship/workmanship (glossary) (e.g., properly hold scissors, while turning paper, to create a well-defined shape).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

Week 11:

Sunset with Silhouette

Using watercolors, we will paint a sunset and then add a silhouette of a tree to look like it is overlapping the sunset. We will talk about the colors that we would see in the sky during a sunset and then try to create those colors using a wet-on-wet technique. Then, we will add the ground with black as the colors of the sky dry. Finally, we will add our tree using a wet-on-dry technique as well as a dry brush technique to imitate leaves on branches.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.b Create artworks that express unique student interpretation.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.e Explore various techniques, skills, and the importance of craftsmanship/workmanship (glossary) (e.g., properly hold scissors, while turning paper, to create a well-defined shape).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

Week 12:

Sunset with Silhouette

Week 13:

Art History: Modern Art

Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory

Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird

Grant Wood, American Gothic

Edward Hopper, Room in New York

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 14:

Watercolor Resist Flower

For this piece, we will use crayons as a wax. We will draw the outline of a flower with a stem and leaves with violet and green crayons. We will then draw a series of curved lines in the background or negative space with yellow crayons. Once our crayon lines are done, we will use watercolors to add color to flower, stem, and background. The crayon will resist - push away the watercolor - so that it is still visible alongside the watercolor.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.e Explore various techniques, skills, and the importance of craftsmanship/workmanship (glossary) (e.g., properly hold scissors, while turning paper, to create a well-defined shape).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

Week 15:

Art History: Modern and Contemporary Art

Andrew Wyeth

Bridget Riley

Andy Warhol

Architecture: Classical and Neoclassical

Week 16:

Writing an Artist Statement

Using appropriate words and sentence structure, we will write an artist statement. In our statements, we will try to express who we are as artists. What subject do we prefer to work with in our artwork? What medium (or media) do we prefer to use? What ideas or stories or emotions do we prefer to express?

As we brainstorm our own ideas, we will talk about some of the possible artist statements that some of our artists from the past might have written. We will also look at the photorealistic soft pastel drawings of Zaria Forman and talk about her reasons for creating those pieces.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.2.a Present an artist statement (glossary) through formal or informal communication (e.g., written, verbal).

Week 17:

Earth Day:

We will look at four Land Art pieces by Andy Goldsworthy.

Art History: Modern and Contemporary Art

Jackson Pollock

Barnett Newman

Chuck Close

Audrey Flack

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 18:

Clay Cup

For this piece, we will use air dry clay to form cups while using a pinch pot technique. We will add a handle to our cups as well as a pattern for a design. We will repurpose empty pens and markers to create our designs.

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.1.a Experiment and explore ideas and materials.

FA 2.2.1.b Create artworks that express unique student interpretation.

FA 2.2.1.c Explore and experience the properties of various art media (glossary) through senses and emotions.

FA 2.2.1.d Explore elements of art and principles (glossary) of design to brainstorm visual possibilities. (e.g., use color and shape to create pattern).

FA 2.2.1.f Demonstrate respect for accepted procedures regarding responsible care of equipment and materials (glossary).

Week 19:

Clay Cup

Using tempera paints, we will add color to our clay cups.

Art History: Modern and Contemporary Art

Judy Chicago

Cindy Sherman

Marina Abramovic

Nebraska Visual Arts Standards:

FA 2.2.3.a Identify and describe a piece of art (e.g., subject matter (glossary), use of color).

FA 2.2.3.b Identify use of elements and principles (glossary) in works of art (e.g., recognize use of pattern, symmetry).

FA 2.2.3.c Interpret mood or feeling in a work of art.

FA 2.2.3.d Articulate personal artistic choice and ideas

FA 2.2.4.d Identify how images and objects are used to convey a story, familiar experience, or connection to the world.

Week 20: