To have children create an original landscape using implied lines.

Vocabulary:  Drawing, Landscape, Line Styles, Line Properties, Actual vs. Implied Lines, Variety, Composition

To have the children create a close-up view of an object using geometric, organic, and free-form shapes.

Vocabulary:  Close-Up View, Shape (Geometric, Organic, and Free-Form), Variety

To have the children paint an outdoor (exterior) scene using complementary colors.

Vocabulary:  Painting, Scene, Color Wheel, Color Schemes, Primary Colors, Secondary Colors, Neutral Colors, Contrast

To have the children design and create an original landscape or desert landscape, using color to express a particular mood.

Vocabulary:  Seascape, Warm Colors, Cool Colors, Mood

To have children create a collage, using overlapping shapes and colors to create contrast.

Vocabulary:  Collage, Still-Life, Overlapping, Layering

To have the children create a monochromatic or dominant color painting with value.

Vocabulary:  Color Scheme, Monochromatic, Dominant Color, Value, Hue, Tint, Shade, Tone, Mood

To have the children create a collage with tactile and visual texture.

Vocabulary:  Fiber, Texture (Tactile vs. Visual)

To have the children create an outdoor scene with value to show the time of day.

Vocabulary:  Impressionism, Plein Air, Impasto, Intensity (Saturation vs. Diffusion), Focus, Aerial Perspective

To have the children create a charcoal drawing with value and blending.

Vocabulary:  Charcoal, Achromatic, Contrast, Value, Gray Scale, Blending, Gradient

To have the children create a pastel drawing with emphasis.

Vocabulary:  Emphasis, Two-Dimensional (2D), Three-Dimensional (3D), Assemblage

To have the children create a portrait with facial proportions.

Vocabulary:  Portrait, Self-Portrait, Facial Proportions, Subject Matter, Detail

To have children create an abstract portrait with distortion to show the subject's personality or emotions.

Vocabulary:  Abstract, Proportion, Distortion, Cubism, Expression, Personality, Emotion, Mood

To have children create a sequential composition that shows an action.

Vocabulary:  Figure, Gesture Drawing, Motion, Rhythm, Sequential Composition

To have children create a relief sculpture with positive space and negative space.

Vocabulary:  Relief Sculpture, Additive, Subtractive, Positive Space, Negative Space

To have children create a sculpture in the round using the subtractive method.

Vocabulary:  Sculpture in the Round, Form, Three-Dimensional (3D), Space (Positive vs. Negative), Additive, Subtractive, Terra-Cotta

To have students create a reverse weaving with patterns.

Vocabulary:  Fiber Art, Weaving, Pattern, Tapestry, Material

To have students create a paper mask that shows symmetrical balance.

Vocabulary:  Balance, Symmetry (Exact vs. Near), Symmetry Direction (Vertical, Horizontal, Quadrant, and Radial), Purpose (Narrative, Info, Time-Piece, Aesthetic, etc...)

To design and create a paper cutting using visual weight and balance.

Vocabulary:  Paper Cutting, Balance, Asymmetrical Balance, Visual Weight

To have children create a folk art painting with asymmetrical balance.

Vocabulary:  Folk Art, Asymmetrical Balance

To have children create a print with an original symbol and balance.

Vocabulary:  Print, Symbol, Balance

To have children create a scene that shows depth with foreground, middle-ground, and background.

Vocabulary:  Space, Depth, Foreground, Middle-Ground, Background, Placement, Proportion

To have children create a scene using atmospheric and linear perspective.

Vocabulary:  Perspective, Horizon Line, Vanishing Point, Linear Perspective

To have children design a park with compositional movement and unity.

Vocabulary:  Landscape Design, Compositional Movement, Unity

To have children design a building with balance.

Vocabulary:  Architecture, Balance (Symmetrical vs. Asymmetrical)

To have children create a class mural with unity and variety.

Vocabulary:  Mural, Trompe L'oeil, Unity, Variety

To have children create an abstract expressionism painting to express ideas or feelings.

Vocabulary:  Non-Objective, abstract, Abstract Expressionism, Action Painting, Mood, Purpose (Self-Expression)

To have children create a Surrealist painting with variety.

Vocabulary:  Surrealism, Variety, Object vs Subject

To design and create an original construction using found-objects.

Vocabulary:  Construction, Found Objects, Variety, Medium vs. Materials

To have children create a collage in the Pop Art style.

Vocabulary:  Pop Art, Silk Screen, Object, Variety

To design and create an original computer generated artwork.

Vocabulary:  Digital Art, Medium vs. Material, Mood, Variety, Purpose (Self-Expression)