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

Foundational Skills: Grade 4

LINE Portray the following features and functions of line:

*direction

*expression/emotion

*movement

*shape

*textures

*patterns

*imaginative drawing

*observational drawing

*form

*detail

*contours

*design

*space

*value (light, medium, and dark) § gesture

Use a variety of types and qualities of line to create an observational, gestural, and/or imaginative drawing.

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

*free-form shapes and forms

*positive and negative shapes and forms

*the illusion of three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface

VALUE Produce a range of four values in various environments and works of art in a variety of media; for example:

*a black-to-white value scale with three intermediate levels of gray

*a one-color value scale, including a range of two intermediate color values

*two- and three-dimensional artworks that incorporate three levels of value

*a value scale in which repeating lines and shapes are used to generate three levels of value

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

*over/under

*above/below

*beside

*behind/in front

*foreground

*middle ground

*background

*overlap

*size

*placement on a page

*detail/diminishing detail

*color/diminishing color

COLOR Produce and use—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)

*intermediate (tertiary) colors; created by mixing selected primary and secondary colors (yellow + green = yellow-green)

*tints and shades (to show color value)

*complementary color pairs

*language of color

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN Create patterns, movement, and rhythm 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 works of art. Classify and use the patterns and types of balance found in nature, in human-made environments, and in works of art. Create works of art in a variety of two- and three-dimensional media by using and combining the following:

*repetition/pattern

*contrast

*variety

*balance (symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial) Use the principles of design in one’s work.

*movement and rhythm

*proportion