This is what we are learning in our First Grade Art Class.

Foundational Skills: Grade 1

LINE Demonstrate the following features and functions of line:

*direction

*expression/emotion

*movement

*shape

*textures

*patterns

SHAPE AND FORM Produce shapes and forms in a variety of styles, artworks, and media, including digital media, to demonstrate the following:

*geometric shapes and forms

*organic shapes and forms

VALUE Identify a range of three values in various environments and works of art in a variety of media, including:

*black-and-white/grayscale artwork

*black-and-white photography

*monochromatic color schemes (one color plus black and/or white)

TEXTURE Produce a variety of textures in various environments, in works of two- and three-dimensional art, and in a variety of media to demonstrate and portray visual/implied texture and actual texture. Differentiate between visual/implied and actual texture.

SPACE Use the element space and spatial devices in various environments, in works of two- and three- dimensional art, and in a variety of media to demonstrate/portray the following:

*baseline

*beside

*over/under

*behind/in front

*above/below

COLOR Produce—in various artworks and using a variety of media—the following:

*primary colors (yellow, red, blue)

*secondary colors (orange, green, purple/violet); created by mixing primary colors (yellow + red = orange)

*warm colors (yellow, orange, red) and cool colors (blue, green, violet)

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN Create patterns by using the repetition of lines, shapes, and colors. Use patterns to enhance the surfaces of shapes and forms in a variety of two- and three-dimensional media and artworks.