4th-Grade Art

The Lesson: The Lesson: Following a review of "Genres in Art," the 4th-Grade students focused on the art of portraiture, with an emphasis on self-portraits and the varying ways in which artists portray themselves through varying media. With this genre in mind and a concentration on the tonal values found within their own skin-tones and the shape formations created by said tones, students utilized the polyline and curve tools of the Google Drawing app to created vector graphic self-portrait.

Lesson Objectives: Students can compare how artists work in different cultures and at different times in history as they recognize how the human experience is expressed in diverse ways (Visual Arts - 2020 Colorado Academic Standards, 2020).

References:

Visual Arts - 2020 Colorado Academic Standards. (2020). Colorado Arts Standards. https://www.cde.state.co.us/coarts/2020cas-va-p12